{"id":49237,"date":"2016-11-17T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=49237"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:56:28","slug":"service-business-of-the-year-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/service-business-of-the-year-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Business of the Year 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name: <\/strong>Housekeep<br>\n<strong>Founder: <\/strong>Avin Rabheru<br>\n<strong>Started in:<\/strong> 2014<br>\n<strong>Based in: <\/strong>London<br>\n<strong>Business description: <\/strong>A booking platform for professional home cleaners<\/p>\n<p>The on-demand cleaning service that benefits both the consumer and the cleaner, Housekeep was crowned Service Business of the Year at the 2016 Startups Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Having reached more than 10,000 customers and 1,000 cleaners in just two years since launch &ndash; delivering in the region of 10,000 cleans every single month &ndash; it&rsquo;s easy to see why the start-up got the judges backing.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by former venture capital investor Avin Rabheru, Housekeep&rsquo;s platform enables time-poor London professionals to book a one-off, weekly or fortnightly visit from one of its vetted cleaners for &pound;12.50 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Housekeep enables its &ldquo;housekeepers&rdquo; to manage their working lives through its specially created smartphone app, and covers all their travel expenses &ndash; which it claims has saved cleaners more than &pound;260,000 in travel costs since launch.<\/p>\n<p>Headed up by a man who describes vacuuming, stacking dishwashers &amp; ironing as &ldquo;serious passions&rdquo;, the three-time Startups 100-listed company has seen its service expand rapidly across the capital and is now looking to expand nationwide. 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