Franchise Your Business with help from the professionals at FDS Midlands

If you have a successful business that you would like to expand you should certainly consider franchising. Franchising could enable you to create a highly motivated nationwide network more cost-effectively and more quickly than could be achieved in almost any other way.

ASSESSMENT
To help you assess the viability of franchising your company, FDS Midlands will prepare a 50 page Initial Franchising Report giving recommendations on all the key issues. Alternatively, you may prefer to arrange a half day 'Franchise Brainstorm' meeting with a senior consultant.

WORKING TOGETHER
If franchising is the correct way forward, FDS Midlands will continue to work with you to create your franchising structure. For example, we will assist you with the key financial projections, the Franchise Prospectus, the Legal Agreement, a Disclosure Document and your franchise operations manual.

FRANCHISEE RECRUITMENT
FDS Midlands can also help franchisors, both new and existing, with the recruitment of franchisees for their network.

One method is by using well-proven FDS publications such as The Franchise Magazine to create high quality enquiries from prospective candidates. Another increasingly popular and cost-effective method of franchisee recruitment is via the UK Franchise Directory website (www.theukfranchisedirectory.net) which is also owned and operated by FDS.

Finally, for franchisors who need a fully comprehensive service, FDS Midlands offers its FranMatch option whereby all candidates are carefully filtered and matched to the franchisor's profile before being presented for interview by the franchisor. This tailor-made service saves valuable time for the franchisor and usually results in a noticeably higher quality of franchisee network.

"We work in a fast-moving environment, so we needed a consultant who could quickly grasp our unique business philosophy and help us translate it into a highly effective Franchise Package. FDS Midlands guided us very professionally through the process of producing the prospectus, disclosure document, legal agreement, manual and even the launch advertising. Thanks to FDS Midlands we are confident that our franchise opportunity is one of the very best available in the marketplace."

Vijay Odedra, CEO, 1Stop Telecom

Some comments from companies that decided to do just that:

"We chose FDS Midlands FranMatch service to help with our recruitment due to their high professional standards and we have not been disappointed. We at Mortgageforce pride ourselves on our professionalism in the financial sector of the franchise market and we have built up an excellent and strong working relationship with FDS Midlands FranMatch, working closely over the last two years to secure the services of a number of highly successful franchisees.

"FranMatch have a thorough understanding of our franchise proposition and this helps them to match correctly the candidates for a Mortgageforce franchise. It also insures that all the prospective franchisees have a good general understanding of the opportunity. This means we can have meaningful conversations with the candidates when we meet, taking on board any potential issues or concerns highlighted by FranMatch during their personal interview with the candidate.

"The groundwork undertaken by FranMatch is a major benefit to the recruitment team and I am looking forward to the relationship continuing well into the future."

Malcolm Tongue, Franchise Manager of Mortgageforce

"It was good to have FDS Midlands to guide us right through the whole franchising process. They were quick to understand our business and produced a carefully tailored package, which continues to serve us very well indeed."

David Cheeseman - Jaguar Couriers Ltd

"We found that FDS Midlands had a very practical, no-nonsense approach to franchising. All their advice was extremely helpful and each stage of the project was completed strictly on schedule. Without such professional guidance we would definitely have been struggling - instead we already have three franchises in place and many more in the pipeline!"

Pete Clements, MD - V4Vans Ltd

"FDS Midlands were always happy to work at the pace we wanted. We first agreed the strategy plan and then rolled out the franchise infrastructure step-by-step. FDS provided particular help in those areas where we ourselves were weakest. Even after completion of the work, our consultant continues to take a real interest in the progress of our franchise business."

Alan Thomson MD - Adept Cleaning Services Ltd

FDS Midlands is owned and operated by Managing Director Ken Young, a seasoned franchising professional who has worked on both sides of the franchise partnership. The company is part of Franchise Development Services, which has provided advice and guidance to the franchise industry for the past 27 years.

For help with franchising your business please contact:
Telephone: 01543 483 509
Email: fdsmids@supanet.com
FDS Midlands Ltd, 28 Footherley Road,
Shenstone, Lichfield, WS14 0NJ