Mike Hanrahan with background is in Chemical Engineering, Purchasing, Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma, started his management business in the domestic services sector in 1993. Ten years later having some 400 cleaners representing his brand on a weekly basis he founded Maid2Clean Franchise Ltd on a shoestring budget. The franchise business was launched after 10 successful years of operation. He has spoken at various Franchising, Entrepreneurship & Small Business Conferences and Seminars. He is also the Manchester Metropolitan University Alumni Ambassador. Having written and published The Lean Thinker - How to Franchise Your Business on a Shoestring Budget he has also pioneered in wide scale online Training Systems and is very interested in introducing successful international Franchise brands to the UK market.