A booming business is creating five new jobs in the Swansea area after opening its first Welsh store at the Go Mobile outlet in the city’s busy Quadrant Centre.
West Country entrepreneurs Matthew Gray, 33, and Gareth Murray, 31, who have also taken over the Go Mobile franchise in Port Talbot, are promising local deals for local people as their unique selling point.
The acquisition of the two new stores takes the number of their Go Mobile franchised outlets to 14.
And Matthew says their plan is to increase the number of outlets they operate to 20 by June 2012.
He said: “We are by far Go Mobile’s largest franchise owners running 14 of Go Mobile’s 100 outlets nationwide. However, we are constantly looking at new locations and we are always open to suggestions.
“We have a very specific business plan ensuring we look after local people. Some bigger companies in the industry are more interested in numbers. We offer a deal with long-term support.”
He added: “Things are going well and we are very pleased to have acquired the franchise on the Swansea and Port Talbot outlets. And as a result we have created three new full-time jobs in our Swansea outlet and two at Port Talbot.
“It is hard work but we are energetic and determined and I am sure we will achieve our goal of having 20 stores by summer.”
Quadrant Shopping Centre manager Alan Wallace welcomed the move and said: “It is good to see a business expanding and offering new careers here in Swansea.
“The Quadrant is certainly a very popular centre and is a key part of the city’s retail sector and there is always plenty of interest from retailers wanting to take units here.”
Matthew said that with stores in Hampshire and their native counties of Devon and Cornwall, they can drive down operating costs.
He said: “I have 10 years of experience in the industry while my business partner, Gareth has a similar background and also has a decade of experience in the mobile phone business.
“We are looking at another potential outlet in Wales but we are delighted to have acquired a store in the Quadrant Shopping Centre which we have always thought of as a prime location.
“We want to see the Swansea store grow and develop and can assure our customers we will be going all out to provide a real local service for local people.
“We deal with business to business as well as individual customers and work with all the major networks to offer cracking deals for local people.”
