Franchises up to £10,000
Autosheen
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Investment level:
£9,995 + VAT
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Website:
www.autosheen.com
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Phone:
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Automotive
Mr Parmar launched his business just
10 months ago and is still building it. His
tactic has been to systematically lea et all
the industrial estates around his area, and
he has found that whenever he is parked
up whilst valeting cars, other business
owners will invariably approach him and
ask for a business card, or even request
that he clean their cars next.
“The van livery is really striking
and looks very professional, so I tend
to attract attention. I’m winning new
customers every week, and each time
the phone rings with a new enquiry it
Sut Parmar gives me a further boost – particularly
if it is someone who has had my name
passed to them on recommendation or a
Family-friendly franchise
satis ed customer calling to rebook.”
Mr Parmar is shortly off for a family
holiday to Morocco, but says that he
Sut Parmar wanted a franchise that tted in with his
expects to be busy when he returns.
“Spring is round the corner and soon I’ll
family lifestyle. And then along came Autosheen
be into my second year,” he comments.
“If my business continues to grow at this
Professional Car Cleaning…
rate, I hope to have a second van on
the road with someone to operate it
W
HEN SUT Parmar’s baby girl valeting in the past and had enjoyed it,” he
“I enjoy what
for me before I’m into year three, then
was born, he decided that the explains. “I wanted a real change of pace beyond that I’d like to expand into a
I do and
long hours demanded by his and Autosheen seemed a really good second territory. I’ve had big plans for my
grocery store and off licence had to come idea for a business. Once I’d visited the
take pride
Autosheen franchise from the outset and
to an end. Up each day at 6.30am to visit company’s head of ce in the Midlands and
in doing an
thanks to the exibility of the business,
his local Cash and Carry store before met the team, I was convinced that this
excellent job
I’ve been able to build everything around
opening his shop at 8am and closing at was just the right franchise for me, and my family life!”
9pm at night, he had spent ve exhausting after that it was only a matter of waiting
– that’s why
Autosheen Professional Car Cleaning
years building a successful business, but until my shop was sold.”
my customers
has an impressive national accounts
his quality of life was not great and family As the months have gone by, he is
are always
customer base, giving franchisees access
time was virtually non existent. increasingly convinced that his change to over one million contracted vehicles
“I was making good money,” Mr Parmar of career was a really good move. He is
really pleased
nationwide, and providing opportunity for
explains, “but I had substantial overheads much less stressed, has time to play with
and use me
a regular income stream from day one.
and, after all, what use is plenty of money his little girl and his business is going from
regularly
This portfolio of national account
if you have no time to enjoy it?” strength to strength. contracts, together with its premium
Once he and his wife had made the “I’ve reached the point where my
as well as
product range and superb franchisee
decision to sell their shop, he started to name is becoming really well known in
recommending
support structure, sets Autosheen
investigate the different opportunities the area,” he says. “So far I have around
me to their
Professional Car Cleaning apart from
available to him. “Naturally, you can’t sell 30 regular customers, with a good mix competitors. Currently, national account
your business just like that overnight and of business and private contracts, and my
friends and
customers include Network Rail, Lloyds
so I had time to take a long hard look at customer base is increasing all the time.”
neighbours!”
TSB and six of the 10 largest leasing
the options on the table.” He adds: “I enjoy what I do and take companies in the UK.
Autosheen Professional Car Cleaning pride in doing an excellent job – that’s The franchise is looking forward to
instantly appealed, he says. “The low why my customers are always really continued strong growth through 2009
overheads, home base and exibility of pleased and use me regularly as well as and plans to recruit new franchisees
working hours seemed exactly what I recommending me to their friends and across the UK to service new and existing
was looking for. Actually, I had done some neighbours!” contracts. ■
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