In 1997 a catastrophic event led to a series of decisions that would result in an eventual meteoric rise as a franchisor! While knocking on doors near Silverstone (home of the British Grand Prix), he was unaware that a few miles away, his wife Ruth had suffered a cardiac arrest in the local doctor's surgery in Northampton, whilst there on a routine appointment.

Freddie launches a ‘Paid in Advance’ cleaning service called Maid For You that earned a £32,000 income in its first year.

After huge success and by achieving over 300 regular clients and £100,000 in income, Ruth & Freddie decide to franchise their business. Time For You was incorporated in 2001 and began its franchise journey with 3 pilot franchisees who all would later go on to be very successful.

Time For You experienced a massive growth in the number of franchisees operating and by the end of year 2 there were 60 Time For You branches across the UK.

Ruth and Freddie were invited as guests on the BBC’s Working Lunch program to be interviewed about the massive success that Time For You was and their recognition as the fastest growing franchise at the time. 

Time For You was awarded the Business Of The Year award by HSBC Bank.

The first move into another territory was just across the water and into Ireland with the launch of the Dublin franchise. 

After a year of negotiations, Time For You signed it’s first Master Franchisee for Australia.

Time For You decides to expand further and open it’s first franchise in Norway.

After being a franchisee since 2010, Sam was taken on to modernise the company and to begin Time For You’s evolution in to the business that it is today.

As the Time For You Franchise continues to grow the Head Office team expands to include John in Sales, Alasdair for Tech and Amanda in Business Development.

Time For You hits over 150 UK based Franchisees with more growth forecast. Sam also takes over as the Managing Director and focuses on the continual development of the business, all while winning awards such as the 5* Franchisee Satisfaction award.