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Are you a confident leader with a proven track record in business? Build your own consultancy with The Alternative Board

  • Chair regular peer advisory boards
  • Deliver 1:1 business coaching
  • Run consultancy projects
  • SLT development programmes

With a TAB franchise you can use your experience to REALLY help local business owners thrive.

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Why choose TAB to power your business…






Deliver far more
than just coaching

The business model is very clever, enabling
you to forge deep client relationships through your lucrative regular peer advisory boards. Becoming the trusted advisor of your clients enables you to target your business coaching, consultancy and development programmes very effectively and efficiently.




This is a booming market, proven to be
even more so through periods of uncertainty, which seems to be the world we live in today! The advisory boards and coaching deliver a solid regular recuring income, with the consultancy projects and development programmes on top.





Multiple income
streams




Client relationships
average 4 years+



TAB is very cost-effective for clients, delivers them huge ongoing value, and is profitable for you – WIN:WIN. The result is a four-year plus average customer retention, which beats other dedicated business coaching, gym and home care franchises by a mile.



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Choose your TAB business journey


TAB Owner / SOLO  TAB Owner / SCALE UP
Build your own portfolio of local business owner clients, leveraging the TAB brand, systems, support and processes so you can focus on people and not paperwork.Move from working in your business to employing and directing your own facilitators and scale up your own business consultancy, an asset you can sell in the future.


Whichever route you take, starting your own business with the TAB franchise provides you with a proven roadmap to follow from the sector’s leading brand and a clear exit strategy. You’ll have professional content and collateral, proven systems, and ongoing personal guidance and support to call on at all times.

And you’ll be part of a close-knit network of collaborative fellow franchisees.


Join a community of like-minded business leaders


Our most successful franchisees are confident and compelling, people who care – leaders who enjoy the reward of helping business owners flourish. They utilise the power of the brand, systems, support and content to deliver ongoing value to business owners in their local area.


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“The business I have started helps me to achieve a lot of my personal goals. I won’t say it’s always been easy, but I have taken back control over my life and the rewards are certainly worth it. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.” - Elliot Rich, TAB York


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“It’s been challenging, but it’s been the most rewarding thing I have ever done. I like that I can work when it suits me.” - Tom Morton, TAB Harrogate


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“The values of TAB are very much around people. It’s about keeping one step ahead of the game and looking ahead and being able to see constant innovation. It’s a high calibre community.” - Helen Mill, TAB Aberdeenshire East & TAB Dundee


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“It gives me real independence, the opportunity to collaborate with great people and I’m in control of my own destiny. It is just as much about helping people to achieve their personal vision and improving their lives – a key driver for me.” -Dave McCartney, TAB Leeds North & Centre

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Leadership from a former franchisee who’s been in your shoes


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Our leader – Ed Reid – moved from being a franchisee to take over as franchisor with his business partner Mags Fuller back in 2017. Ed’s been sat right where you are now and knows the TAB journey personally – he’s committed to helping franchisees by sharing his experience. And Ed's original TAB business is still trading, the franchisee who purchased it has grown the business further too!

As UK franchisor we still run a few territories keeping our finger on the pulse and testing new initiatives, before developing further with the network.

We have been in the UK since 2009, but actually trace our roots back to the USA when in 1990 our founder first developed the business concept to share the power he had experienced of non-exec directors. There are now over 400 TAB franchisees serving over 5,000 business owners each month across 25 countries.

34 territories operating in the UK, 75+ available across the country


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“If you’ve been successful in your business career and you’re ready to enjoy the emotional and financial rewards of giving back, we look forward to exploring the TAB opportunity with you.” Ed Reid – TAB UK Franchisor

With very low overheads, this high margin business model delivers a regular income with an initial investment of £66,700, including comprehensive initial training and first-year marketing costs. Each high street bank with franchise specialisms knows the model well and provides funding packages appropriate to individual circumstances.

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Minimum Investment
£30,000
Total Investment Required
£66,700

A resounding success: TAB’s annual conference

Leading business franchise, The Alternative Board (TAB) has hailed its recent Annual Conference a resounding success.

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The two-day conference, hosted at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds brought together TAB from across the UK to celebrate the franchise’s performance over the past year and provide a platform for learning, network and growth.

The conference included a session on leadership by award-winning speaker Marcus Child plus interactive exit planning panel on how to achieve a successful business sale. An awards evening recognised recent achievements by TAB franchisees and on the second day attendees channelled their power as a team by mastering the haka, under the expertise of a Māori tribe!

“This year’s conference was a resounding success and an incredibly motivating and thought provoking two days,” commented Ed Reid, MD of TAB (UK). “The presentations were fantastic as was the story of TAB member Bridget Petty who shared the realities of exiting a business and the complex journey she could not have completed without her TAB franchisee, Dave McCartney.

“There were some sobering business messages that came from Marcus Child too, such as the fact that employee engagement has fallen to a shocking 10 per cent in the UK. That is something we know is hugely concerning for our TAB members who are running SMEs across the country. So, over the next year, our franchisees will be intensely focussing on providing members with in depth leadership support and strategies to attract, motivate and retain employees.” 

To conclude the conference, TAB hosted a compelling panel discussion featuring three TAB members alongside their franchisees, delving into their transformative experiences with TAB and their peer boards. The panel included Jon Bugg, Founder of We Are Doodlebug; Paul Goom, Director and Founder of Goom Electrical Ltd and Pete Wrathmell, Managing Director at Social.

The panellists shared insightful stories about the support and guidance they received through TAB, which not only helped them navigate their entrepreneurial journeys but also achieve substantial growth.

TAB is the world’s largest franchise system providing peer advisory boards and business coaching for business owners. Across the UK over 1,500 SME business owners have benefited from TAB. Revenue growth of companies working with TAB between 2020 and 2021 averaged an impressive 28.4 per cent with 80 per cent reporting their turnover had increased since joining TAB.

TAB franchise opportunities are currently open across the UK and are ideally suited to those with a background in business. TAB is seeking professionals including consultants, coaches, business owners and senior employees who are looking to combine a passion for business with the drive to help others to succeed. Harnessing their existing professional skills and expertise, TAB franchisees can transform local businesses.

TAB franchisees enjoy incredible flexibility and independence with unparalleled training and support. As a business service, a TAB franchise has very little overheads and many franchisees choose to work from home. TAB even takes care of the accounting so franchisees can enjoy a better work/life balance.

The Alternative Board Success Stories

TAB Case Study | Voluntary redundancy called for a change

September 11, 2023
Paul Winterbottom has been a franchise owner with The Alternative Board (TAB) since April 2014. When offered voluntary redundancy, Paul left his position at NatWest which he had held for more than 30 years in order to pursue a new career and his dream of being a business owner.

TAB Case Study | Earning passive income and growing my TAB Franchise

September 11, 2023
Max Crosby-Browne has been a TAB Franchisee of two territories (Derby and the East Midlands) since 2019. With a background in marketing and consumer products, Max spent 20 years as CEO for consumer product manufacturing businesses, which were mainly private equity or hedge fund owned.

TAB Case Study | A franchise that ticked all the boxes

September 11, 2023
Liam Kane worked in financial services for Natwest for 33 years, before leaving his role as a regional director to start a TAB franchise in Northumberland. For 30 years of his career, Liam was working with SME businesses and that was something he didn’t want to lose when starting something new.

TAB Case Study | A Journey of Entrepreneurial Passion and Business Growth

September 11, 2023
From Corporate Executive to TAB Board Facilitator: Jo Croft's Journey of Entrepreneurial Passion and Business Growth

TAB Case Study | 'Helping business owners love their business more'

September 11, 2023
Campbell Ure discusses his journey to finding TAB.
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Available Locations:
Single unit franchise opportunities available in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland
Business Type:
Franchise
Minimum Investment:
£66,700

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