Stewart McLeish’s Car Care Australia car wash franchises have the Gold Coast covered

As with any franchise business, the network of Car Care Australia car wash franchises benefits from having franchisees that work at varying levels to reinforce the business. Stewart McLeish is the regional franchisee for the Gold Coast region as well as running his own Car Care Ormeau franchise.

Stewart was employed as a sales engineer at a large multinational company for twenty years, and when he was made redundant, decided to look for a franchise opportunity that piqued his interest.

“I looked at various different franchises and felt the Car Care model was right for me. There was an opportunity to become a Regional Franchisee (manager) and I felt I could help grow the Car Care profile on the Gold Coast,” he explains.

As well as operating as the regional franchisee on the Gold Coast, helping others to be successful with their car wash franchises, Stewart operates Car Care Ormeau as an active business that reinforces his managerial role with hands on experience.

Effectively covering all of the Gold Coast, from Ormeau in the north to the NSW border, Stewart notes that mini details are the bread and butter of the car wash franchises he oversees, but adds that “full detailing of a vehicle including cut and polish and minor scratch removal is a large part of my business.”

Customer satisfaction is what makes the car wash franchises such a rewarding business for Stewart, giving him “great job satisfaction,” and the ability to schedule his work day around personal events gives him flexibility that he never saw with his nine to five career as a sales engineer.

In a sign that the car detailing franchises deliver a product that franchisees can be confident in, Stewart’s most memorable moment in the business so far was having a customer “phone her husband to say she had just bought a new car for $300.”

“This was a result of removing lots of scratches from her paintwork and also rejuvenating it. Obviously one very happy client,” he says.