CONSIDER FRANCHISING?
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 working together with you in creating 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. Once your new franchise has been 'piloted' and is ready to launch, FDS can move on to help with your franchisee recruitment - either via the pages of The Franchise Magazine, The UK Franchise Directory website, or by accessing the FDS Midlands franchisee database.

EXPERTISE
FDS Midlands has Affiliate Membership of the British Franchise Association and is fully accredited by several bodies for the delivery of franchising consultancy. We also enjoy Associate status with Entrepreneur Action, an organisation which can provide financial help for franchising to eligible high growth companies based in Wales.

Some comments from companies that decided to do just that:

1StopTele.com

1Stop Telecom has spent the last four years investing and developing Annecto Telecom Limited which has built a state-of-the-art network and secured some of the best telecoms agreements from around the globe. With Annecto at its core, 1Stop is fully equipped to complete its vision of retailing international phone services to the general public. This retail operation is being marketed as a franchise under the umbrella of 1Stop.

"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 Ltd

"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, MD, Jaguar Couriers Ltd

"We knew absolutely nothing about franchising, so it was reassuring to have step-by-step guidance from FDS Midlands throughout the whole process. Their consultant made sure that we understood everything and helped us to produce all the documents we needed. The Franchise Prospectus is something we are particularly proud of!" Jacky Hall, MD, The Bunnery 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 our very first franchisee in place!" Pete Clements, MD, V4Vans Ltd

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