A Testament to The Success of The Local Bookkeeper
Kelly Derham - Horsham
Kelly Derham had been running a bookkeeping business over the past 5 years and decided the time had come for her to expand her business.
Kelly attended our 1 week training course which covered all the skills needed to run our franchise successfully. These areas include leadership, management, human resources, sales and marketing, our processes of bookkeeping,
management accounts, payroll and other aspects of our services. After the specialised in-house training Kelly Derham then passed our 'after training assessment' to begin trading as The Local Bookkeeper Horsham.
While Kelly was attending the training course, our marketing department was busy preparing the launch campaign. Upon returning to the office Kelly was welcomed as a franchisee with a selection of hot leads from businesses that required bookkeeping services within her specified franchise area.
"Within 7 weeks of setting up I had over £35,000 worth of new business booked in. I still have over 8 leads to follow up. I have already employed my first bookkeeper to help me with the new business and am searching for another,” enthuses Kelly.
After successfully following up the leads, Kelly is operating way above our targets and has made her first year a very successful one.
She continues to make a success of her second year with her number of clients still rising dramatically showing that initial launch growth can be maintained. Now she is starting to secure her first couple of outsourced Accounts departments from large local businesses. Each one of these will make a significant difference to the franchisee’s bottom line as they can be worth tens of thousands of pounds each.
To visit Kelly Derhams’s The Local Bookkeeper Horsham website, click on http://horsham.thelocalbookkeeper.co.uk/
Paul Dawson- Southend-on-Sea
Paul felt after he had been working in legal accounting for 20 years, he had not been feeling challenged enough recently. He knew he had more to offer and wanted to put his vast experience and his AAT and ICB qualifications to better use.
After reviewing his options, Paul felt that The Local Bookkeeper franchise perfectly suited his requirements. He was so impressed with the franchise’s philosophy and values and, under the proven and tested business model of helping small businesses have a better understanding of their financial position, he was convinced he could
After reviewing his options, Paul felt that The Local Bookkeeper franchise perfectly suited his requirements. He was so impressed with the franchise’s philosophy and values and, under the proven and tested business model of helping small businesses have a better understanding of their financial position, he was convinced he could
create a successful business.
Paul soon left full time employment to join the revolution.
Paul secured 5 clients within 8 weeks of his launch. He was fully utilized within 6 months and recruited his first member of staff. Demand for his services is so high that he is already looking to recruit another.
Paul secured 5 clients within 8 weeks of his launch. He was fully utilized within 6 months and recruited his first member of staff. Demand for his services is so high that he is already looking to recruit another.
Paul explains, “My launch was so well supported and brought me strong introductions to my target market. In each trading month since, I have been able to exceed the reasonable trading figures set with the backing of The Local Bookkeeper team.
Paul is delighted to be on the way realising his goals of growing an extremely successful business and to help further develop The Local Bookkeeper brand as a professional market leader in financial management.
To visit Paul Dawson’s website of The Local Bookkeeper Southend-on-Sea, click on http://southend-on-sea.thelocalbookkeeper.co.uk
Louise Lloyd- Lymington
Louise is a Chartered Management Accountant with a diverse background such as working for a FTSE 100 company, implementing enterprise-level accounting systems such as SAP. She had wanted to set up her own business but was worried that her lack of marketing and sales skills would hold her back from expanding her client base at the rate she would need to grow a viable business.
Louise soon discovered The Local Bookkeeper’s franchise opportunity and found that their expert marketing department
would take care of all of this for her. Louise explains, “I knew I would benefit immensley from adopting the proven and tested business model of a successful national brand that had put significant resources into research and marketing and also provided ongoing training and support. In addition, I was particularly drawn to the emphasis put on quality customer service.” Louise Lloyd joined The Local Bookkeeper in August 2008. She understood that providing small businesses with the up to date information they so dearly need would allow them to make informed business decisions, benefiting SMEs so much so that the service she provides would become invaluable to them.
She rightly describes that, “small business owners are becoming more conscious of the management of their cash flow and understanding this can be done through a bookkeeping service that is cost-effective whilst maintaining a high level of service.”
Therefore The Local Bookkeeper Lymington has been experiencing a massive demand that has increased under the recession, in fact the entire network have been experiencing their best months yet.
Louise has fulfilled her short term goals of establishing a fine reputation as The Local Bookkeeper Lymington and goes on to display her satisfaction of her choice of becoming a part of The Local Bookkeeper franchise entirely as she describes her long term hopes as world domination!
To visit Louise Lloyd’s website of The Local Bookkeeper Lymington, click on http://lymington.thelocalbookkeeper.co.uk
Fiona Benham- Clydebank
Fiona is a member of the ICB and a part qualified Accountant coupled with also being a working mum with two children. Fiona needed more flexibility in her working life to give her a better work life balance. She felt unappreciated by her boss for her hard work who could not give her the flexibility she needed to create her ideal work/life balance.
Fiona had been working for as the company Accountant for a Tour Operator when she found the TLBK franchise opportunity. She had wanted to become self-employed for a long time to give her more freedom but she was concerned about taking the leap on her own especially when she has dependents to provide for. Fiona explains, “I knew that if I was to make this change I would have to grow very quickly to maintain the same level of income that I had when I was employed.”Fiona found that the support she would receive from head office would give her the security she needed to start up her own business.
“The TLBK start-up campaign seemed like the ideal starting point. I also like the back up from TLBK with marketing, national referrals and the professional website and I knew that potential clients would feel reassured with the back up of a national company.”
Fiona’s business is growing and is not experiencing any sort of slowing during the recession displaying how the TLBK business is recession proof. She is now has the freedom to determine her own hours and never has to miss a school play again. Fiona is well on the way to building a very successful business after less than a year’s trading.
To visit the Fiona Benham’s website of The Local Bookkeeper Clydebank, click on http://clydebank.thelocalbookkeeper.co.uk
