BF April 2010 Issue

78
Franchises from £10,000 to £20,000
Autosheen
Investment level:
£12,995 plus VAT
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classification:
Automotive
kept coming back to Autosheen. “Like
most blokes I like cars and take pride
in looking after my own, so having
weighed up a couple of different
valeting opportunities, I spoke to the
management team at Autosheen and to
some of its franchisees. Nobody had a
bad word to say about Autosheen and
Rob Stobbs when I saw a full valet demonstrated, I
was really impressed.”
Within three months Rob had joined
Shine on!
Autosheen. He says the training and
support for his launch were outstanding.
“Autosheen’s General Manager Adrian
Rob Stobbs turned his back on company politics and
Stiehl really knows what he’s talking
about and is a lovely guy. Providing you’re
walked into a new life with Autosheen
prepared to help yourself and work hard,
Adrian will do everything to help make
“I
WAS fed up of all the jockeying plumbing and heating business. However,
“I spoke
sure your business is a success!”
and political nonsense and just returning to that industry was never an Rob found that he had work booked
to some of
wanted to do something f or option, he says. “There’s a lot of new in from day one and he conﬁ rms that he’s
myself,” he explains. “I was looking for an legislation surrounding plumbing and
Autosheen’s stayed busy every day since. However,
opportunity that was straightforward and heating. Training is required as is gaining
franchisees.
he’s at pains to emphasise that ultimately
didn’t involve having to handle employees; appropriate accreditation. Really, rather investing in a franchise means building your
Nobody had
something totally down to me, which I than looking back I wanted to move own business and developing your own
could build into a successful business, able forward with a new project that I could
a bad word
customer base.
to deliver a good standard of living and start up reasonably quickly.”
to say about
“Autosheen will support you all the
job satisfaction, without any of the stresses With this in mind, Rob turned his
Autosheen...”
way, but in the end you have to knock on
and frustrations that come with working attention to franchising and set about doors and demonstrate your services.
for a large organisation.” ﬁ nding the business opportunity that most Demonstrations and word-of-mouth
Rob is no stranger to business closely matched his criteria. “I looked at recommendations from satisﬁ ed customers
enterprise, having previously jointly run a quite a few franchises,” he recalls, but tend to be the best sales tools, but I’ve also
found that special offers help get a foot in
the door with local businesses,” he says.
To date, Rob has secured a number of
regular business customers on his territory
– including HSBC bank, Alcon Laboratories
(part of Nestle), a local courier, a car hire
company and even a school – all of whom
use him regularly on a weekly basis to
valet up to ﬁ ve cars in a day.
“I’ve had some great feedback,” he
states. “Everyone is really happy with the
service and I get huge job satisfaction
from what I do. I’ve only been at it a few
months and I’m really enjoying it, but
my eyes are wide open. I’ve got a large
mortgage to pay and mouths to feed, so
I know I’ve got to continue to work hard
to make sure the phone rings; but I’m
absolutely conﬁ dent I’ll get there – and
sooner rather than later!” ■
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