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Franchises from £20,000 to £50,000
Rooferman
Investment level:
£24,490 + VAT
Website:
www.rooferman.co.uk
Email:
info@rooferman.co.uk
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Phone:
08000 341 799
classification:
Property maintenance/repairs
Mr Hopkins explains why the Rooferman
franchise venture provides the ideal answer
for franchisees. “They bene t from the full
backing of our head of ce, which takes
care of all the paperwork. Also, all jobs go
through a centralised call centre and are
then forwarded by text to the franchisees
in the regions, which means roofers are not
disturbed while working on the roofs.
“By providing excellent training and
support we are not only helping small
businesses get off the ground, but are also
giving property owners a recognised UK
brand they can rely on for consistent quality
work and great customer service.”
Because of the current economic
climate, many homeowners are looking to
Chris Hopkins repair and maintain their existing property
rather than put their house on the market.
“Roofs are an essential and as a result
The sky’s the limit
most people are willing to spend money
on repairing them even when nancially
hard up,” says Mr Hopkins. “An increasing
New franchise Rooferman could be on the brink of
number of homeowners are also looking
for ways to modify their homes in order
becoming a household name...
to become more cost effective and
environmentally friendly in the long term.
P
LOUGHCROFT BUILDING assistance is available will cover the cost
“By providing
One of the easiest ways to do this is to
Services which has won industry of their licence fee, operations manual, a
excellent
install solar panels to roofs.
acclaim for its work improving training support allowance, three-month “Our research shows that a hardworking
industry standards, aims to extend its lease of a vehicle, tools and IT equipment,
training and
Rooferman franchise could expect to
quality standards across the country corporate work wear and business
support we
achieve a turnover of up to £84,000 in its
to deliver a new national generation stationery.
are not only
rst year of operation, building to a healthy
of highly trained roof repair and And a thorough support package will £197,000 by the end of year three, of
maintenance personnel. include regular visits from a franchise
helping small
which more than £53,000 would be pro t.”
Rooferman franchise opportunities will manager, a mentoring programme, businesses Mr Hopkins should know. Since taking
offer prospective roofers the chance to top-up training as and when required,
get off the
over as managing director in 2005, he has
set up a man-in-a-van business without the performance benchmarking and regular built Ploughcroft Building Services Ltd to a
usual risks associated with going it alone. networking meetings.
ground, but
£2 million turnover operation with a staff of
In return for a total investment of Ploughcroft managing director Chris are also giving 25 covering the majority of the country.
£24,495 they will receive intensive Hopkins explains Rooferman’s potential:
property
The forward-thinking company
training at Ploughcroft’s purpose-built “Having started trading as a father-and-son was winner of the National Home
training academy, covering everything operation, I know only too well the risks
owners a
Improvement Council’s National Award
from practical roo ng techniques, repair associated with going it alone. However, recognised UK for Innovation in Training in 2007 and in
and maintenance methods, to installation I also know that as a well-established
brand they
2008, it scooped the top prize for specialist
of latest green technologies such as solar company now, we often struggle to look contractors in the national Best Places to
panels. after clients wanting smaller roof repairs,
can rely on”
Work in Construction Awards, run by
Franchisees will also be trained on leaving a real niche to be lled. There are Contract Journal.
health and safety matters and certi cated therefore considerable opportunities in It also recently won the Yorkshire
to PASMA (Prefabricated Access the roo ng market for smaller businesses and Humber SME Award from cross-
Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association) whose personnel are properly trained industry body Construction Excellence in
for tower scaffolding. and able to be exible and work to a recognition of its best practice in people
In addition, the nancial outlay for which proven system.” development and collaborative working. �
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