Business Franchise Feb09 issue

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Franchises from £20,000 to £50,000
Prestige Nursing
Investment level:
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£30,000 plus VAT
Working capital required of
up to £45,000
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Website:
www.prestige-nursing.co.uk
Email:
franchise@prestige-nursing.co.uk
Phone:
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020 8254 7533
classification:
Healthcare
Managing director
Jonathan Bruce
Facing the future with
we reduce our dependence on income
streams from only a few clients.”
Despite the UK’s current economic
conﬁ dence
woes, 2009 is set to be an exciting year
for Prestige. “We’re launching a specialist
homecare service early in the year, with
the aim of targeting client groups that
After a record breaking 2008, Prestige Nursing is set require highly specialised or complex
to unveil a range of new services in 2009 and is facing the
care at home,” states Mr Bruce. “There
is an increasing drive by the government
future with con dence
to offer more and more nursing and
domiciliary care in the community
through the NHS and we are uniquely
A
LTHOUGH 2008 will go year for Prestige, with sales up 20% year
“As Prestige
placed to take advantage of that.”
down as the year when on year, but we know that we have to
operates
The company is also launching a
the economic crisis led to do it all again in 2009.” He identi es range of on-line services for its agency
recession, some sectors have continued Prestige Nursing’s business model as one
across two
workers, allowing them to check when
to grow no matter what the general of the key reasons for the company’s
business
and where they are working, view their
economic conditions. Jonathan Bruce, success. “We have always strived to offer
sectors, our
payslips and amend their personal details.
managing director of Prestige Nursing, a good range of well-de ned services Ms Feltham takes up the story: “This new
explains why healthcare recruitment to our customers, and in recent years
franchisees
on-line facility will allow our franchisees
and homecare services continue to be this has meant offering both healthcare
have a
to interact far more effectively with
very resilient markets. “Unlike other recruitment and homecare services as
greater range
their agency workers as most of the
franchise opportunities, healthcare spend a re ection of the growing convergence more mundane activities can be carried
is typically not discretionary and will be between health and social care.”
of clients to
out through our website. Not only will
at the bottom of the list when individuals The company’s franchised branches choose from this be a real value-added service for
or organisations are looking to trim their have all enjoyed the bene ts of this
and that
our workers but it will also allow our
expenditure. Our franchisees still have business mix and have been able franchisees to spend more time growing
to work very hard on delivering a high to capitalise on opportunities that
means less
their business, which is the key principle
quality, value for money service, but all of increasingly require companies to offer a risk in the of our franchise system anyway.”
the long term indicators show that the broader range of complimentary services.
long term”
Whilst Prestige deliberately limits
demand for healthcare, whether at home Pam Feltham, franchise manager, also the number of franchisees it takes on
or in a residential setting, will continue to believes that there is another equally each year, there has been an enormous
grow strongly.” important dimension to this as well. “As amount of interest shown in the
Having helped steer the company Prestige operates across two business franchise over the last few months
through the last recession in the UK, back sectors, our franchisees have a greater meaning that 2009 shows every sign of
in the early 1990s, Mr Bruce is anything range of clients to choose from and being even busier than 2008 for all of the
but complacent. “2008 was a very good that means less risk in the long term as team at Prestige. �
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