{"id":6514,"date":"2013-09-24T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:42:09","slug":"86-green-square-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2013\/86-green-square-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"86. Green Square Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Richard Hiblen<br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> October 2012 (launched March 2013) <br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensquare.co.uk\">www.greensquare.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the British high street in well-publicised difficulty, setting up a bricks-and-mortar store dedicated entirely to the sale and installation of renewable energy products may seem counterintuitive. However, Richard Hiblen had spotted a gap in the market for renewable energy products targeted at domestic and small business consumers and realised that a franchise model based on physical stores would benefit from a significant tax advantage &ndash; Green Square can charge just 5% VAT to their customers whereas online suppliers must charge 20%. Already, the Raynes Park-based business is expected to hit &pound;70,000 turnover in its first year of trading, and has just offered its first three franchises for like-minded entrepreneurs in the South East to hop on board. 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