USA property painting franchise looks to expand across UK

Successful USA-based franchise 360 Painting is seeking suitable Regional Master Franchisees to aid its expansion into the UK marketplace.

The opportunity

360 Painting provides an interior and exterior painting service to residential and commercial customers. For many homeowners 360 Painting is a brand that represents excellent service and reliability in a fragmented industry that is often noted for its poor service. The company focuses on providing an excellent finished product, as well as customer service, to ensure that the business grows through word-of-mouth while benefiting from repeat business.

The property maintenance industry is in a strong position during the current economic climate as many homeowners are finding they cannot afford to move or make drastic changes to their properties and are looking for cheaper options to revamp their homes instead.

Ideal candidates

360 Painting is looking for Regional Master Franchisees who have white-collar business experience and an outgoing personality. This is a management opportunity so a potential Regional Master Franchisee needs to be a relationship builder who can put together a team of employees to ensure that customers are satisfied from the start to finish of each job.

The ideal Regional Master Franchise candidate will:

• Have senior management or entrepreneurial experience
• Be a mentor type with a passion to see others successful in business
• Understand market strategies and sales relationships
• Be a motivator and have people skills, consultation abilities and mentorship abilities
• Easily adapt to change and be a visionary type

Benefits for franchisees

360 Painting has been franchising since 1996 and has built up a wealth of experience of operating in the industry as well as supporting franchise owners. Furthermore, the company has developed a successful business model that is simple to follow and can easily adapt to different territories.

There are many benefits to owning a 360 Painting franchise, these include:

• Corporate/industry experience dating back to 1996
• Executive team with over 30 combined years of franchising experience
• Simple business model - easy to manage
• Family friendly hours
• No overhead until revenue is produced because sub-contractors do the work
• Commercial opportunity
• Proprietary software for customer relations management and business planning
Fast Ramp Up and Break Even
• Scalable Business

Training and support

As part of the 360 Painting franchise package all franchise owners receive an initial full five days training course before launching their business, plus another full five days training the first week their business opens. The 10 day training programme covers all angles of running a 360 Painting business, from getting the marketing started and finding customers to how to perform an estimate and finding the right painters to complete projects. The course covers:

• "360 Prime" - Start Up Programme
• Estimating software
• Business management software
• Employee recruitment and management
• Marketing
• Sales and Marketing tools
• In field training to ramp sales fast!

Additionally 360 Painting provides ongoing support to all its franchise owners, which includes access to support from head office staff who have years of experience in both supporting franchise owners and the painting industry.