CONSIDERING 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.

Some comments from companies that decided to do just that:

V4Vans is based on a highly successful van sales business created by Pete and Mandy Clements who together have many years of experience in the motor trade. It specialises in providing a wide choice of vehicles at competitive terms to small and medium-sized companies - a category often poorly served by the main dealers. The V4Vans franchise can be run from home and will appeal to people with strong sales ability - both face to face and by telephone. A big advantage of the V4Vans concept is that all the backup administration is handled by the head office. This includes vehicle sourcing, progress chasing and finance arrangements - leaving the franchisee to concentrate on sales and customer service.

"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

"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 chose FDS Midlands for help with bringing our franchise to market and were delighted with the results. The specific tasks we required were all completed within a couple of months and their quality was outstanding. Most importantly, our consultant continued to make himself available, answering further questions and providing additional advice, long after completion of the actual work. He went above and beyond the call of duty for us."
Graham Brown, MD - Forces Recruitment Services Ltd

"It is now several years since we engaged FDS Midlands to assist in the creation of our Surelet franchise. They helped us every step of the way and we were much impressed by the thoroughness of their approach. Even today, our successful franchising operation continues to be based upon the solid foundation that FDS Midlands provided."
Colin Poole, MD - Surelet Ltd