Franchise Focus
Services’ large franchise territories, there is plenty of scope for franchisees. Franchisees come from diverse backgrounds but they share a number of attributes including management ability, commitment and resilience. When they join Minster, franchisees get support in all main business areas on an ongoing basis, including bookkeeping, training, marketing and the complex and constantly changing fi elds of employment law, health and safety and environmental legislation. Minster Cleaning Services managing director, Mike Parker says: “We offer the opportunity to create a large business and a genuinely valuable asset. Every one of our franchisees has successfully weathered one of our worst recessions and is well placed for the future. The combination of their people-management skills together with Minster’s proven business model adds up to a formula that really stands the test of time.”
Supporting success
Minster Cleaning Services is one of the UK’s most successful franchise networks providing an essential service to businesses of all types
INVESTMENT LEVEL: £28,225 PLUS VAT B
uying an established franchise has many advantages compared with starting from scratch. An existing business has cash fl ow, customers, staff and,
whether you buy a going concern or a new start-up, a franchise offers a tried and tested model where failure rates are signifi cantly lower than for independent businesses. Approximately 30 per cent of all UK franchise sales are resales and, according to the bfa/NatWest Survey, seven out of 10 people joining the UK franchise sector did so through the purchase of an existing business over the last two years.
John Bate recognised the benefi ts of choosing a resale when he recently took over the Nottingham branch of Minster Cleaning Services, which has been operational since 1994. With a background in customer services management, he saw an opportunity to develop the franchise by
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using his experience to add value to the Minster proposition.
He says: “Our aim is to be the preferred choice for commercial cleaning services in the Nottinghamshire area and we make sure that our existing clients have no reason to change by providing well- trained, motivated staff and fi ne-tuning our service to their precise requirements. High standards and fl exibility have helped us to build long-term client relationships.” Minster Cleaning Services was established in 1982 and has been a full member of the British Franchise Association since 1992. Offi ce and commercial cleaning is a market which is more resistant to the effects of recession than most, with franchisees providing an essential service to businesses of all types including manufacturing, fi nancial, professional, retail, general offi ces, healthcare, government and local authority and charities. With Key Note estimating the annual UK contract cleaning market at £6.4 billion and Minster Cleaning
“Every one of our franchisees has
successfully weathered one of our worst recessions and is well placed for the future”
With an annual turnover of £30 million – an average of more than £700,000 per branch, Minster Cleaning Services is the UK’s biggest cleaning franchise and is a leading force in offi ce and commercial cleaning. There are established Minster Cleaning Services franchises for sale across the country from time to time. These are available at a fee of £10,000 plus VAT in addition to the purchase price of the business. New franchise opportunities include Cambridge, Durham, Leicester, London, Middlesex, Guildford, 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.
MINSTER
WEBSITE:
www.minstergroup.co.uk EMAIL:
minster@minstergroup.co.uk
PHONE: 0121 386 1722 CLASSIFICATION: Cleaning services
Investment: £20k-£50k
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