Aug 8, 2011 | Clients in the Media
A New York Police Officer enjoys the Cafe2U experience
Coconut Creatives’ client news: Cafe2U launches in the USA whilst business in the UK booms
The world’s largest mobile coffee franchise Cafe2U has had a superb 2011 in the UK so far this year and the buzz is spreading across the pond! Tom Acland, UK Managing Director, has been celebrating the successes of their first 5 franchise partners to reach 5 years with all renewing their agreements for a further 5 years, as well as launching seven new Cafe2U franchises.
Cafe2U franchise partners are reaping the rewards across the UK. Faye Cochrane, who owns three Cafe2U vans in Edinburgh, celebrated her third year as a franchise partner by enjoying a record day on one of her vans recently with coffee sales up from the average by a whopping 58% for the day! Faye trades in the Edinburgh Park area of Edinburgh where her clients include HSBC, RBS, and Regus.
Rachel Wilson, Cafe2U Bristol, reports a large rise in the demand for flavoured coffees in 2011, with customers trying all sorts of different flavoured syrups and even cocktail combinations! Rachel, and her husband Gary, who were the 2010 Cafe2U Franchise Partners of the Year have customers who have designed their own drinks, which are now sold on the van! As a result of the fantastic range of flavours they can now offer in their great tasting Cafe2U coffee, sales have grown 67% from February to June 2011 and it shows no sign of slowing down.
As the nation’s favourite mobile coffee service, Cafe2U is seeing a large increase in demand from event organisers right across the UK in 2011 as they begin to realise that having great tasting espresso coffee, from a well-branded, professional, reliable and award-winning company is a crucial attraction to an event. Cafe2U have serviced school fetes, sports days, car rallies, Race for Life events, fun runs, outdoor theatre evenings, as well as Hollywood film sets and TV studios. Doug from Cafe2U Milton Keynes had a fantastic day at a Royal Wedding Street Party in April!
Tom Acland explains: “There has never been a better time to start a new Cafe2U business, with our low overheads and profitable business model, the Cafe2U business allows franchise partners to visit the customers, prompting them into the purchase decision rather than sitting and waiting for customers in the traditional manner. We have identified and mapped territory opportunities right across the UK, for single unit franchise partners as well as multi-territory management opportunities. Demand for great tasting espresso coffee, whilst at work or an event just keeps growing, and Cafe2U is the only company able to satisfy that demand in non-traditional locations up and down the country.”
The Cafe2U Acceleration Training and Launch program is another winner for franchise partners as it accelerates their business development by up to 3 months. With higher takings, larger customer bases, and more coffees sold, Cafe2U franchise partners see the success of their efforts far quicker.
And now, Cafe2U, has signed a Master Franchise deal for the USA. Australia’s Cafe2U Managing Director, Derek Black said: “We are so excited to finally be taking the brand to America! The US market represents a mature coffee market with many significant opportunities to stimulate growth. Consumers have been very welcoming of the mobile Cafe2U concept with one of our new American customers quoting: It’s even better than Starbucks!”
Cafe2U is tackling the US coffee scene with the upmost confidence and is certain that the partnership with their Master Franchisees will see rapid growth for the Cafe2U business into a significant worldwide coffee market.
Proudly born and bred in Australia, Cafe2U is already the world’s largest mobile coffee franchise – now poised to propel this domination quickly into America in 2011. Cafe2U has 110 mobile coffee vans in Australia and 55 in the UK and Ireland.
You can find our more by calling 0845 6444 708.
Aug 8, 2011 | Clients in the Media
Coconut Creatives’ client Rosemary Bookkeeping franchise partners are working well as a family team:
TJ Sutherland and Steve Brown have run their Rosemary Bookkeeping franchise since September 2010. Their unusual business partnership has gone from strength to strength showing that family really can work together very successfully.
Last month, TJ and Steve generated £4,800 and they are still in their first year of trading AND both working part-time! They are working closely with Rosemary’s Marketing Director Sarah Cook who writes a specialised marketing plan for every new Franchise Partner that comes on-board.
“People looking for a franchise are mainly concerned about 2 things: how to earn money and win business. We follow the monthly marketing programme that has been written for us which, combined with our weekly marketing calls with Sarah, keeps us on track to earn more money and win more business,” explains Steve.
Established in 2002, this is a proven, solid and reliable bookkeeping business which has been further strengthened due to new Government initiatives. Franchise Partners work in the SME sector, where the Government is making plans to investigate up to 50,000 small businesses with potential £3K fines if they find their books in disorder. This means that small businesses have never been keener to work with a professional bookkeeping service like Rosemary.
- 50% average net profit margins being achieved
- Run by yourself or build into a management style business (projected earnings over £200K)
- 2.16 Million Customers NEED this Service! According to Federation of Small Businesses
- Tailored training allows delivery within 6 weeks
- No office premises required – work from home
- Benefit from 60 years collective industry experience
- Week-by-week business development support even AFTER 5 days initial trainingNo former bookkeeping qualifications or experience necessary
“A low cost, high profit margin, service business, operated from home. You simply need to follow a system, backed up by Rosemary support,” Lisa Curteis, Rosemary Director.
Come and meet TJ and Steve at a monthly Rosemary Bookkeeping Discovery Day and see if this is a business you could do. The discovery day includes informal seminars in the morning, networking lunch and 1 to 1 workshops in the afternoon led by the Rosemary team: Claire Watson-Bardot, Joanna Dennis, Sarah Cook and Lisa Curteis.
It is a ‘no stone left unturned’ day for you to ask whatever questions you like in an open and informal environment where you’ll get a real taste of the Rosemary Culture and how their unrivalled support in the areas of Bookkeeping, Operations and IT, Training and Marketing will ensure your business success.
For more information email: franchise@rosemarybooks.co.uk or call 01442 800147.
Aug 8, 2011 | Clients in the Media
Coconut Creatives’ client activitymix explains why their management franchise is contributing to a new era of employee engagement:
Organisations are asking their staff to do more and more to ride the wave of economic uncertainty and HR managers are looking for ways to motivate staff without offering substantial financial incentives. Recently Peter Wilde, Global Head of Engagement at Unilever and an expert in the field of employee engagement, completed research which confirmed that businesses who use employee engagement programmes see increased profits but that they need to change their emphasis from traditional staid programmes in order to achieve the same engagement impact!
One company that has a proven impact on staff productivity and a record of keeping track of changing trends is activitymix, a management franchise business currently operating in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London.
activitymix, is an employee engagement business that uses sport and physical activity to help companies increase productivity and reduce absenteeism, and can boast a consistent client retention rate of 80% year on year with global brands such as Shell, BP, BarclaysCapital, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Over 20,000 people have participated since 2003, and participation rates within individual companies are increasing with the original activitymix territory reaching a turnover of £350k.
Founders Jules Lancastle and Richard Johnston see this enviable retention rate as an indication of good market analysis and excellence in service delivery. They have worked hard to protect their business model which now offers an exciting business option for future franchise partners with a desire to combine sport with business objectives.
Could your company benefit from some activitymix treatment? Or could you be the next activitymix franchise partner? It’s a great business because they invest in keeping up with the latest techniques to keep staff motivated:
- 7 years of experience & systems development
- Produce proposals that work for board directors and company executives
- Initial 5 day tailored training course for franchise partners
- One-day additional training course EVERY month for the duration of the 5 year franchise agreement
- Only choose the most budding enthusiastic entrepreneurs as franchise partners!
You can find out more about activitymix as a franchise opportunity at one of their discovery days.
- An open, honest and transparent opportunity for you to ask all your questions about any aspect of the business
- Join in a group activity to see first-hand what the client experience is like!
Call activitymix for more information or to register for a discovery day on 0845 2700160.
Oct 25, 2010 | Clients in the Media
Coconut Creatives are looking forward to the Great Western Franchise Show. The show will be held on the 13th of November 2010 at Bristol City Football Club and promises to be an interesting day for visitors, with a diverse range of businesses exhibiting. Entry and car parking is free, so this is a really convenient way to find out more about a range of different franchise opportunities. For further detaiils please select this link: Great Western Franchise Show
The following Coconut Clients will be attending the show. To find out more about each one please click on their logo:
Just Shutters supply the world’s finest plantation shutters, with an exceptional customer service record to match. Find out more about Just Shutters.
AlphaGraphics is a global network of Business Centres that provide a full range of marketing comm- unications solutions. Find out more about Alphagraphics.
Countrywide Signs is the industry leading Estate Agent Sign Board Management Company in the UK. Find out more about Countrywide Signs.
If you would like to meet a ‘Coconut’ at the show and discuss your franchise marketing requirements please feel free to get in touch.
May 1, 2010 | Clients in the Media
Coconut Creative’s client Myakka attended the Grand Designs Live show last week with outstanding success! Myakka, the Wincanton based furniture supplier, were absolutely thrilled with the huge level of interest the design conscious audience showed in their product lines. To impress at Grand Designs Live is no mean feat; it has been voted Consumer Show of the Year and is considered to be THE event for design and inspiration for your home.
Us Coconuts were so happy that Myakka had done so well we decided to spread the word a little further and on their return launched a small press campaign. Everyone else seemed to be very interested in Myakka’s great products too and the Blackmore Vale Magazine and the Western Gazette both decided to let all their readers know about them by publishing our press release.
Myakka’s products are designed for the British market and produced in India using the latest computer controlled machinery to ensure consistent quality. The company is dedicated to sourcing its products in an ethical way, using only wood from sustainable plantations and negotiating prices which are profitable for their suppliers.
Myakka’s commitment to ethical products has been recognised with a host of awards including the Ethical Award in 2009 which places Myakka in the top 33% of British companies for demonstrating corporate social responsibility. Since 2006 they have been recognised as an importer and retail member of the British Association of Fair Trade shops (BAFTS) and are proud to say that over 90% of their products are sourced in a Fair Trade manner.
Coconut Creatives have been working with Myakka for almost two years now and we love the fact they care so much about being fair to all the people they work with, while still providing great products for all their lovely customers.
To find out more about us please go to coconutcreatives.co.uk
Visitors to Grand Designs Live enjoying Myakka's new ranges
Mar 14, 2010 | Clients in the Media
Rosemary Bookkeeping has headed into 2010 with roaring success! The bookkeeping franchise (supported by all of us here at Coconut) is doing so well they are looking to recruit even more franchisees.
The franchise was set up only a few months ago and provides a friendly and efficient outsourced bookkeeping service to small businesses. The franchise has been inundated with enquiries from people eager to find out more; in fact in only a couple of months over 600 people have expressed an interest in joining!
This may seem like a lot, but when you take into account the fact that Rosemary Bookkeeping franchisees enjoy profit margins of around 70% month on month it seems like a very sensible (and profitable!) career choice. There are several other benefits too including totally flexible work times to fit in around family and social life, working from the comfort of your own home – imagine that long boring commute becoming a thing of the past. Being your own boss with the security of using a tried and tested system and tailored support to help you whenever you need it is something new business owners rarely have.
Here’s a quote from one very satisfied franchisee “With a Rosemary Bookkeeping franchise, a lot of the hard work has been done for you and the support and knowledge is already there and ready to use. If anyone wants to buy a bookkeeping franchise I would highly recommend Rosemary Bookkeeping.”
Another big advantage is you don’t need any formal qualifications to join the Rosemary Bookkeeping Franchise; anyone who is logical, friendly and prepared to work hard can make this a success!
Here at Coconut Creatives we specialize in helping franchises just like Rosemary Bookkeeping grow bigger and better by offering support and advice on how to attract the best people for their businesses. Phew, it’s a good job we love what we do so much or we’d definitely be signing up too!
