Franchises from £50,000 to £100,000
Metro Rod 125
Investment level:
£50,000 – £100,000
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email:
franchising@metrorod.co.uk
website:
www.metrorod.co.uk
Phone:
0808 208 3098
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Management franchise


Year of plenty
customer call centre and unrivalled technical
and marketing support.
A year later, the partners haven’t looked
The Yates’s beat the recession with Metro Rod
back, building on a strong existing client base
with new accounts of their own. “Within
W
ITH AN expanding workforce, prices hit the fi rm hard. As Mike recalls:
“It wasn’t just
three months of buying the business, we had
healthy profi ts, and valuable “We had to get out. We had to fi nd a
the chance
to employ a second full-time engineer. With
contracts with household names new business.” Metro Rod you reap what you sow. We put
such as BUPA, Next and JD Wetherspoons, In the Spring of 2009, after careful research,
to invest in a
in the work we get great rewards,” says Mike.
it’s hard to believe that twelve months ago the brothers chose to buy an established
trusted brand
For Craig Henthorn, Metro Rod’s
Mike and Matthew Yates’s business prospects Metro Rod franchise. They were excited by
name that
Franchise Director, the Yates’s swift success
were looking very different. the record of the UK’s leading business-to- highlights the effectiveness of the company’s
They were both experienced managers business drainage contractor and its proven
attracted the
support system. “We’re delighted with the
and used to hard work. In just four years, resilience through good times and bad.
pair, but the
results the guys have got so far,” he says.
they had seen their Bolton-based removals It wasn’t just the chance to invest in a
ongoing benefi ts
“Metro Rod has allowed this hard-working
company grow from a man-and-a-van trusted brand name that attracted the pair, team to realise their full potential and, with
operation to a 12-strong fl eet of vehicles. but the ongoing benefi ts that Metro Rod
that Metro Rod
continued support from head offi ce, we
But, as the recession started to bite, the offered, including immediate access to key
offered”…
look forward to them developing their
slump in the housing market and rising fuel accounts, free credit control, a 24-hour business further.” ■
Fulfill
Join a successful team
with over 25 years
your
franchising experience
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Benefit from a ready made customer base
and growing national account network
potential
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Provide a vital service to commercial
and domestic customers, regardless of
the state of the economy
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Build a profitable business with fantastic
earning potential within your generous
defined territory
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Develop your potential with excellent head
office support, including comprehensive
technical training, free credit control and
24 hour customer call centre
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Call our Franchise Recruitment Team
0808 208 3098
www.metrorod.co.uk or email franchising@metrorod.co.uk
www.businessfranchise.com April 2010
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