The Local Bookkeeper
Description:
The Local BookkeeperTM is a new professional franchise model developed to create a professional standard within the bookkeeping industry and become the market leader for bookkeeping services to small- to medium-sized businesses across the United Kingdom.
Opportunities:
Opportunities available throughout UK.
Master Licences available in the USA and Australia.
Business Type:
Franchise.
Minimum Investment:
£13,995.
Home-based:
Yes.
The Local Bookkeeper Franchise Opportunity
- the world of bookkeeping is changing…
The Local Bookkeeper™ is a new professional franchise model that has been developed by the founders of the UK's leading British Franchise Association affiliated accountants, Franaccounts (part of ALB Accountancy Ltd), who are specialists in providing accounting services to the franchisees.
Our aim is to create a professional standard within the bookkeeping industry and become the market leader for bookkeeping services to small- to medium-sized businesses across the United Kingdom.
The whole business model has been engineered to deliver value and complete customer satisfaction to our customers. Our client acquisition and retention programmes are unique and provides our franchisees with the ability to grow at a rate of 30%-100% per year on new fees.
"Within 7 weeks of setting up, I had over £35,000 worth of new business. I still have over 10 leads to follow up. I have already employed my first bookkeeper to help me with the new business."
– The Local Bookkeeper Horsham - Franchisee, Kelly Derham
Our processes and procedures are tested and save you time and effort, as well as delivering value by offering a customer centric service, which is aimed at providing 100% quality and customer satisfaction.
Each franchisee will have a unique brand identity that has been designed so it is part of the network, but is localised to franchise territory.
All franchisees operate under the brand for 5 years for an initial franchise fee and ongoing royalty.
All franchisees will be members of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and adhere to the Professional Code of Conduct.
We have strict recruitment processes to ensure that we recruit only the best technical franchisees but also with the ability to communicate with clients and their employees.
As part of your membership to the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, you will undertake CPD (Continuing Professional Development) to ensure you are up to date with all legislation. All training and development can be conducted through our world-class extranet.
Key Benefits
- Affordable entry cost and strong return on investment
- Proven market which has been in existence for hundreds of years
- Recession proof industry
- High profit margin
- No market leaders
- The bookkeeping industry benefits from high client retention providing a stable business model for growth
- Unique brand strategy
- Exclusive territory
- Low overheads
- Support when you are ill or on holiday, giving you a better work/life balance
- Highly Effective Marketing Plans with professionally designed marketing deliverables that are focused on growing your business
- Being part of our franchise network means you will generate higher annual revenues than an independent bookkeeper.
A testament to the success - The Local Bookkeeper Horsham
Kelly Derham had been running a bookkeeping business over the past 5 years and decided now was the time to expand her business. Kelly attended our 1-week training course, this covered all skills needed to run our franchise successfully. These areas include, leadership, management, human resources, sales and marketing, bookkeeping, management accounts, payroll and other aspects of our services.
After the in-house training, Kelly Derham then passed our 'after training assignment' with flying colours.
Whist this was happening, the launch campaign was under way and upon returning to the office, Kelly was welcomed as a franchisee with a selection of leads from businesses who required bookkeeping services within Kelly's franchise area.
After successfully following up the leads, Kelly is operating way above our targets and is likely to make her first year a very successful one.
To coincide with the launch campaign, every franchisee receives a professionally designed and optimised website. The website is optimised to the local franchise territory and all the common search terms in order to provide ongoing leads.
