The Creator knows how to develop a National operation for Car Storage. The franchise model he learned during his early career was by undertaking a consultancy role for a well-known (he says successful but it depends on who was successful? - ask about it when you enquire) Retail outlet. At it peak, the franchise held 246 franchisees in the UK and around 16 franchisees in the EU. He was hired for almost to two years to oversea the US Investment Management Buyout to the tune of £18m.
He was involved with the reconciliation of the Franchisee sales ledger's; which included monthly management fees, adversity levy and stock purchases as these franchisees were legally required to purchase through the warehouse at (HQ) Head Office.
This entailed him communicating extensively with all franchisee owner's, building a repour with them directly to understand their business operations, understand their finances and understand what Head office support was required to make them successful on the basis that HQ, as you can imagine with 246 retail outlets - had limited resources.
Head office Business Development managers were deployed to stores that were struggling. Resources were optimized accordingly, and done so in a fair manner. Some store owners welcomed the support and the BDM's helped them develop skills they perhaps lacked. Whilst others were perhaps unmotivated and unable to benefit from HQ resources. Why?, because even a franchised business is also a business in-itself and, as such, is only as successful as the person or people running it. Sometimes people who had committed to a franchise had the funds to do so initially (therefore were signed-up) but perhaps lacked the ability to push forward, developed and run a business for many reasons which are unfair to state here.
The total volume of balance the creator was involved with on a month by month basis was £1.4-£1.8m. This was the monthly turnover of operations for Head Office including the above fees and stock purchases.
He oversaw the replacement of two Managing Directors, the initial one left due to the sudden change of business direction. A new Finance Director who actually hired the creator when she first joined the company. A new Head of Operations who obtained valuable insights from the creator due to his in-depth companyBusiness knowledge at that time. And finally, a new Marketing Director.
The Marketing Director was certainly an eye opener for the creator. He learned that sometimes a person has the ability to sell themselves, present themselves in perhaps a superior manner, "they are the best", "they know what they're doing". What happened is - the guy almost put the company bankrupt via lack of cashflow. And he did this by signing up with a Touring Car team with the intention of advertising by coverage on TV.
The fees were astronomical.
The company began the Touring Car deal (and it was amazing! - all this fancy VIP access to tracks - gosh!, I bet the Marketing Director had a few champaigns...). The deal was signed, but there was a fundamental error made. Something deep within the contract that was either hidden of missed.
Everything was supposed to be planned out (budget wise for HQ), but one day a huge £50k invoice hit the table, an unexpected one. This was after the season had begun therefore all the advertising logos were on the cars etc. The touring car company demanded money immediately - something to do with paying for tires.
But what did the creator know about Marketing? It was his role to reconcile monies outstanding, resolve disputes and resolve issues relating to the brand. He was in essence operating at the very heart of the Business from Head Office, at the soul of the business. He was not hired to Market the company but his insights, therefore knowledge acquired are very valuable.
The knowledge obtained working in Franchising is one reason for how and why this current creation came about.
Becoming a Network member provides a region for your Business just like a franchise does. However, the strict terms of a franchise do not apply.
1) We don't take liability over a property.
2) We don't take personal liability.
3) You wish to stop service? only a 60 day notice period it requested.
4) We develop Business for you separately via our own means.
5) We don't take a cut from all your Business. If you find your own Business it's yours.
6) We provide you with knowledge to grow your Business.
When we provide knowledge it has been gathered together with over 20 Years experience in multiple industries. Much of this gained experience was from large corporations. Large corporations have systems and processes in place which allow the Directors to safely and efficiently monitor the company from behind. Meaning, the processes allow your company to grow using employed staff.
We found that one SME automotive company had staff in place however lacked operation systems to be efficient when they diverse into a new area of Business due to a decline in track day hires. We brought them Supercar repair work, within the first 3 months of going live - they could not cope with demand. Cars were parked in the unit, unable to be worked on.
Their old manual system was outdated.
We want people to come on-board and value what we provide them.
Our main website www.thejohnrosegroup.co.uk
Our client base is very strong and so is our reputation.
We have more Business available than Automotive Businesses onboard to give.
Unfortunately, our first batch of clients from 2019-2023 were deemed unsuitable to grow with us. We were a newly established company finding our feet and took onboard anyone. This was a major error because we've found that many company owners are not nice people. We care a lot about our clients, and put our soul into developing good solid Business, good strong relationships that must be mutually beneficial.
Our Financial boundary to join is paramount. When people pay something in, they respect the value. Also, these Business owners are better quality people. They appreciate us, rather than seek to exploit.
Our commercial deals require a strong relationship between us. The creator uses this relationship and trade history to obtain the work.
"Thank you for reading and taking an interest - hope to hear from you!"