AJS Express
A courier fi rm in Northants that has grown rapidly since launching as a one-man band in 2018 has created a UK network of franchisees. AJS Express Parcels Limited was founded by owner Tony Spooner
after he spotted a gap in the market for an eco-friendly, responsible delivery company. Fast-forward two years and the business has grown exponentially from the early days of Tony delivering parcels singlehandedly for a large internet retailer to a fi rm that now has a warehouse, a team of drivers and a fl eet of vehicles, and which is now launching a UK network of franchisees. T e fi rm’s fi rst franchisee is Hungarian-born Gabor Szalay, who
came to the UK in 2005. Similar to Tony, Gabor had been working in a diff erent industry when he decided it was time for a change of lifestyle. Having seen details of AJS Express’s opportunity on a reputable franchise website, Gabor jumped at the opportunity of joining the organisation and, after extensive training, went live with AJS Express Luton a few weeks ago. Gabor operates across Luton, Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable,
off ering same-day deliveries and an urgent service, which cover any requirements customers may have, including pallets, packaging and medical deliveries. He also off ers a next-day pre-bookable service to his customers. “Gabor is doing fantastically well already,” said Tony. “He has secured
some repeat business and has some great quoting opportunities with organisations in his area. We have also signed a second franchisee, who will be covering Macclesfi eld, Buxton and Stockport. “Since we launched, our organisation has undergone fantastic
growth and we’re proud that we’re a local company that can now off er national scope to our customers. If the growth of our franchise network continues at this pace, we will soon become a national brand, taking on major parcel and pallet carriers.” T e fi rm has big ambitions for its network and employs a team of
consultants to interview all prospective franchisees to ensure they will be a good fi t for the company before the candidates meet Tony for a further interview. Once the candidates are brought on board, they receive a level of support from AJS Express which is not often off ered
From left to right Gabor Szalay and Tony Spooner
Courier network is on the road to success
by other franchise opportunities. Tony explained: “Our franchise is very diff erent.
T is is not a case of people buying in, us giving them a system, thanking them for their money and then saying goodbye. We want to build a business with our franchisees and help them with every step of the process. “T ey have their own business and are eff ectively
in charge of their own customers, contracts, employees and everything that comes with running a business, but they’re not alone. I become their mentor, they receive our full support and access to our approved list of suppliers. “We consider this to be vital because we want
everyone to be successful. We’re committed to our goal of building a strong UK network of franchisees because we are serious about our ambition to compete directly with the likes of Royal Mail, DPD, DHL and all the bigger parcel carriers in the future. “We want to create a strong network which
creates a complete closed-loop solution through AJS Collection and AJS Express Delivery. We want everything to be handled by us.”
For further information about the range of services off ered by AJS Express visit
www.ajsexpress.co.uk
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