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Are you looking for a white-collar franchise? If so, TaxAssist Accountants could be for you
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needed to escape the corporate rat race and work for herself. Seven years later, she has built up her practice to look after 300 clients from her shop front premises with a team of six staff . Cheryl said: “Before I became a
TaxAssist Accountants franchisee, I was a senior accountant in a manufacturing company in Leicester. I was involved in the weekly accounts and costing products, so I’d never previously had dealings with personal tax returns. “Returning to work after maternity leave,
I realised it was very diffi cult juggling home and work life with the pressures of working overtime and monthly deadlines, and thought I need to work for myself to have more fl exibility and freedom.
“A consistent winner of awards in both the franchising and accountancy sectors”
“I wanted the support that I would Cheryl Hopkins I
f you’re an accountant working in industry or practice, or you’re working in fi nance and dreaming of breaking free and working for yourself, TaxAssist Accountants
can turn that dream into a reality. TaxAssist is one of the UK’s largest network of accountants specifi cally servicing the needs of small businesses and the self-employed, and is looking to expand its network further. There are prime territories still available, as well as resale opportunities for those wishing to buy an established business. An innovative, award-winning franchise, which has been operating successfully for more than 20 years, TaxAssist Accountants was established when the founder realised that small businesses were often over- charged by the larger practices and under-serviced by the smaller ones, and that catering for this market would be ideal for a franchise network. Services off ered include year-end accounts, tax returns, bookkeeping, vat returns, payroll and cash fl ow projections.
A consistent winner of awards in both the franchising and accountancy sectors and with over 200 franchises including 191
receive from a network of accountants, a working model and best practice guidance. I thought the TaxAssist Accountants franchise would give me a good grounding to start the business off , and it has. I have benefi ted from the input and support that the support centre has given me and I defi nitely could not have done this without them.
shops, TaxAssist has become the UK’s largest network of accountants in the UK specifi cally servicing the small business market, with over 60,000 clients with a fee bank of £40million. With its established brand, TaxAssist Accountants stands out from the crowd. The majority of franchisees operate from highly visible, accessible and welcoming shop front premises, which have been designed specifi cally to appeal to the small business target market.
One franchisee glad she made the move to TaxAssist is Cheryl Hopkins, who operates from Nuneaton in Warwickshire. She joined TaxAssist in 2009, after the birth of her fi rst child made her realise she
“I now work closer to home, I open the shop nine-to-fi ve, I very rarely have to work overtime, I don’t work weekends and it’s just so much easier to juggle home and work life. I’m having so much more time now with my family. Taking on this franchise has just worked for me.” If you would like to fi nd out more, please ring the recruitment department for an informal chat on 0800 018 8297, or visit the website www.taxassistfranchise.
co.uk. The next step would be to attend a Discovery Day at the support centre in Norwich, where you will be provided with more details and will get to meet with one or more of the directors of the franchise. You will also be provided with a full list of franchisees for you to speak with as part of the research process.
TaxAssist Accountants Accountancy
www.taxassistfranchise.co.uk 0800 018 8297
September 2016 |
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Investment: £20k-£50k
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