Handie providing a helping hand for sanitising solutions as businesses recover from COVID-19
As businesses start their recovery from COVID-19 restrictions, a new enterprise has been created to help them with sanitiser solutions.
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Hand sanitiser is the new hot item in the age of COVID-19 and two friends have created a new business to help companies ensure they have plenty on hand.
Business SA’s 2019 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Edward Juers has launched a new business called Handie with his friend Peter Paleologos.
It is a wall-mounted, contactless hand sanitiser dispenser system. But rather than having to fork out significant funds upfront to buy the hand sanitation station, businesses sign up for a monthly package.
The size of the package depends on the size of the business, with anywhere from one to three dispensers.
For a monthly fee, a Handie team member sets up the dispensers ready for use and then provides monthly servicing and fill-ups.
Mr Juers said the service would help businesses as they start their recovery from COVID-19 restrictions.
“This has been designed specifically for businesses who have other things to worry about than going to the shops and buying expensive hand sanitiser,” he said.
“We’re aiming this at small to medium businesses that may not have the resources to go out and buy hand sanitiser dispensers, because they can range from $400 to $600 each.
“This service also means they don’t have to go out looking for hand sanitiser.”
Mr Juers is well-placed to understand the issues currently facing hospitality businesses, as he works as a manager at the Cathedral Hotel in North Adelaide.
Meanwhile, Mr Paleologos also works as a sales manager for Veneziano Coffee Roasters, so has a good knowledge of the cafe industry.
Looking to the revival of the hospitality industry in a post COVID world, they both recognised the need for sanitiser in these venues.
“This all started from a conversation about what the hospitality industry was going to look like post COVID-19,” Mr Juers said.
“We know that cafes and pubs are going through a really tough time.”
Business SA chief executive Martin Haese said the organisation’s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme had been positively changing lives for 21 years and now more than ever young entrepreneurs were needed to take risks and create new opportunities that will help with South Australia’s economic recovery from COVID-19.
“We congratulate Edward on his agility to pivot his business model in the face of adversity,” Mr Haese said.
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“He has come up with a solution that not only benefits some of our hardest hit businesses in the hospitality sector, but also retail stores and office-based businesses as they prepare to welcome back customers and their staff in the next few weeks.”
Business SA is now taking applications for the next round of the South Australian Young Entrepreneurs Scheme.
“We encourage all young entrepreneurs that want to launch and/or run a successful and sustainable business that can help our economy to please get in touch,” Mr Haese said.
Businesses wanting to find out more about Handie can visit www.handieaus.com.