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If you're not changing, you're choosing.

Ready to make a move in 2025?

19/09/2024

Are you doing anything on the 4th or 5th of October?

The ZipYard Franchise - a highly successful retail clothing alterations and repairs franchise is exhibiting at The Franchise Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham.

With 53 stores located across the UK&I we have recently opened a new store in Birmingham.

We're Shortly to open in Salford, Shepherds Bush (London) , Leicester and Bishop Stortford.

We're in final stage negotiations for stores in Oxford, Edinburgh and a second store in Birmingham.

It's an exciting time to join a franchise that is bucking the retail trend. We offer an ever in demand service with no online competition.

We are looking for savvy, people oriented ambitious people who want to own and run their own business backed up by the support, processes, systems, branding and marketing only a franchise can deliver.

If that sounds anything like you, Neluka and I look forward to catching up with you in Birmingham.

17/08/2024

Who are we looking for to become a franchisee at The ZipYard.

We have all types of people who've become franchisees.

🟡 Hoteliers
🟡 Franchisees from different franchises
🟡 Dry Cleaners looking to expand their businesses
🟡 Business Consultants
🟡 People with a career in retail
🟡 Return to work people
🟩 And on, & on. We've over 45 franchisees so I won't bore you!

But they all have a few things in common.

✅ They are great with people
✅ They believe in offering great service
✅ They want to build a proper business, with staff, offering in demand services.
✅ They want to add value to their customers, staffs as well as their own lives.
✅ They want to have control of their own lives.
✅ They want to reap what they sew (little pun there).
✅ They want to be proud of what they do & what they deliver.

✔️ They weren't afraid to take the plunge and go for it.

Now. That is not everybody. And. That is fine. The question is.

Is it you?

We're looking for the green apple people in the graphic.

We're dying to speak to them. We have a business for which there is exceptional demand and we need those green apple people to join, build and deliver a great business for all.

Is that you?

Contact us now to find out more.

29/07/2024

Congratulations to Tom Daley and Noah Williams on a well deserved Silver medal in the Synchronised Diving.

A superb performance beaten only by a superb Chinese duo.

It crossed my mind whilst watching it how important synchronisation is in the partnership between franchisor and franchisee in their business relationship.

(See what I did there. Seamlessly transitioning into a business analogy).

The Franchisor delivers a proven business model, brand, operating procedures, business launch pad etc.

The Franchisee brings hard work, creativity, consistency, enthusiasm and ambition to the party.

Put those two together creates a winning formula that leads to success in business both financially and in work life balance.

So if you're all about synchronicity in business, want to take back control of your life, in more ways than one, want to build a team and run a great little business...

You could do worse than find out a bit more about The ZipYard.

When it comes to synchronisation in the franchise environment. The ZipYard opportunity ticks all the boxes.

Just send me an e mail - [email protected]

26/07/2024

Why is The ZipYard a great investment?

If you are looking to invest your money, time, effort, skill and future into a franchise business opportunity the single biggest thing you need to look for is ... Proof.

Proof of concept
Proof of demand
Proof of operation efficiency
Proof of ROI
Proof of longevity

Proof.

I'm not going to address the above individually, check out the other posts on this page or the website for detailed info about them.

What I am going to say is:

This is a bricks and mortar, high street, retail business. And we have 50+ stores across the UK&I delivering for their owners, customers and community.

Want to join us?

Are you ready, like the goldfish below, to take a leap?

But a leap, not into the unknown, but a leap into the known. Proof is good like that.

Send me an e mail and we'll arrange a completely no obligation chat. [email protected].

10/07/2024

Running your own franchise business is not for everyone.

You need to have a bit of fight in you.

The confidence to take on an opportunity and through that opportunity change your, your family and your staff's lives.

You need gumption. Whilst it's a proven system if you sit back and don't work the system you'll no doubt falter.

Persistence. Good things come from persistence and hard work. Money is one of them but more important - satisfaction, achievement, respect and better work life balance.

Initiative. Yes, you'll have a proven system, a brand, support, guidance but you'll be the chef of your business. You need to take all those ingredients and bring them together with that secret sauce (you) to make a standout business dish.

People skills. People buy from people. Whatever business you are in you need to be able to deal with people.

Get up and go. If your get up and go has got up and went franchising is not for you. But if you want to change your life, take back control, learn new skills, develop and build something, increase your earning power, stop answering to "the man" or "the woman" it could be right up your street.

Decision maker. Ditherers do not make good business people. But if after research and analysis you're prepared to pull the trigger then decision makers build big, successful franchise businesses.

If you have these qualities, what are you waiting for, why not find out more? What can it hurt? The first trigger to pull is a no obligation chat.

The ZipYard is, in my opinion, the first choice retail franchise on the market. In our chat I'll explain why (without any selling whatsoever)

If not now, when, if not you, who?

Be like Mr Cat.

Send me an email - [email protected]

03/07/2024

At The ZipYard Franchise we help and support people achieve their dream of running, owning and reaping the benefits of having their own business.

We offer a proven, exciting retail brand, offering an in demand and sustainable service. Clothing Alterations / Repairs / Restyling.

Our 50+ stores across the UK&I can't keep up with the demand for our services and we're looking for people looking to take back control of their lives, income and work life balance.

If that sounds like you why not get in contact for a no obligation chat and find out if this opportunity is for you.

Just send an e mail to [email protected]

29/06/2024

Are you a dry cleaners who wants to significantly increase your weekly turnover?

You should take a serious look at adding a ZipYard franchise to your offering.

You will find in a very short period of time you'll match or exceed your current dry cleaning turnover.

Over the medium term you will further increase your clothing alterations and repairs sales turnover.

How do we know. Our alterations business is 2.5 times our dry cleaning revenue.

Message the ZipYard to find out more.

A franchise is a little like a bridge for someone who wants to start their own business.

A bridge needs strong foundations.

A business needs strong foundations: A great commercial idea / Eye catching branding / A robust, tried and tested operating model.

A bridge needs the right support structure.

A business needs the right support structure: Systems & procedures / Marketing / Website / Customer retention plans / financial / HR.

A bridge requires regular maintenance.

A business requires regular maintenance: Market trends / Tech advances / Marketing messages / Training & Development.

A bridge needs a reason to be there.

A business needs a reason to be there: Like a bridge needs a regular flow of cars / pedestrians a business needs a consistent demand / flow of customers.

So why is a franchise like a bridge?

Well. If you're starting your own business you need to build all the elements listed above yourself.

You will do this via trial and error, you will make mistakes, you will spend a lot of money with an uncertain outcome.

You will essentially pick the location of the bridge, build it yourself, find ways of letting people know it's there and hope people find it useful and use it on the regular.

With a franchise all those obstacles, systems, tests, mistakes, adjustments have been done / made leaving a proven, successful model on which you can rely, build upon and make work for you.

A bridge to business success if you will.

I think franchising is well worth a look.

Do you agree?

If you'd like to learn a little more about The ZipYard franchise, which we believe is the best retail franchise offering in the UK please get in contact and I'll happily tell you why we believe it is



Thanks to David Martin on Unsplash for the photo.