At the time of the rebrand, there was Murphy and two technicians. Today Halifax Heat Pumps & Electrical and their sister company currently have twenty employees with twelve vehicles and four support staff combined. “With my wife’s health issues it was hard to scale the business and look after things at home as she was recovering from 12 major surgeries and having daily dialysis because of her illness,” said Murphy. For some, they would have lost focus, but not Murphy as he was more determined than ever to push forward through it all and grow the company, even with the added pressure of the pandemic. Murphy was also laser-focused on his wife’s health. Being an advocate for Tracey as the couple dealt with the complications of her failed kidney transplant twelve years ago and the daily dialysis and medical issues that followed. Through this advocacy, the Murphy’s were able to work with another doctor and after many tests, it was uncovered that Eric would be able to donate one of his kidneys to his wife, Tracey which happened nine weeks before we did the interview. Murphy was elated when he told us, “Since the surgery, Tracey has been off dialysis and her levels have been perfect, she has been on minimal medications and so far, it has been a great success.” This is amazing news for the Murphy family.
“The motivation for the growth and transition of the brand was driven by my wife’s illness,” said Murphy. He goes on to say, “Before it was just Eric Murphy Electrical, and there was no way that I could step away for two hours, let alone two months. So that was a big driver for us to grow the company to a point where I had an office manager, and a foreman so the company could operate without me being there.” Investing his energy, time and money into the infrastructure of the business so that he would be able to step away from the business and have the transplant surgery so Tracey could have his kidney and get back on the road to recovery. Not only did Murphy build a business that he could step away from, he built one with a solid reputation in the industry, “I have always been
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FALL/WINTER 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2022
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