Me & My Money: Eyeing growth as cleaning business sparkles

Entrepreneur plans to expand overseas as demand grows for services amid pandemic

Mr Alvin Tan, founder and managing director of cleaning firm Sureclean, also puts his money in other firms that have stable track records and potential for growth in these volatile times. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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Starting a cleaning firm might not have been uppermost on the minds of many businessmen a while back, but entrepreneur Alvin Tan is now reaping the rewards as the Covid-19 outbreak sparks a huge demand for such services and products.

Mr Tan, the founder and managing director of Sureclean, is seeing the payoff from investing in the business over the years, while also putting his money in other firms that have stable track records and potential for growth in these volatile times.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on October 11, 2020, with the headline Me & My Money: Eyeing growth as cleaning business sparkles. Subscribe