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.

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. |

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.





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

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

“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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TAB announces Franchisee of the Year 2024
The Alternative Board (TAB) has named Paul Winterbottom its Franchisee of the Year 2024.

The award was announced at TAB’s recent Annual Conference hosted at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds. TAB is the world’s largest franchise system providing peer advisory boards and business coaching for business owners.
The conference brought together TAB franchisees from across the UK to celebrate the franchise’s performance over the past year and provide a platform for learning, network and growth.
Paul was selected as TAB’s Franchise of the Year 2024 having achieved phenomenal success with his Manchester West based franchise, which he launched 10 years ago. This is the fourth time Paul has won the coveted title as he continues to attract new members to his hugely successful franchise.
Ed Reid, TAB UK MD presented Paul with the Franchise of the Year award and said: “It is testament to Paul’s business acumen that he has scooped this accolade for the fourth time, despite fierce competition from his TAB peers. Paul epitomises what makes a great franchisee. His members wax lyrical about the support and results he delivers to their businesses and he is equally committed to championing TAB across the UK. Paul takes an active role in challenging us as franchisors and his contributions to our franchise community has undoubtedly strengthened TAB as a whole.”
Formerly with NatWest / RBS, Paul spent over 25 years providing commercial advice to SME clients. On exiting banking and seeking a new challenge, he was delighted to find in TAB a franchise where he could use his commercial experience to deliver change to other business owners.
Paul successfully runs three TAB boards across his Manchester based territory working closely alongside over 20 SME business owners comprising a wide spectrum of sectors including professional services, manufacturing, software development, agencies, support services, construction and technology all of whom are benefiting from his facilitation and coaching
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.