Ashtons Franchise Consulting

The Ashtons Franchise Consulting (AFC) team is one of the UK’s most experienced group of franchise consultants.

Originally established in 1981, we combine best practice with best value in successful franchise development of national and international franchise networks for both existing and new franchisors.Our consultants provide a full one-stop shop of specialised services available to help you grow and franchise your business. We have assisted hundreds of companies with various aspects of their franchise development objectives and recognise that every business / franchisor is unique; therefore, each proposal is tailored to meet specific individual requirements - rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach.

Ethos

We are:

• Honest
  
• Fair
  
• Realistically priced
  
• bfa affiliated (we are committed to ethical franchising)

As with any business; knowledge, expertise, know-how and credibility are all part of the successful formula, and the AFC team has decades of it! Franchising can be daunting and mistakes can be easily made if attempting it on your own; we are here to save you time and money and teach you what you don’t know in order to make your franchise as successful as it can be.

Our services

For businesses new to franchising;

• No cost first exploratory face to face meeting offering general advice, guidance and direction
  
• Preparing you to franchise, from conception to launch
  
• Manuals
  
• Franchise documentation
  
• Franchise recruitment

For established franchisors:

• Infrastructure improvement
  
• Re-writing operational manuals and alignment with legal precedents
  
• Franchise system refresh and reboot
  
• Franchise prospectus design and production
  
• Recruitment of franchisees
  
• Franchise resales

We work nationwide, and we offer a one stop approach: if it’s not something we can do best we recommend associate business in franchising who can!

What are you looking for?

• Growth, but without taking risks?
  
• Advice?
  
• Expertise?
  
• People you can work with who have been there and done it?

That’s us…..Put us to the test, a call costs nothing!

Get in touch today for:

• Free telephone initial advice and assessment
  
• A free face to face meeting
  
• A free guide to franchising
  
• Your place on a free half day ‘How to Successfully Franchise’ Seminars