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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The Alternative Board enhances support for Wakefield business leaders
Franchise company, The Alternative Board (TAB) is enhancing its support for business leaders across Wakefield in preparation for a prosperous 2025.
TAB is seeing more and more interest, not only for their franchise opportunities across the UK, but also with businesses actively seeking out their peer-to-peer support and business coaching.
With Wakefield’s SME community continuing to thrive, the business advisory franchise has responded to increased demand for leadership support by appointing local man Liam Prendergast as joint franchise owner of TAB Wakefield.
Wakefield district currently has almost 10,000 businesses, 88 per cent of which employ less than 10 people. Entrepreneurship is incredibly high, but with just 58 per cent of businesses surviving their first three years, demand for TAB’s expertise in ensuring long term commercial success is rising.
TAB has been operating in the Wakefield area for nearly 13 years, with Simon Banks at the helm since 2021. TAB Wakefield is currently working with over 20 local business leaders, delivering its unique peer board sessions alongside 1-1 coaching. The new partnership will enable Simon and Liam to welcome even more local businesses to TAB, bolstering support for local SMEs as they navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2025.
Excited for 2025, Liam commented: "The coming year holds significant promise for Wakefield businesses, with optimism growing despite economic uncertainties. I am delighted to be working alongside Simon and many hardworking local business owners to bring even greater success to our community.”
East Ardsley, Wakefield based Liam has been a part of the TAB community since 2021, leveraging his passion for operational sales and marketing execution to help businesses thrive. Local members meet as a board once a month to share their leadership experiences. Facilitated by Liam, they come together to address common business challenges like recruitment, skills retention, staff development, and exit planning. It is a powerful model and one which supports members in both their professional and personal lives, as Liam explains:
"Running a company can be exciting and exhilarating but it is often also quite an isolated role which is why we so often hear the phrase ‘it’s lonely at the top.’ It doesn’t have to be. At TAB, we give members a vital outlet to share their day-to-day challenges with peers in leadership roles. As a franchisee, I am able to utilise so much of my own business career to support others which is so rewarding, whilst growing and developing my own business."
Strengthening TAB’s local offer through their new partnership, Liam and Simon plan to expand TAB’s network, launching additional boards and coaching sessions throughout 2025. The TAB franchise provides a number of additional revenue streams for their franchisees which include DiSC communication sessions for members of staff, a Management Development program called HiMAP, and TAB’s unique StratPro – a programme of strategic business transformation sessions - designed to help leadership teams plan and execute their strategies effectively.
TAB is the world’s largest franchise company providing peer advisory boards and business coaching for business owners. Across the UK over 1,500 SME business owners have benefited from TAB.
If you have had a great career and proven track record and are ready to run your own franchise supporting other businesses in your local area with peer advisory boards, 1-2-1 coaching, and development programmes, we would like to hear from you.
