Party Plus franchisees receive business award for party hire franchise

The Central Eastern Business Association in WA (CEBA) conducted their inaugural Small Business Awards in June 2009, awarding Runner-up in the Best Retail Business to franchisees Jan & Darryl McRobie from Party Plus in Morley, WA.

Jan said she was surprised yet delighted at the nomination. “Our local CBA bank manager nominated us, and we were thrilled to be able to accept the award on behalf of our local team [of 8] and the entire Party Plus network.”

While many other business owners have been worrying and complaining about uncertain economic conditions, the Party Plus party hire franchise in Morley has continued to grow their sales, profits and customer base.

“We’re really happy how the business is continuing to develop and grow, so I’m rather mystified by all the talk about problems with the economy”, Jan said. “Our team just continues to do what we always do … provide quality party hire equipment, balloons and general party supplies and a genuine personalised service to our loyal customers. Sales are up, profits are up, our team has low turnover...and I’m getting time off from the business to do other things.”

It was a month that held a number of firsts for the McRobie family. Earlier in the month their daughter Vanessa, who works full-time in the party hire business, gave birth to their first grandchild. Another budding Party Plus customer service team member in training.