Start up advice needed

ansh77

Hi,
I'm planning to start a Pest control business in Ireland. Actually I made a deal with one UAE based company to franchise their business to here. My problem is I have no experience or whatsoever in this business or in Irish Market. So I'm stuck where I started. These are the things I want to know;
1)Company registration procedure
2)Does it need a particular licence?
3)Is it necessary to have a qualified technician to apply for a licence and operations?
4)where can I get trained for this and how much does it cost?
5)Is there any special requirements to set up an office and storage area to keep all these pesticides and chemicals?

Thanks

JMR

You made a deal with a company based in UAE to operate as a franchisee in Ireland even though you have no experience of either the business or Ireland itself???

I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.
I sincerely hope you have not invested much in this

Meathlass

Why would you want to start a business when you have no experience in either the sector or the Irish market and have no awareness of regulation on the storage and use of the chemicals.

I hope you didn't spend too much money on the franchise.

jimmii

Seems like a really bad idea. Were the franchise owners not concerned at your lack of experience? Starting a new business in an industry and country you know is dam hard starting one in an industry and country you don't know is next to impossible. If you do want to go ahead with this then find someone with a TON of experience doing it here and get them in to help with the set up and day to day running of the company maybe even make them a partner.

Contact Irish Pest Control Association if anyone is going to be able to help I am guessing its going to be them! Looks like the run a few courses and they may well know someone with experience who might be interested in getting involved.

ansh77

jimmii wrote: »

Seems like a really bad idea. Were the franchise owners not concerned at your lack of experience? Starting a new business in an industry and country you know is dam hard starting one in an industry and country you don't know is next to impossible. If you do want to go ahead with this then find someone with a TON of experience doing it here and get them in to help with the set up and day to day running of the company maybe even make them a partner.

yeah they are aware of my lack of experience and it's them who offers full support and encouraging me to step into this particular business. Company owners are my old pals and they are into this business for last 7 years and it's a huge success there. That's how this thing came to me. I was doing a research about the potential of this business for months and I found it pretty good business to do. I went through IPCA website many times but couldn't find anything helpful for a start up guy like me. That's a waste of time. I need some useful information regarding the things I asked in original post. My idea is to hire some experienced hands for the job. But I have to study A-Z first.
Good news is that I got an appointment from local enterprise office, fingal today to attend their start up advice class. Hope everything will go as planned.

jimmii

Email IPCA their site might not be great but you might get more like getting in touch with them presumably they do know a fair bit about the industry!

makeandcreate

ansh77 wrote: »

Hi,
I'm planning to start a Pest control business in Ireland. Actually I made a deal with one UAE based company to franchise their business to here. My problem is I have no experience or whatsoever in this business or in Irish Market. So I'm stuck where I started. These are the things I want to know;
1)Company registration procedure
2)Does it need a particular licence?
3)Is it necessary to have a qualified technician to apply for a licence and operations?
4)where can I get trained for this and how much does it cost?
5)Is there any special requirements to set up an office and storage area to keep all these pesticides and chemicals?

Thanks

CRO.ie


What areas of pest control are you talking about - what are you planning on specialising in? I have friends that offer broad based pest control for farmers in the terms of magpies, squirrels, jays, pigeons, rats and they have personal liability insurance for upto £1 million and they offer services for free as it's something they enjoy doing. None of them have any qualifications beyond gun licences/insurance.
It looks the industry is as regulated or unregulated as you want it to be - if my neighbours get to know I am not afraid of rats and dealing with them, then someone else will refer me.
With regards to rat infest (and mice) there is also more to realise than chucking down poison - lactating female rats can absorb far more poison and then pass it on to her young in doses that are effectively providing immunity to future generations. So successive cases of rat infestation, which are ineffectively treated - normally mean the source is never eradicated and the rats become more immune to pesticide.
And as far as I can tell from my meagre farming background - anyone can access the poisons/baits/chemicals - where you get them at wholesale is a different matter.

The last thing is - as a pest controller - how can you possibly deal with situations if you don't even know the animals you are dealing with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCtGMAsB74

All the OP needs is a Jack Russell!