With around four thousand customers, he insists that one of the biggest rewards of working for himself is the satisfaction of a job well done.

He said: “Flexible hours and an excellent living are pretty high on my priority list, but the pleasure that my service brings to customers is the main reason I feel happy and fulfilled.”

A former studio technician for the BBC, redundancy provided him with an opportunity to re-evaluate his working life and he decided to make a complete change.

He was drawn to domestic and commercial oven cleaning franchise, Ovenclean by the company’s strong track record and the simplicity of the business model. He could see the huge potential it offered.

Mr Speake added: “Everyone has an oven, and they all need cleaning; a job that almost everyone hates. I felt pretty confident that this was the right move for me and in five years, I have never looked back.”

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