After a redundancy opportunity was made to me (Simon) during the financial crisis in 2010, returning to my career as an investment banker was not inspiring and with Friederike’s consultative experience as a landscape architect, we wanted to find an opportunity that combined our skills. As young business professionals, who were recently married and wanted to start a family, we needed to generate an income but craft a lifestyle that also allowed us to be present as we welcomed children.
Working Together
FASTSIGNS was the perfect business that combined our expertise. I worked on obtaining clients through sales, while Friederike would work consultatively with them, nurturing their signage project through idea generation, production and installation. As our business grew, we developed our team, which allowed Friedrike to work part-time in the business and be around for our growing family.
The Network & Support
When we found FASTSIGNS, we liked the network support. Having a great mentor, who has now become a firm friend, helped us to get to grips with the signage industry quickly. Coupled with the tremendous support that the UK Support Team provides, our business continues to grow. We now consistently hit sales of £850,000+ and we’re aiming to exceed £1 million in the next year or so. We’d have achieved this sooner, had the pandemic not hit, but the support we were offered through this time was vital and helped us prepare for great things as we enter 2023.
