{"id":49510,"date":"2017-06-07T09:49:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T08:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=49510"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:22:42","slug":"laundrapp-enters-commercial-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/laundrapp-enters-commercial-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Laundrapp enters \u201cmulti-billion pound\u201d commercial sector with Dior and Z-Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Laundrapp, which won <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/app-of-the-year-2016\/\">App of the Year<\/a> at the 2016 Startups Awards, has announced its launch into the &ldquo;multi-billion pound&rdquo; commercial laundry sector, with Christian Dior and Z-Hotels as its first customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Operating 364 days a year, Laundrapp&rsquo;s fleet of five vans and eight drivers will service everything from linen, staff uniforms and shop stock, to table cloths, chef&rsquo;s whites and towels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company has said it will increase the size of its fleet and team of drivers &ldquo;exponentially&rdquo; as demand for its commercial service increases. Existing&nbsp;corporates in its customer portfolio include the likes of Virgin, Marks &amp; Spencer and Lloyds banking Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Founded by <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Edward Relf, Antony Pink and Nick Bransby-Williams in 2014, Laundrapp is an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service available in 100 towns and cities across the UK, as well as in Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2017\/18-laundrapp-2\/\">three-time Startups 100-featured<\/a> app has been downloaded 250,000 times to date and &ndash; now backed by over &pound;10m in funding &ndash; has plans to expand to a further 15 international markets over the next 18 months. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Relf commented: &ldquo;We have seen a huge growth in the commercial sector of our business and this has largely been driven by in-bound demand. Laundrapp was set up as a smart scalable technology platform and a move into the commercial laundry space is entirely inevitable for such a rapid growing technology platform.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">&ldquo;With a lack of innovation in the commercial laundry sector, brands and corporates have been delighted with our innovative offering. This is a very exciting growth phase for the business, we are adding to our fleet, employing more staff and are expanding into new sectors and territories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">&ldquo;Laundrapp has always been a disruptive business and we are ready to shake up the commercial laundry sector just as we&rsquo;ve done across the consumer laundry space.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laundrapp, which won App of the Year at the 2016 Startups Awards, has announced its launch into the &ldquo;multi-billion pound&rdquo; commercial laundry sector, with Christian Dior and Z-Hotels as its first customers. 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