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Working around a young family is the most common reason to look for a franchise or business opportunity that can be flexed, but it isn’t the only reason. If you have a vocation or passion that makes extensive demands on your time, you also need a way of earning a living that leaves you enough freedom to pursue it.
Unlike most employment options, the right franchise can enable you to make a very decent living and pursue your dream at the same time. You can to scale the business up or down as you need and of course you avoid the ‘employment gap’ that can be so damaging to your career and earning potential.
Franchises also offer a legitimate and serious work from home business opportunity that can ultimately be sold as a valuable asset.
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These franchises are specifically designed to be family (or passion or vocation) friendly, or can be flexed, in that you choose how much business you want to do.
Mail Shot International fills a valuable service niche for smaller businesses - especially those who sell online, and want to outsource package assembly and fulfilment. This makes it ideal if you are looking for a business operating in a fast-growing market. Low overheads mean that the business can be successfully run at a smaller scale - even part time.
A Pattacakes Cookery School franchise is a great way to help children of all ages to engage healthily with food and cooking. You run the business from home and can start with just 11.5 hours a week. As an activity that is both educational and fun, you’ll be popular with children, their parents, their schools and their Gps.
The UK's premier award winning sports development programme is designed to instil a fun and positive attitude to sport and fitness by encouraging pre-school children to participate in regular exercise from a young age.
If you enjoy simple DIY and you are good at dealing with people who may be feeling vulnerable, then a GuardHome wireless security franchise could be for you. You’ll be offering peace of mind at a low cost of ownership to home and business owners who are worried about being burgled and building yourself a solid business with residual income in the process.
The Hard Hat Business Recovery Partnership is perfect for you if you want to use your significant business expertise to help businesses to grow their way out of trouble into sustainable profits, in a spectacular fashion.
As a hands-on, practical business troubleshooter with Hard Hat, you can enjoy a rare opportunity to combine your personal talent and experience with a sound business framework, unique and impressive business tools, and the added benefit of a close-knit peer-group of similarly impressive Hard Hatters. Challenging, but hugely rewarding.
netLinked is the UK’s first business network and lead generation group to integrate the fantastic power of the LinkedIn business networking website with their own face-to-face network of groups of highly motivated business professionals. If your target market is other businesses and professionals, this is a great way to grow your business and make money doing it. Alternatively, if you love networking and putting businesses in touch with each other then running several groups with this franchise enables you to earn good money from your skills.
If you’ve always wanted to set up your own events management company and you love dancing, then a Simply Dancing franchise offers a great route into the rapidly expanding market for Ballroom and Latin dance. You don’t have to be a dancer yourself, as your job is to organise venues, partners and teachers to ensure that clients learn fast and have enormous fun doing it. Low fixed overheads mean that the business can be scaled to suit you.
The Blinds Network Company is a buyers group supplying discerning home owners with a great choice of quality blinds at prices that represent real value of money. The business is easy to run from home, because blinds are made to order, so there is no need to hold stock.
If you have experience of writing published material, have skills in coaching or consulting, have an understanding of marketing and enjoy working with high achievers you could be kept very busy with this newly launched license. This is a specialist role that you can carry out either in conjunction with another business activity, such as coaching or consulting, or as a full-time business in its own right.
The Weed Man franchise is one of the best lawn-care franchises around. You get to work outside in people’s gardens in your local area for most of the year. But you can escape from the British weather for 2 whole months in winter and make the most of summer by having the whole of August off too. So if you love skiing or winter sports, or you and your family like to travel to wherever the sun is, then Weed Man is an ideal franchise opportunity for you.
If any of these appeal to you, contact us for an informal chat, or register with us to find out more and to get help selecting the right business opportunity for you.