Are you suited to self-employment?

Self-employment can be an exciting prospect if you are tired or working from 9am to 5pm and using your skills and experience to earn money for someone else. However the reality of starting your own business and having no idea where to start, no support and going it alone can be daunting and off-putting. That’s why a franchise is the perfect choice!

With a franchise you can start the business that you have always dreamed of using your skills and experience to earn a good income for yourself. Another advantage is that you can also gain new experience and skills in other sectors as a franchisor will often provide full training (subject to the choice of franchise).

For example; ChipsAway offers full training with no experience necessary to run your own Car Restoration and Repair Business for stone chip damage.

Alternatively the Money Advice & Planning Franchise (MAP) will do all your marketing for you, which they pay for up front. You will only pay for it out of sales made – and if you don’t make any sales then you pay nothing.

With most franchises you will also be provided with on-going support and advice from experienced franchise owners and the head office team.

A franchise, equally to starting up a business by yourself, presents many challenges  for which certain characteristics are a must.  Here we take a look at what these are, and whether you may very well be suited to self-employment.

You need to be realistic, dedicated and self-motivated

Self-employment is hard work by either going it alone or as a franchisee. However as a franchisee you will have the support and advice from the franchisor although it will be down to you to put in the hard work to get your business of the ground.  You will need to be prepared to put in those late nights, early mornings and miss out on most weekends.

When building a business it can seem as though your spare time becomes a thing of the past. It really does take at least a 12 month period to even see spare evenings, reasonable morning start times and free weekends that even the worst of 9-5 jobs would consistently provide for. Although the long-term prospects are well worth the work!

You need to be multi-talented

Running and growing a business takes many skillsets, and if you haven’t got the marketing acumen as well as the administrative know how then growing and operating your business can prove to be particularly challenging, that is if you are indeed going it completely alone...

Franchising is a form of business that backs up your weaknesses. Unlike going it alone becoming a franchisee ensures that the skills where you may be decidedly lacking are provided by a parent company who backs you up and allows your business to flourish.

So whether you’re an awesome salesperson, but lack administrative know how, or you’re a person who’s great with their hands, but confused about marketing, there will be a franchise package out there to suit.

Are you ready for self-employment:

If you’re employed you may be one, or all, of the following:

• A person who struggles to work well taking orders from others.
• A person who finds lining the pockets of others to be nothing short of soul destroying.
• A person who consistently thinks of fresh, commercially viable ideas.
• A person who is unafraid of being in control of decisions.
• A person who is self-disciplined and easily achieve all that their boss sets them (no matter how frustrating it is working for someone else).

If you can answer yes to any of the above then take a look at the various franchise opportunities available using our Search facility or browse through our categories.

Skilled Trades franchises you might be interested in..

Metro Plumb

Run your own Plumbing Franchise Business with Metro Plumb and benefit from the increasing demand.

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Clear Brew Franchise

Benefit from excellent daily cash flow, high profit margins and massive growth potential by running your own van-based Beer Line Cleaning Business.

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ChipsAway

The ChipsAway Franchise is the UK's leading and most successful automotive paintwork repair franchise.

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Local Assist

With the Local Assist Franchise opportunity you can join one of the UK's top property maintenance businesses.

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Revive!

The management franchise that puts you in control and provides you with real opportunity for growth and proven sales turnover of £1M

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Jackson Fire & Security

Manage your own lucrative Fire and Secruity Business with the Jackson Fire & Security Franchise opportunity.

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