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8 March 2011
Housewife turned business whizz brings home six figure pay cheque
A former housewife and part-time hairdresser who was once forced to live off just £30 a week now runs a retail business which brings in an annual salary of over £120,000.
Amanda Bibby (44) from Woking in Surrey left school at 16 with just a handful of GCSEs, and started working as a trainee in her local hairdressers on the basic £30 wage. She stayed in the hairdressing industry for the next 15 years but, with four children to take care of, she was never able to work more than a few hours a week; as a consequence, she was never able to achieve a decent salary.
Now Amanda uses the time she used to spend hairdressing running her own retail business with Kleeneze alongside her husband Mike, and is one of the catalogue company’s highest earners.
Amanda and Mike initially started up the business simply as a way to boost their earnings. Their hard work delivering and picking up Kleeneze catalogues door-to-door and dropping off customers’ orders meant the business soon became very profitable for them; so much so that, in 1999. Mike was able to give up his job as a prison officer and Amanda shelved her hairdressing work so they could focus on Kleeneze instead.
Since then, they’ve been able to gradually build their income and now oversee a team of nearly 600 distributors.
Amanda said: “With the kids to take care of, I wasn’t able to put many hours into my hairdressing work and so the wage I received was terrible. Mike was working long shifts as a prison officer, but we were still struggling to make ends meet.
“We initially started working with Kleeneze in our spare time. However, we soon realised that, if we put all our efforts into the business, we’d actually be able to make much more money than we ever could in our previous jobs.
“Starting our own business was a lot of hard work at first, but we’ve now grown it to such a level that we can take more of a back seat and really enjoy spending our increased earnings. It’s wonderful to be able to treat the kids without having to worry about money.
“Having left school with so few qualifications, I never dreamed I’d be able to run my own business and earn this kind of money; it’s completely changed my life.”
Amanda isn’t the only Kleeneze distributor to take the decision to focus on building her business full-time. Although 1 in 4 distributors initially start their own business with the company to supplement their salary, over half eventually take the decision to pursue the business as a full-time opportunity.
Jamie Stewart, managing director of Kleeneze, said: “Amanda’s story just proves that, with Kleeneze, you really do get out what you put in. If you’re prepared to focus on the business, you can make a success of it, no matter what your previous qualifications are.”
For more information on becoming a Kleeneze distributor, speak to your local Kleeneze distributor or visit www.kleeneze.co.uk
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Amanda Bibby (44) from Woking in Surrey left school at 16 with just a handful of GCSEs, and started working as a trainee in her local hairdressers on the basic £30 wage. She stayed in the hairdressing industry for the next 15 years but, with four children to take care of, she was never able to work more than a few hours a week; as a consequence, she was never able to achieve a decent salary.
Now Amanda uses the time she used to spend hairdressing running her own retail business with Kleeneze alongside her husband Mike, and is one of the catalogue company’s highest earners.
Amanda and Mike initially started up the business simply as a way to boost their earnings. Their hard work delivering and picking up Kleeneze catalogues door-to-door and dropping off customers’ orders meant the business soon became very profitable for them; so much so that, in 1999. Mike was able to give up his job as a prison officer and Amanda shelved her hairdressing work so they could focus on Kleeneze instead.
Since then, they’ve been able to gradually build their income and now oversee a team of nearly 600 distributors.
Amanda said: “With the kids to take care of, I wasn’t able to put many hours into my hairdressing work and so the wage I received was terrible. Mike was working long shifts as a prison officer, but we were still struggling to make ends meet.
“We initially started working with Kleeneze in our spare time. However, we soon realised that, if we put all our efforts into the business, we’d actually be able to make much more money than we ever could in our previous jobs.
“Starting our own business was a lot of hard work at first, but we’ve now grown it to such a level that we can take more of a back seat and really enjoy spending our increased earnings. It’s wonderful to be able to treat the kids without having to worry about money.
“Having left school with so few qualifications, I never dreamed I’d be able to run my own business and earn this kind of money; it’s completely changed my life.”
Amanda isn’t the only Kleeneze distributor to take the decision to focus on building her business full-time. Although 1 in 4 distributors initially start their own business with the company to supplement their salary, over half eventually take the decision to pursue the business as a full-time opportunity.
Jamie Stewart, managing director of Kleeneze, said: “Amanda’s story just proves that, with Kleeneze, you really do get out what you put in. If you’re prepared to focus on the business, you can make a success of it, no matter what your previous qualifications are.”
For more information on becoming a Kleeneze distributor, speak to your local Kleeneze distributor or visit www.kleeneze.co.uk
