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 franchise proves indispensable to SMEs
Business advisory franchise The Alternative Board (TAB) is proving indispensable to SME business leaders across the UK.
This year seven SMEs will celebrate ten years of TAB membership, alongside a further 23 reaching their five-year anniversary. All are reaping the benefits of TAB’s month peer board meetings alongside 1:1 coaching services.
“Our high member retention rate is something that sets TAB apart within the business coaching sector,” commented Mags Fuller, FD of TAB (UK). “In a recent survey, members’ reasons for joining TAB ranged from a need for accountability and advice on running their business to simply feeling less lonely. Being part of a TAB board and building strong relationships with those other business owners is undeniably powerful. With around 60 per cent of small businesses failing within the first three years, it is testament to the success of our model that so many SMEs are thriving under the guidance of our franchise owners.”
Demonstrating the extensive value that TAB delivers, businesses that have reach five- and ten-year anniversary with the franchise hail from sectors as diverse as fire safety, accountancy and software. All members attend monthly franchisee facilitated peer board meetings with around half a dozen other local company owners where they are encouraged to raise a current issue for the board to help resolve.
“We are firm believers that many businesses in the UK fail not because they were a bad idea but because of the complexity of skills and mental fortitude required to run a business,” continued Mags. “Running a business can be incredibly overwhelming and at times, lonely, which is why the role our franchisees play in helping business owners identify and resolve their commercial issues is so critical. What’s more, our franchisees are constantly evolving themselves via regular training and support from head office that ensures they are abreast of the latest business trends and challenges. Whether it’s solving employee retention issues or helping devise a successful exit strategy, our franchisees are always confident that they can help their members by using TAB’s resources and its community expertise.”
One TAB member who has been with the franchise for over 10 year is Leeds based James Hennigan who runs Meson Electrical Services. James commented: “TAB continues to deliver value to my business year on year. It helped me through a management buy-out in my early years in business and has supported me in growing my firm to a level where am now attracting high end clients including Jaguar Land Rover and Red Bull Powertrains. I have recently expanded to take advantage of the growing demand for renewable energy solutions and TAB helped me ensure I had a clear strategy and business model in place to deliver that successfully.
“I have also got to know a lot of my local peers through TAB and really enjoy learning about the challenges their businesses are facing and collaborating on solutions. I count many of my TAB board members as close friends and it’s great to be able to share the daily ups and down of entrepreneurship with others who understand my position.”
TAB franchisee 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.
TAB franchisees enjoy incredible flexibility and independence with unparalleled training and support. As a business service, a TAB franchise has low overheads as most franchisees choose to work from home.
