UK - Fit-ex Ltd franchise opportunity

 UK - Fit-ex Ltd franchise opportunity

A Model Franchisee meets Ideal Franchise Opportunity

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Press release date: 11-May-2007

Kevin Buckler (pictured here with his wife Teresa) is a model franchisee.  He is in his mid 40’s, came to franchising as a second career and joined a relatively new operation.  These are the key ingredients to succeeding in a franchise according to a latest survey of the industry.    

Franchising is worth almost 11 billion a year to the UK economy, with a 44% rise in the number of businesses turning to franchising as a way to expand over the past 10 years, according to the annual Natwest/British Franchise Association survey.

The average age for a franchisee is 46, with more people being drawn to franchising as a second or even third career.  But younger entrepreneurs and graduates operate nearly a third of all franchises.     

Kevin brought a Fit-ex blinds and curtain fitting franchise in Harpenden Hertfordshire, last May after being made redundant from his job as a colour retouching expert in the advertising industry. 

Fit-ex which is based in Ashtead, Surrey, launched as a franchise only 18 months ago and now has 6 franchisees. 

Kevin was attracted to the business because it was young.  He says: “I felt it was good to be in on something near the beginning and because it was so new we have the option to become a regional franchisee eventually.”    

“It was clear that although the franchise was new it was a well established business and there was a lot of experience there.”

Kevin runs his business with his wife Theresa, 47, and invested £23,000 to get it up and running.  His is just one of almost 34,000 around the country with the industry employing 371,600 people within 781 franchise systems says the BFA survey. 

Kevin does not expect his business to become profitable until the end of this year but for the moment it is running well ahead of the business plan.  ‘It is going extremely well.  Much better than I had anticipated, he says.  

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