 | | electronic document storage Franchise | | | | A Business to Business Franchise
If you are looking for a business to business franchise: to offer a
quality proven solution to professional service companies, mid
range corporates and the public sector; to build a business and
long term relationships with regular billing clients; to
potentially benefit from and contribute to national account
opportunities; to operate a business that requires no undue
technical expertise and to join an exciting new franchise concept,
then thecabinetoffice
might be the right opportunity for you.
Reducing the Paper Mountain
Our core service is to digitise document archives. Every business
has a never ending capacity to produce paper records; even emails
are printed before being read! Certain business sectors are
required by law, best practice or by their own governing bodies and
associations to keep client and business transactional records for
many years. Recent legislative requirements in the wake of company
law fraud (under Sarbanes Oxley guidelines for example) will
inevitably further fuel the need to securely store client files and
important company documentation.
A proven business concept
thecabinetoffice has
provided document scanning services to its clients for 4 years.
Over 18 months ago we piloted our first franchise which has proven
that our business model can be successfully reproduced and we are
now looking to build our franchise network.
thecabinetoffice has
an established client base around its Head Office in the East
Midlands; they include regional law firms, insurance companies, the
NHS, private health companies, local government, Higher Education
establishments and larger local companies; and we have successfully
built a similar client profile around our pilot franchise in East
Anglia.
Last year thecabinetoffice won its first
national contract with the NFU Mutual, and is now responsible for
delivering services to their 340 offices in the UK. We aim to build
a network of regionally based scanning centres in order that we can
secure additional national contracts that can be fulfilled by
franchisees as an incremental revenue stream to their locally
developed business.
Our customers stand testament to the quality of the services that
we provide:
“The service provided by thecabinetoffice has reduced the cost
of physical document storage and the labour involved in managing
this; provided a system which assists compliance with regulation;
minimised the call to expand premises and has given instant access
to records, importantly improving the service that we provide to
our clients.” Phil Musson, NFU Mutual.
The competitive environment
The document management services sector is typically fulfilled by
small local owner managed companies with turnovers under
£200,000. This local service works: clients become rather
attached to their records over time and they draw comfort from
using a local service provider where they perceive they can access
their records quickly. There is little economic sense in
transporting paper around the country in order for it to be
digitised before being shredded.
There are no nationally recognised companies that deliver the
services provided by thecabinetoffice. This means that
there is a market opportunity for a national organisation operating
locally that can service local businesses and exploit national
account opportunities. A franchise network is an ideal model under
which to provide this service.
A view from a franchisee
The first Franchise was set up and is owned by Doug Denny. Doug
(58) has a buying and marketing background and purchased the
franchise after being made redundant from his previous employer.
The business has quickly grown to the point now where Doug employs
a team of 4 people, has a monthly turnover in excess of
£10,000 and helps in the delivery of services to national
accounts.
“Owning and managing a retail or consumer oriented
business wasn’t an option for me. I knew that I wanted to run
a business services company and work during normal office hours, or
as normal as you can when you run your own business!
thecabinetoffice
offered me a solution that was non technical; that was focused
towards a professional client base and offered the opportunity for
me to build a business based upon growing long term client
relationships – and that appealed to me. I have been able to
rely upon the team at thecabinetoffice to support me in the
development of my business both at the outset and as my business
has continued to grow. In a very short time I have built the
beginnings of a very successful business, I have an established
client list and I already have one eye on an early business sale
and retirement! ”
Doug Denny, first Franchisee
What we want from you
This is not a technical solution and you do not need any prior
qualifications to successfully build your own business as a
franchisee with thecabinetoffice. However it is likely
that you will be someone that is confident holding a commercial
discussion at varying levels in an organisation, and is comfortable
in a suit, though that’s not mandatory! You have probably
been a professional person (a company director, a manager, perhaps
a sales person) and now have the opportunity and desire to build a
business of your own. If you are we want to hear from you.
And what you can expect from us
You can expect us to be fully supportive. Our Franchise Agreement
has been written in such a way to allow you the time, should you
require it, to learn how to operate your business and to begin to
build your customer base before incurring full start up costs. We
will help to develop your initial business plan and support you in
gaining your first billing clients.
You can call upon us for additional support at times where you need
to provide your clients with specialist services, or for example
when you are trying to cope with incremental volume.
You can expect us to be diligent in the recruitment of franchisees
and to only recruit those that will maintain the quality of our
brand.
You can expect us to develop the business in order that we maintain
and improve the level of service to our clients.
And you can expect us to listen; we understand that we have a joint
interest with our franchisees in the development of our
proposition.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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| FINANCE REQUIREMENTS | | | Total investment | £20,000-50,000 |
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| AVAILABLE AREAS Franchise opportunities available in the UK |
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