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Franchises under £10,000
Autosheen
Investment level:
£9,995 plus VAT
Website:
wwww.autosheen.com
Email:
info@autosheen.com
Phone:
franchise focus
0800 131 3301
classification:
Mobile car valeting
James Potter
Make a splash!
to pay a premium to have the special
protective coating applied to their
cabriolet hoods, upholstery or paintwork.
Franchisee James Potter discovered the positive side of
“It’s been great,” James concludes.
“When I fi rst started, I was worried about
redundancy with Autosheen
how I would cope with approaching
companies and trying to get their
W
HEN FORMER mechanic “Asda hosted a family day when they
“I agreed a
business. However, I have had tremendous
James Potter was laid off opened, inviting local service providers to
special deal
support from the team at head offi ce and
last November, he struggled support the event. I went along, was the particularly from General Manager Adrian
for a while to fi nd more work before only professional valeter there and had a
with Asda –
Stiehl, and now I feel really confi dent
deciding that losing his job was not really successful day,” he explains. “Lots of
I’m listed in
about myself and about my business going
necessarily a disaster, but an opportunity people asked for my details and I picked
their staff
forward. I’ve just picked up some new
for a better life. up leads from other local businesses too. business from a local estate agent and am
“I’ve always loved working with cars Most importantly I agreed a special deal
benefi ts
in talks with Williams Formula 1 team. If
and so I was sure that I wanted to stay with Asda – I’m listed in their staff benefi ts
booklet.”
someone had told me back in November
inside the automotive industry, but other booklet and, with more than 1,500 people that I’d be doing all this for myself within a
than that I had an open mind,” he says. working at the site, there is loads of year, I’d never have believed it!” ■
He found a couple of valeting franchises potential future work!”
through the internet that interested him, James has also benefi ted from
so he contacted both to fi nd out more. Autosheen’s extensive national account
“Autosheen offered by far the better portfolio, providing valeting services for
franchise package,” James recalls. “They customers including the Inland Revenue,
provide so much support, helping you and has won work from an increasing
every step of the way, from preparing number of local companies, such as Easy
your business plan to helping you build a Group, where he valets up to 15 cars on a
customer base on your territory. I felt regular basis.
sure that I could make a go of it, so I He confi rms that Autosheen’s range
signed up a few weeks later and launched of specialist services has created a clear
my Autosheen franchise in February competitive edge for him locally. On
this year.” a nearby business park, for example,
Since then, James’ business has grown restrictions on washing cars apply. Whilst
steadily. Most recently he has secured a this keeps other valeters out, Autosheen’s
preferred supplier agreement with Asda, Waterless Valeting System has enabled
to provide valeting services to staff and James to gain permission to valet for
customers at the company’s extensive various companies on the park. Similarly,
new warehouse, which recently opened his recent training on Autoguard has
within his territory. already brought in customers prepared
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