Puli's Laundry and Cleaning Services
| Business Location: | Rural |
| Province | Free State |
| Branch: | Thabo Mofutsanyana |
| Business Start Date: | |
| Busniess Type: | Company |
Business Dynamics and Challenges
Business Activities:
Pulis Laundry and Cleaning Services operates in the service sector, specializing in hygiene, maintenance, and lifestyle support for both residential and commercial clients. Their core activities are structured into two main service lines:
Laundry Services: This includes washing, drying, ironing, and folding of textiles. They cater to households, hospitality businesses (like B&Bs and guest houses), and healthcare facilities requiring clean linens, towels, uniforms, and other fabrics.
Cleaning Services: This encompasses a range of cleaning solutions:
Domestic/Residential Cleaning: Regular or once-off deep cleaning of homes, apartments, and residential complexes.
Commercial Cleaning: Office cleaning, floor maintenance, window cleaning, and post-construction cleanup for businesses and industrial sites.
Specialized Cleaning: Potentially includes carpet shampooing, upholstery cleaning, and high-pressure washing, depending on equipment and client contracts.
Challenges/Needs:
The core challenge is transitioning from a grant-supported expansion phase to a self-sustaining, profitable business model that can withstand market fluctuations and continue to grow organically.
To operate sustainably at this larger scale and potentially attract further funding or large contracts, the business needs more formal structures.
Skills Development & Staff Management
Intervention Insights and Results
Intervention Details:
Sedfa provided Access to Funding Facilitation as per its intervention procedures.
When the client visited Sedfa, the Business Advisor conducted a needs assessment and reviewed the business’s financial status and growth potential. The advisor assisted the client in preparing and refining funding proposals and directed them to suitable funding opportunities aligned with their business stage and sector.
Sedfa referred the client to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and supported them throughout the application process, ensuring all required documentation was complete and submitted correctly.
When the client visited Sedfa, the Business Advisor conducted a needs assessment and reviewed the business’s financial status and growth potential. The advisor assisted the client in preparing and refining funding proposals and directed them to suitable funding opportunities aligned with their business stage and sector.
Sedfa referred the client to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and supported them throughout the application process, ensuring all required documentation was complete and submitted correctly.
Outcome Details:
As a direct result of Sedfa’s intervention, the client successfully secured a R50,000 grant from NYDA.
• Post-intervention outcomes include:
• Increase in annual income from R125,000 to R137,500.
• Growth in employment from 3 to 5 employees.
These results align with Sedfa’s performance indicators related to improved business income and job creation, demonstrating tangible economic impact and sustainability for the SMME.
• Post-intervention outcomes include:
• Increase in annual income from R125,000 to R137,500.
• Growth in employment from 3 to 5 employees.
These results align with Sedfa’s performance indicators related to improved business income and job creation, demonstrating tangible economic impact and sustainability for the SMME.
Client Feedback
Client Comments:
'Thank you'
