The decision to become self-employed is one of the most difficult you will take in your career. The potential rewards of self-employment are evident:

• you could build a nest-egg for you and your family
• choosing your own hours
• working who you want to work with
• maybe working from home
• definitely earning what you are worth
• being in control of your own destiny, and so on..

There are possible pitfalls and disadvantages too and you should investigate all your options very thoroughly.

One of the most important factors in your decision will be the long-term viability of your business: is it something that will support you and your family, and provide you with the life you want into the long term? In the UK, there are two main models for starting your own business: a stand-alone business that you start from scratch yourself or a franchise. Both options will require a financial investment, hard work and commitment to succeed but statistics indicate that significantly more franchised start-ups (93%) claim to be profitable after 5 years, compared to only 20% of stand alone start-ups.

There are many possible reasons for this disparity and it does not suggest that franchising is a guarantee of success or an “easy option”; any franchisee will tell you otherwise, but franchising does provide access to a ready-made and proven business model, plus support and advice, that stand-alone businesses simply don’t have.

This site is designed to help you understand what franchising means with 247staff Professional Recruitment by guiding you through our business. We will also help you assess whether our business is the right option for you.

247staff Professional Recruitment

247staff Professional Recruitment is a national recruitment agency which started in 1999. In recent years we have followed a sustained expansion programme and currently have over 50 branches throughout the UK.

Recruitment is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK and over the last 15 years the industry’s turnover has increased from £5 billion to a staggering £28 billion a year.

Our research shows that we are now the fastest growing recruitment agency and franchise. This growth is being generated by attracting new people into our business from a variety of backgrounds and experience including:

• Individuals wanting to own their own Franchised Office thereby making a business investment in order to achieve a high income and generate long term wealth
• Individuals who wish to free themselves from their employer and are attracted to the independence of our home based Associate Programme. They would be linked to a Franchised Office, work under the 247staff corporate umbrella and benefit from our company training and support.

Please read on through our site but before you continue: the top performing 247staff Professional Recruitment office enjoys a turnover of £8,000,000; a 247staff Professional Recruitment office in the North West recently posted, in its FIRST YEAR, a turnover figure of over £900,000; One of our recruitment consultants recently earned over £80,000 in a year. Be ready to re-think things.