Franchise Consultants to Grow Your Revenues and Profits
The two directors of Franchise Business Consultants are David Martin and Mark Harris. Their backgrounds can be seen below.
David J Martin ACIB
Franchise Consultant and Director
An expert in finance with three decades of banking, franchising and business experience. Managed deals of all sizes from up to tens of millions of pounds including franchises, Management Buy Outs, mergers, property, business sales and acquisitions.
Key Skills
- Franchising
- Business Development
- Raising finance and finance restructuring for all sizes of deals
Mark A Harris BSc (Hons)
Franchise Consultant and Director
A results orientated Director with the proven ability to deliver high levels of performance in the business development and distribution of products and services worth over £500,000,000. Business Roles have included Operations Director, Production Director and Business Consultant.
Key Skills
- Extensive Franchising / Licensing / Supply experience. Worked with high street retailers and franchises.
- Growth by acquisition. Successful acquisition and merger of several businesses
Business Testimonials
"We have already sold twenty one franchises and eleven agencies with further sales imminent. We have had nearly one thousand enquiries.
Mark also did some general business development work within the business and helped us generate record quarter results."
- S.Briggs, Vehicle Leasing
"Our pilot franchise alone has generated me over £250k worth of business ……we have now sold four full franchises with further sales expected."
- P.Mathews, Security Roller Shutters
"Mark worked with me for eight months to get my business franchised ……… In that time we sold five franchises worth over £80k of upfront income plus an ongoing 20% royalty from each franchise."
- J.Fisher, Breakfast Networking Group
"Mark is one of the most committed people I have ever worked with. He was involved with several acquisitions and dozens of licensing deals which were worth millions of pounds to us on our bottom line.
We reengineered the entire business including systems, processes…….. The cost saving and improvements in performance were significant."
- A.Beveridge, FMCG Manufacturing
"We headhunted Mark after a recommendation from a senior Marks & Spencer Director. Mark worked tirelessly with me to change the whole culture of the business. This ranged from new product development , licensing technical products, and marketing initiatives to a complete overhaul of the way we did business. It also involved complex negotiations with customers, suppliers, employees, and trade unions all of which was done in an effective and sensitive manner."
- M.Campbell, Retail Home Furnishings
"I've worked with Mark in two separate companies. Both times he focused on the key issues within each business and as a result we saw excellent improvements in the performances of both businesses."
- R.Smith, Printing
£15,000 Franchisee Bank Finance
"Dave made the process very easy. Working with me he prepared the Business plan and the financial forecasts, identified the appropriate lender and instigated negotiations with the Bank. He accompanied me to the Bank and facilities were agreed under the Small Firms Loan Scheme".
- J.N, Manchester
Printing Business Secured £950,000
"I was busy trying to get all the practical things I needed to start my business in place. Whilst I am good at my business I have never been very comfortable with the financials.
Dave helped me to structure my funding needs and put together all the information that the bank and the other funders needed. He structured a deal and arranged a mixture of facilities to match my businesses needs. These included a loan account, asset finance and some factoring. This was a 'one stop shop' as far as I was concerned. I was able to get on with the day to day business rather than being distracted with too many meetings with a variety of lenders".
- P.H, Mansfield
Training Company loan of £1,200,000
"Anyone that has been involved in a management buy out will know the pressure this has on your time. We worked closely with Dave who worked hard to get the level of bank funding that we needed to complete the deal."
- C.M, Leeds
£4m Car Dealer Finance
"The bank and Dave were instrumental in enabling us to realise our goals for the business. He worked with us and the venture capitalist to put the funds in place just when we needed them. He felt like one of the management team."
- B.Q, Manchester
