Mike Parker and Paul Stovold
scheme and how NEST is a low cost, easy to use scheme any employer can use to meet these new duties. Mike adds: “A Minster Cleaning Services franchise is ideally suited to ambitious, resilient individuals with people-management skills. We give them all the help they need to move from employment to self-employment and, by encouraging them to exchange ideas and information with each other, they can benefi t from the combined experience and expertise of 40 professional managers. If ever a problem arises, there is nearly always someone else who has had the same experience and has come up with a solution.” Mike says that as an essential commercial service, offi ce cleaning is less susceptible to diffi cult trading conditions than many other industries because it covers a broad client base, which includes general offi ces, manufacturing, healthcare, professional and local authority.
New franchise opportunities include Cambridge, Durham, Leicester, London,
Support is key to success
Minster Cleaning Services is one of the UK’s most successful franchise networks and provides all its franchisees with a comprehensive support package
INVESTMENT LEVEL: £28,225 PLUS VAT
that it provides for franchisees. This covers many of the day-to-day aspects of running a business such as IT, training, bookkeeping and marketing. Managing director, Mike Parker, believes that providing excellent support has helped Minster Cleaning Services to become one of the UK’s most successful franchise networks. He says: “By allowing our franchisees to focus on customer service and business development, we have built up a large and highly profi table network. Annual turnover is £30 million,
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inster Cleaning Services prides itself on its track record of success and the comprehensive support package
average sales per branch are more than £700,000 and we’re getting stronger all the time through resales and recruitment. I was delighted to be able to welcome six new franchisees to our recent conference at Moor Hall in Sutton Coldfi eld.” The conference provided a forum for discussions, with topics such as new business development, client retention and lapsed client recovery. There was also a demonstration of the new company website, which has been redesigned and structured to maximise lead generation through search engines.
Guest speakers included Paul Stovold of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), who explained how, starting from 2012, employers will have to enrol some or all of their workers into a pension
“A Minster Cleaning Services franchise is ideally suited to ambitious, resilient individuals with people- management skills”
Middlesex, Peterborough and Swansea. Initial start-up cost is £28,225 plus
VAT, which covers licence, training, computer software and hardware, stationery, machinery, equipment and materials. In addition, between £40,000 and £60,000 working capital will be needed - fi nance is available from leading banks subject to status. From time to time resales are available at a fee of £10,000 plus VAT in addition to the purchase price of the business. Minster Cleaning Services was established in 1982 and is a full member of the British Franchise Association (bfa). For more details about franchising and resale opportunities, call 0121 386 1722 or visit the website
www.minstergroup.co.uk
MINSTER
WEBSITE:
www.minstergroup.co.uk EMAIL:
minster@minstergroup.co.uk
PHONE: 0121 386 1722 CLASSIFICATION: Cleaning services
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Investment: £20k-£50k
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