80
Franchises from £20,000 to £50,000
ChipsAway
Investment level:
£22,500 plus VAT
Website:
www.chipsaway.co.uk
Email:
uk@chipsaway.co.uk
Phone:
franchise focus
0800 731 6914
classification:
Automotive
Paul Fabian
Perfect 10
going from strength to strength, increasing
year-on-year. This year, things have
boomed, with monthly turnover climbing
Franchisee Paul Fabian has just signed for a third fi ve-
to £65,000.”
“I always believed that I would be
year term with ChipsAway
this successful,” he confi rms. “I could
see the potential of the franchise from
A
FTER TEN increasingly successful Paul has become increasingly involved
“He currently
the outset. I visualised that from initially
years in business, high-fl ying with end of lease work; he’s found a
has six
being a one-man operator, eventually
franchisee Paul Fabian has just strong demand for his services amongst I would run a management franchise
signed for a third fi ve-year term with fleet managers who want vehicles
employees –
and make a lot of money and that’s
ChipsAway, the leading automotive professionally checked before they are
and is busier
exactly what I’m doing. I have no
paintwork repair brand. returned to avoid heavy penalty charges.
than ever.”
regrets whatsoever – other than the
A former engineer with the RAF, Paul “Lease companies charge a small fi ve years between leaving the RAF
decided he wanted to work for himself fortune if cars are not returned in and discovering ChipsAway. ChipsAway
when he left the Services and looked for pristine condition,” Paul explains. “So launched in the UK the same year I left
a practical, hands-on business opportunity a ChipsAway repair to areas of minor the Services – I just wish I could have
with the potential to earn big money and damage on paintwork or alloy wheels been a franchisee right from the start!
retire early. delivers substantial savings. If anything, “ChipsAway is a great franchise,” he
Having researched various I’m benefi ting from the current fi nancial concludes. “If you’re prepared to work
opportunities, he joined ChipsAway in climate simply because companies are hard and promote your business, you
1999, initially running a man and van focused on cutting costs and that’s where really can go right to the top.”
operation, building up his customer I can help.” ChipsAway is one of the most successful
base and honing his technical skills. Just Having recognised end of lease repairs franchises in the UK with around 350
two years later, unable to cope with the as a lucrative avenue of income, Paul franchisees operating nationwide, and a
rocketing workload, Paul decided to invest says: “I trained to become an accredited network of master franchisors overseas.
in a ChipsAway CarCare Centre. Basing BVRLA (British Vehicle Rental & Leasing ChipsAway’s unique SMART (Small to
himself in his new premises, he also took Association) inspector. Within two months Medium Area Repair Technology) system
on an employee to enable him to continue of accreditation, I gained £28,000 in new enables franchisees operating from fully
to offer mobile services. business, yet fl eet work accounts for only equipped mobile workshops to make high
Today, Paul has two CarCare Centres 30 per cent of my business, with 70 per quality repairs to minor car bodywork
on adjacent territories and a mobile cent being private motorists.” damage, quickly and cost-effectively,
workshop. He currently has six employees Although he describes his income from restoring paintwork in a matter of hours.
– and is busier than ever, credit crunch the RAF as ‘a decent salary’, he says there The quality, value and convenience of the
notwithstanding. is simply no comparison with current ChipsAway ‘on-the-spot’ repair service
“Last year was my busiest yet, and I’m earnings. “I earn massively more than I has ensured the company remains the
on track to achieve a 10 per cent increase ever could have done with the RAF,” he leading brand in this lucrative and rapidly
in turnover this year,” he confi rms. states. “My ChipsAway business just keeps growing marketplace. ■
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