By Kirra Livingstone
AFTER 18 years of running Hinterland Pest Control, Vern Manns has decided to retire, and has passed the reigns onto Hinterland local, Jeremy Krieger.
Vern bought Hinterland Pest Control from the original owner, Bob Banner, in the early 2000s, and has become a key business servicing the Hinterland community for a number of years.
“I am retiring because I have a bad back, so it’s mainly a physical thing which has made me sell the business,” Vern said.
“It will be good to spend time with the grandchildren now.”
Vern said he would like to thank all his loyal customers from over the years, who have supported him and kept the business running.
New owner, Jeremy has just under five years experience in pest control, and has two young kids and a wife backing him up.
Jeremy said he has big plans to revitalise the business’ social media presence.
“The impressive thing about Vern’s business is it has no digital footprint, however it’s successful purely from word of mouth,” he said.
“Down the road I will start social media pages and a website, and maybe instead of informing clients of their next service in the mail, I’ll set up a text system.
“But if people want it to stay the same I can do that too.”
Despite these few changes, the rest of the business’ well known and treasured processes will remain the same.
Jeremy revealed that if there are any issues or if he needs any help settling in as the new owner, Vern is just a phone call away to lend a hand.
The new owner officially took over on Monday, June 23, and is keen to get to know his customers.