Become a Franchisee
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Become a Franchisee
Paws to consider your future….
Barking Mad is a dynamic, challenging and rewarding home based business in the fast growing pet care sector.
Being a Barking Mad Franchisee is all about setting up, developing and managing a successful business whilst improving your lifestyle.
When it comes to supporting franchisees, this is the area in which we excel. We have over 60 branches successfully operating across the UK , who all agree it’s a great way to make a living!
Success Stories
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Success Stories
Is Barking Mad right for me?
Everyone’s personal circumstances are different, and you will see from the case studies that there are a number of different approaches to running this business.
It does require your full time commitment, although equally Barking Mad provides flexibility and the ability to manage your own time.
We hope you enjoy reading our success stories and that they will encourage you to believe in yourself and do something you’ll really enjoy!
Investment
THE PROSPECTIVE REWARDS
Rather than set out theoretical projections, in line with best franchising practice we prefer to relate to actual track record and we will discuss this with you at our initial meeting.
In pursuing your interest in becoming a Barking Mad Franchisee, we will make available to you in confidence further detailed financial information, based on up-to-date trading performance, to assist with your business plan.
You also need a suitable silver vehicle, a personal computer dedicated for business use and basic equipment for your office-at-home. You should also consider provision for working capital, according to your circumstances - please discuss this aspect with us.
Support
What you get for your investment and on-going fees
When it comes to supporting franchisees, this is the area in which we excel. We understand that the very reason you would buy a franchise is to have the security of a tried and tested business model. There are no shortcuts, and you certainly get what you pay for. We’re sure we’re doing a pretty good job as franchisees keep renewing their agreements for another 5 years.
We have been members of the British Franchise Association for 8 years now, the last 6 as a Full Member. This involves lots of form filling and following a whole lot of important rules we have to stick to, all set out by the BFA.
We are extremely confident in the support and facilities we provide. Our well established and successful franchise model has been carefully developed over the years to ensure we meet the growing needs of our expansive network. There are 8 members of the team working full and part-time, all of whom specialise in different areas of the business. After your initial training, we guide you through the first 6 months working with you both in the field and remotely. We don’t expect you to be an expert in every area and there will almost certainly be at least one part of the business you’ll need more assistance with such as sales and marketing, accounts or telephone technique. But don’t worry help is always on hand.
Support isn’t restricted to the initial launch of your business, indeed we have a robust franchise development template which is specifically designed to help franchisees increase turnover during all stages of their business.
Because you are the IT department in your own business, we’ve made it easy for you by building an on-line data storage system and intranet which sounds a bit boring, so we’ve called it FIDO short for Franchisee Intranet Data Operator. Put simply, it means that if your computer crashes you can carry on working on any computer until yours is fixed.
Support comes from our network of franchisees too, and so there are lots of opportunities to get together with other like minded folks like you, such as our National Conference and Regional Sales Meetings.
We will be very happy to give you much more information at the preliminary meeting. In the meantime, don’t feel you have to take our word for it.