Rob and Gayle Allen

“Being previous business owners, we have been “in the trenches” with small and medium sized businesses. We understand profit and loss and how business owners live out of a business. We have a thorough understanding of customer service, public relations and marketing. We know how to grow a small business and increase its overall value. As a VR Business Broker, we assess a company’s worth and bring business buyers and sellers together for mutual gain.”

--- Rob and Gayle Allen

For the past 22 years, Rob and Gayle Allen have worked as a team to purchase small businesses, build them to new levels, and sell them for a profit. Now they are applying their unique talents to, VR Business Brokers, based in Asheville, North Carolina. The partners use their expertise at all facets of business development to assess a company’s worth and bring business buyers and sellers to the table.

 In 1988, Rob and Gayle Allen purchased Sir Speedy Printing in Little Rock, Arkansas. Over 10 years they invested over $500,000 in capital for technology, equipment updates, training, personnel and marketing. Each partner applied his own unique expertise to the business. Rob brought a strong background in the brokerage and financial industry, and Gayle utilized her skills in business management and analysis to help Sir Speedy Printing grow. Between 1990-2002 the Allen’s Sir Speedy location was in the top 35 of the network of national stores. In 2002, Rob and Gayle Allen sold their printing operation at a profit. Sir Speedy Printing is being operated successfully today.

In 2003, Rob and Gayle purchased FloridaScapes Lawn and Landscape, a commercial landscape company. They were both actively involved in all facets of the business. Once they took over this business, the revenue increased by 50% and profitability improved by 220%. In 2006, they sold the business at a profit. The new owners are operating this landscape company today.

After working for over 20 years in the newspaper industry throughout the southeast United States, Wren comes to VR Business Brokers. He was involved in all publishing phases, from production, advertising sales, reporting and editing, to managing and owning his own newspapers. The last seven years were spent as a media broker, assisting prospective buyers and sellers in the sale and acquisition of media properties -- newspapers, shoppers, radio stations and magazines. He worked a territory that included the southeast United States, the Caribbean, and South and Central America.