Starting your own business may seem frightening as the UK heads into economic recession. In the UK, Etyres is the leading online franchise where you can get tyres 40% cheaper when compared to other leading tyre stores. Drivers facing crippling fuel costs turn to the internet for savings on basic essentials such as car tyres. As a result, sales are now booming in this area. Etyres are now looking to develop their franchise into some additional areas of the country.

Orders are taken through the Etyres national call-centre or online. The orders are then carried out by a network of franchisees that offer a local mobile tyre fitting facility. The Etyres website features endorsements from Vicki Butler-Henderson of Channel Five and Eamonn Holmes of Sky TV.

Managing Director of Etyres, Tony Bowman reveals that everyone wants to save on essential purchases such as car tyres. Their online tyre sales are increasing and their telephone lines are constantly busy with new orders. Etyres have more than 70 franchisees over the country, but still have some key areas accessible and they are looking for interested parties. Priority locations include Liverpool, Southampton, South East London and Manchester.

National Express East Coast is one of the Britain’s most esteemed franchises. The business is now charging travellers for seat reservations, indicating the industry’s cash-strapped condition.

On Tuesday, an important meeting was held between the transport secretary Geoff Hoon and public transport executives. Later, the operator of the London to Edinburgh course confirmed it could charge a minimum of £1 per reservation.

Recent revenue data shown to the Observer newspaper revealed an alarming low development rate at some of the country’s major franchises.

Data distributed to the members of the Association of Train Operating Companies confirmed that the revenue development of intercity franchises was just 4% in November and December. This includes names such as Virgin Trains, National Express East Coast, First TransPennine, Arriva-owned Cross Country, Stagecoach’s East Midlands and First Great Western.

Rail industry insiders said that a number of franchises would have pencilled-in advanced revenue development figures for their contracts. In November and December, one of the shortlisted bidders for the east coast franchise had factored in revenue development of 8%.

According to National Express, a charge of £1 or more will be brought in, in order to provide a solution for reserved seats not being utilised.

In the UK, Cash Generator is the most successful type of ‘buy and sell’ store. Cash Generator offers multiple profit streams in order to maximise safety and profitability. This is considered to be the greatest strength of Cash Generator by most of their franchisees.

Nick Bourne started his Cash Generator franchise in Weymouth and was amazed with the growth of the business. His business was so successful that within a year he was able to purchase his dream car: an Aston Martin DB9.

Nick decided to quit his job as a Community Officer for Dorset Police. He purchased a Cash Generator franchise as he was so impressed with their presentation.

Nick has experienced great sales success since opening his store. In less than a year Nick says that he had achieved a turnover of more than £1million. He has now also opened a second store and is planning to open a third.

In 1997, Dave Elwood launched his first Cash Generator store. Now, he has developed his personal business portfolio of five stores and is preparing to launch the sixth. Expansion and growth of Dave’s business has attained success with no present day debts on any of his stores.

RooferMan is a company that targets the domestic roofing market. It offers the UK householder a professional and reliable approach, and service levels which are generally reserved for large corporate clients.

A RooferMan franchise provides you with an opportunity to develop and build a sustainable business in offering customers:

• Installation of solar roof panelling
• Flat roof construction
• Roof maintenance and repair

All of the services provided by RooferMan are of great quality. They aim to offer maximum consumer satisfaction. The employees of RooferMan take a personal interest in order to solve all of your roof problems.

RooferMan franchisees will go through a complete training programme in order to ensure that they can then offer the domestic customer with a quality roofing repair service. The roof repair service is specially tailored to cover the majority of maintenance and repair requirements of the average household. RooferMan franchisees receive intense training as well as full support. If you are looking for a franchise opportunity, then RooferMan is an excellent option for you.

Be a part of RooferMan and receive a start-up access system, award wining training, access to the solar roofing market, a branded van, CSCS certification, advertising package, full stationery pack, essential tools and uniforms.

A new retail opportunity in the UK is offering prospective franchisees a way to be involved in an ignored market and is leading a revolution in footwear solutions.

Foot Solutions is established in more than 250 locations in 15 countries including national franchise chains in Canada, the Middle East, Australia and the USA. Foot Solutions is a speciality retail franchise opportunity, focusing on providing foot care products, customer arch supports and comfort shoes. A Foot Solutions franchisee has the state of the art skills to offer footwear solutions and expert advice to different types of consumers including people with foot problems, athletes and daily users.

In 2007, the idea was brought to the Irish market with the establishment of a pilot operation in Cork by Tony and John Linehan. Both took the Foot Solutions Master Franchise to Ireland and the UK. Now the brothers are looking to roll out the franchise growth programme in the two countries by using multi-unit and single franchises to people interested in starting retail operations in the new market section.

John said that Foot Solutions is entering the UK market and there are opportunities for serious business investors or high calibre franchisees in safe, large, multi-store territories.

Cargocall is looking for intelligent professional people who are willing to be part of the lucrative and existing Freight Forwarding market and contribute to their success.

For more than 11 years, Cargocall has been providing worldwide transport solutions to businesses. They manage and arrange the movement of goods for large and small companies who export and import their raw materials and products.

These days companies are doing business in the foreign market hence it is important that they have a dependable partner to ship their products across continents. Cargocall is a reliable name in Freight Forwarding services and now they are growing and developing their brand through franchising.

There is no need to invest in costly vehicles or capital equipment as Cargocall is a brokerage type business. A Cargocall franchise is easy and quick to start. It offers ongoing support and great training to guarantee every opportunity for success.

Cargocall is an ideal choice for you if you are business minded with good administration and sales skills.

Cargocall is a trusted name in worldwide freight forwarding and offers:
• Launch programme.
• Comprehensive training.
• Web based administrative software system.
• Stationery and promotional package.
• Licensing rights.
• Ongoing support.
• Operations manual.

Avril Leeming started her business in the credit crunch but surprisingly received a positive impact in the first week of trading.

The competition between local businesses has increased as their customers are becoming more unwilling to spend money unnecessarily. Voucher Packs franchisee has enabled Avril Leeming’s Huddersfield based business to begin with a success story.

Avril Leeming said that she started her business in August 2008 and had secured her business up to March 2009 within the first five weeks of trading. She came to know about Voucher Packs through advice from a friend. She found it interesting as she was employed in the advertisement industry for 12 years and had a vast knowledge of the industry. She had previously taken a career break to have two children. During this period, one of her friends introduced her to Voucher Packs. She was interested in Voucher Packs as she liked the way it operated and its business concept.

The concept of Voucher Packs is based on the idea which has been successful for the last 35 years in the USA. The company offers a co-operative direct mail facility. This service distributes DL-size clear wrapped branded packets which hold leaflets from local as well as widely known businesses.

In 2008, the development of EmbroidMe continued rapidly. Now, there are more than 500 EmbroidMe outlets operating all over the world.

EmbroidMe, a global franchise not only provides the liberty to build a successful business within the provided framework but also provides the advantage of being associated to a large scale organisation.

The success behind EmbroidMe

There are many factors behind the success of EmbroidMe, such as operating in a growing and vast market for promotional products and corporate clothing. The foundation of the business is the key reason for the success of EmbroidMe. EmbroidMe has been franchising since 2001, however Ray Titus the founder has a successful and long history in the franchise field where he developed the largest international signs franchise with Signarama. Such a worldwide success story that developed his experience and learning has been ploughed into EmbroidMe which offers the franchisee a completely proven functioning model.

EmbroidMe provides three advantages

• Every franchisee operates from a retail position with excellent visibility to passing customers and traffic.

• Every franchisee has production facility for embroidery and full on site design.

• EmbroidMe is a marketing and sales business that reaches out in a professional way to all clubs, organisations and schools in the locality.

Over the last year, several Dublcheck franchisees have recorded considerable business development even with the continuation of the economic downturn. Dublcheck offers a very attractive franchise package with benefits including centralised support, a guaranteed turnover and 15 years experience to bank upon.

In August 2004, John Brooks launched his Dublcheck franchise and in last few weeks he has continued to sign new contracts. He had contracts starting in December and more in January. Despite the recession, his business is still expanding. Last year, John achieved an income of £200,000 and next year he is expecting to further improve his income.

In January 2005, Graham Hey started his business and during the credit crunch his business has still flourished. He said that his total income for the last 12 months was £400,000. Last year, he experienced a 30% growth in sales.

Dublcheck is a contract cleaning franchise that offers a white collar or hands on management franchise opportunity. The price of the Dublcheck franchise ranges from £9,000 to £190,000 which depends on the level of earnings the franchise is looking for. Both John and Graham were attracted to the franchise by the guaranteed income that Dublcheck provides.

These days, sports are given a lot of importance as we hardly get time to exercise in our busy lives. Sports help a person to be physically as well as mentally fit. To lead the growth and development of the sport throughout schools and all over the world, Sports Xtra, a sports development franchise has teamed with the UK Dodgeball Association. In 2004, the movie Dodgeball was released featuring Ben Stiller which generated interest amongst many. As a result, coaches of all three Sports Xtra franchisees were sent on the UK’s second dodgeball course.

According to Nick Pinnock from the association, the UKDBA is keen and eager about the growth of the sport in the UK. Sports Xtra will play a vital role in this growth and development of the sport. The UKDBA is planning to work with Sports Xtra and build up a school programme that delivers dodgeball taster clubs, leagues and sessions.

Gareth Lippiatt, the Managing Director of Sports Xtra said that over the next few months they are looking forward to make further announcements on similar initiatives. He adds that the launch of their franchise network has enabled Sports Xtra to undergo rapid growth on various fronts.