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A budding entrepreneur who has taken Scotland into his heart is driving forward in a new role as the South Aberdeen franchise owner for the professional oven valeting firm Ovenu.
Alec Bartak, 35, originally hails from Prague in the Czech Republic, but has adopted Scotland as his homeland since falling in love with the country when he moved there five years ago.
He decided that he wanted to take the step of becoming his own boss and began searching for franchising opportunities in the Aberdeen area. After a year of research he finally decided upon becoming an Ovenu franchisee, wanting to provide services to the Aberdeen community that he had grown so fond of.
Throughout his new venture Alec will be getting administrative support from his wife Deepa, 27, who he met while living in Scotland.
No stranger to working with the general public, Alec has qualifications in automobile engineering and plumbing and was also involved in the antiques industry in Prague. He is hoping to use his people skills across the South Aberdeen area, allowing homeowners to enjoy their spare time rather than wasting it on doing one of the most hated of all household chores – cleaning the oven.
Ovenu has attracted over 60,000 customers per year across the UK and its franchise model has been replicated in Europe, Australia and the United States.
Its valeting service is so thorough that key components of an oven are dismantled and placed into design-registered equipment, which uses non-caustic products to clean the oven parts. The process takes around three hours and leaves the oven, hob and exterior in immaculate condition.
He said: “I love living in Scotland, it is the best move I ever made, the people are so warm and friendly and the atmosphere is jovial.
“I have thought about becoming my own boss for a while, but wanted to be sure that I was committing myself to the right franchise and do something that I know I could make work.
“I preferred Ovenu because of the excellent track record that the company has with current clients and other franchisees across the country. No-one likes cleaning their oven, it really can be a pain-staking and greasy job, but now people living in South Aberdeen have the option of using my service.
“I am really looking forward to keeping people’s ovens sparklingly clean.”
Rik Hellewell from Ovenu said: “Alec and Deepa make a great team, their people skills will really help them to take the business forward and I wish them every success in their new venture.”
For more information about the Ovenu service or to book a professional oven valet call freephone 0800 140 9800 or log onto Ovenu Aberdeen