Ambience Venue Hire
We have opportunities for both franchisees and those wishing to join us as a member of our staff. From our base in Bradford we have turned down bookings from far and wide. We urgently need enthusiastic franchisees to manage their own local area and replicate our business model with our full support.
History:
Ambience initially decided to offer a service to decorate wedding tables and chairs by providing table linen, napkins, chair covers, runners, sashes and bows for hire. Through clever marketing, public relations, and by attending local bridal fairs Ambience quickly established itself and became a very popular choice with wedding venues, brides to be and those planning civil ceremonies. As the business grew, Debbie took on staff and bookings started coming in from furtherna field, with her husbands background in franchise consultancy and the fact that Debbie felt that many women were probably in a similar position to herself the decision to franchise the business seemed logical.
How your Ambience franchise works:
The day before each event, or on the day itself you set up the room with whatever the client has ordered, this is done by you and one other, or a couple of casual members of staff, either way it is done in privacy as you will have left the venue before your clients arrive! A typical booking requires two hours to set up because every cover is steam pressed on site to leave everything looking perfect. Once the wedding is over you simply call to collect the stock, which has nearly always been packed up by the venue, and is therefore a quick and easy job. The booking is complete once the covers have been washed by a local launderette or yourself in readiness for the next event.
Your earning potential:
Debbie’s main objectives when she initially set the business up were to work less
hours, have a more flexible working day and also to replace her salary as a part time assistant solicitor. Ambience met and exceeded all these objectives almost straight away.
Crucially Debbie was also able to start the business whilst still working in the law and then choose the ideal time to hand her notice in at work. If you are in a similar position Ambience is one of the lowest risk business start up situations you will find anywhere.
The figures shown below are not forecasts or estimates but based on actual trading experience over the last 12 months.
- Average Booking value: £340
8 weddings per month = £32,640 p.a. (Aprx 2-3 days / week)
16 weddings per month = £65,280 p.a (full time)
Our franchise fee is only £8495 and your total investment depends entirely on how many hours you want to work and the level of marketing you carry out. Ambience is also one of the lowest cost franchises to run on an on going basis as you can work from home using a normal family car and a very low management services fee of only £275 per month, which includes a contribution to the national public relations, advertising, and marketing campaign. Ambience also has exhibition displays that you can use and professionally designed marketing leaflets that you can easily customise yourself. Ambience will provide you with your own personalised admin, including letterheads, business cards, hire contracts, a web page and email account and also use of a free phone number.
Our experience has taught us that on a relatively low marketing budget, it is possible to yield around 4 - 8 weddings per month and this is easy to achieve on a part time basis. You should be able to get to this point within your first 12 weeks of trading. Our test area received 50 bookings within the first 5 months of launching the business from a standing start which is the equivalent to £41,000 p.a!
Training and support:
By joining Ambience you will not be on your own, we will train you on the job, not in the classroom, and we will support you with your launch programme, marketing campaign,and guide and mentor you until you are on your feet.
To get going you’ll only need a small amount of stock in the most popular sizes. You will not therefore need to make a large financial investment in stock, (as we did) because you will have access to our own central stock comprising thousands of covers, colours, and sashes until your business is fully underway. When that time comes, you’ll decide what stock levels are relevant to the way you intend to run the business and you can deal directly with our suppliers enjoying attractive terms and assured quality.
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