54
Franchises from £10,000 to £20,000
Mobile Car Valeting
Investment level:
£10,000 plus VAT (before
1 January 2010 only)
email:
info@mobilecarvaleting.co.uk
Website:
www.mobilecarvaleting.co.uk
Phone:
franchise focus
0800 781 7117
classification:
Vehicle cleaning
Top gear
21 years ago in Leicester, and has been
operating as a franchise for the past fi ve
years. He says: “We decided to franchise
Voluntary redundancy led Drew Davis to take on a
because if I wanted to run the business
in London for example, it would be
Mobile Car Valeting franchise
very hard to do so from Leicester, so
franchising solved the problem.
M
OBILE CAR Valeting (MCV) always someone there to support you –
“We’re offering
“We’ve divided the UK into 77 areas,
offers valeting services across day or night.”
franchisees
so we’re offering big territories – not
all areas of the UK and Ireland On a typical day, Drew works from just a few post codes – with between
to anybody with a vehicle, whether it’s a around 8am until 6pm from Monday
big territories
one and two million people as potential
car, boat or plane. What’s more, before the to Friday. He adds: “Sometimes my jobs
with between
customers. Franchisees can then easily
1 January a further £4,000 reduction will might have fi nished by 3pm so I can get
one and two
expand to a multi-van operation.”
be offered on the franchise fee! home early and spend time with the So what is Terry looking for in a
Franchisee Drew Davis took voluntary kids, which is great.”
million potential
franchisee? “We’ve got franchisees from all
redundancy in 2008 following a career in For prospective franchisees that may customers.” walks of life. We’ve got former postmen,
IT management and took four months off be considering a MCV franchise, Drew airline pilots, shoe shop managers, the list
to decide what career path to take next. advises: “You will need to be prepared goes on. We show franchisees how to get
A friend of his had bought a car valeting to work hard. It’s a labour intensive job, business and market it. It’s handholding all
franchise a few years earlier and his but the overheads are low. You need the way through. At the end of the fi ve-year
success made Drew consider franchising. to be the sort of person with a can-do agreement, if the franchisee decides to sign
Drew says: “I’d always wanted to run attitude. You can make around £300 a again, there is no renewal fee, which makes
my own business but I didn’t have an day, sometimes more.” us different from many franchises.” ■
idea for a business or a product to sell, Drew’s business has not been
so franchising seemed the ideal route to hit by the recession either. He
being my own boss.” explains: “It becomes more
After searching the Internet, Drew came important to clean and
across MCV and after talking to franchisor maintain cars in a recession
Terry Smith he knew this was the right as people are less likely
move for him. to be buying new cars.”
Drew attended a two-week intensive And if secondhand car
training course, which involved working sales are on the increase,
alongside other franchisees and one-to- car valeting services will
one training on all cleaning methods. be an important part of
Drew continues: “The training support enhancing sales.
is very good and very professional and is MCV is a franchise built
followed up by visits from MCV’s franchise on proven performance,
manager. MCV is great because there is started by Terry Smith
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