About Well Polished

The Concept

Well Polished is an introductory cleaning agency that offers a domestic cleaning service on a weekly basis. The franchise offers positive cashflow, with no invoicing and payment in advance.

Many householders today have little spare time in which to keep up with the housework. As a result, they are choosing to outsource many household tasks and are looking for a trusted, professional company to turn to. In response to their demands, Well Polished provides a comprehensive housekeeping package, which now includes the Well Pressed laundry and ironing service, as well as more traditional domestic cleaning services.

Running a Well Polished franchise doesn't require you to don your rubber gloves and break out the furniture polish. Our franchise owners present the professional face of the business and manage the cleaning team.

The Company

Well Polished was established on the Wirral by Sandra Venables in 2004, when she outgrew the corporate rat race and decided to fulfill her ambitions by becoming her own boss.

Sandra envisaged that Well Polished would be a part-time business that she could run herself. However, the service soon proved to be so popular that it demanded her full attention, and additional office staff. By the end of her third year's trading, Well Polished was providing approximately 20,000 cleaning hours for clients in the Wirral area.

Having proven the Well Polished concept in her local area, Sandra realised the potential for expanding the business nationally through franchising. In 2007 Sandra's husband David became the Well Polished Operations Director and Mike Campbell was introduced as Finance Director.

We would now like to invite you to join our team

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The Opportunity

Introduction

Our opportunity is a management franchise business. It is the franchise owner's role to establish their business and deliver a first-rate Well Polished service to customers within their territory.

Market Outlook

The UK domestic cleaning market is a multi-billion pound industry which has seen phenomenal growth over recent years with further significant growth expected in the future. A recent survey showed that over 2.5 million people regularly use the services of a domestic cleaner. Nearly a third of these people expect to save themselves over 260 hours a year in cleaning time.

The factors that have created this dynamic market are not hard to guess:

• A continued rise in disposable income combined with a greater acceptance of outsourcing household chores
• The growth in the number of households where both partners are working full time
• An increase in more affluent retirees wishing to spend more time on leisure activities

Earnings Potential

Well Polished is a cash positive business. Your income from agency commissions is paid monthly in advance by your customers.

While every effort has been made to ensure the profitability of the Well Polished franchise, individual earnings are still largely dependent on personal efforts and tenacity

Start-Up Costs

Prospective franchise owners can secure a Well Polished territory for £9,500 + VAT. Some additional start-up and working capital will also be required. A complete breakdown of this investment will be supplied to qualified applicants. Details of the Franchise Package will also be supplied.

The Ideal Candidate

Well Polished is a sales and relationship building business. As such, strong people skills are critical. Well Polished (Franchising) Limited is looking for candidates who are determined, hard-working, enthusiastic, self-motivated, passionate about customer service and great with people.

The Franchise

Training

We provide all new franchise owners with a comprehensive in-house training programme, covering all aspects of running a Well Polished franchise. Franchise owners will be taught our proven methods, including the accurate assessment of customer's cleaning needs, how to market the service effectively within their territory and how to use our bespoke management software.

As you build your business and encounter new challenges your Franchise Manager will be on hand to provide continuing support and guidance. The team at Well Polished (Franchising) Ltd will do everything we can to help your business to grow, and we hope that you will regularly exceed your own business targets!

What's in the Franchise Package?

• Full training at head office and in your territory
• Close support from Head Office for the life of your Franchise Agreement
• A launch programme tailored for your area
• 20,000 promotional leaflets
• Access to our web-based, dedicated management software system
• An exclusive territory

Now Available

Master Franchise Licences

Applications are now welcome from investors who wish to obtain a master licence to develop a Well Polished franchise network in an overseas location. Further information is available by registering your interest via the online form.