Monthly Archives: June 2017

What is the difference between starting a business with a franchise & independently?

For those starting a business from scratch a franchise offers a tried and tested blueprint for your chosen sector. For example, you don’t have to waste time and money on testing different marketing strategies because your chosen franchise will be able to tell you exactly what to do. That advice will be based on the fact that they, and others, will have already tested and found the best strategies to use.

Starting a franchise will generally save time and money over the independent small business owner doing the same thing, who will not have access to the same knowledge and insight.

Running a franchise means you always have someone to turn to for advice. That person can offer very specific advice and support on the business you are running and, as they have a vested interest in you doing well, their advice should be evidence driven and accurate.

The bottom line is that running a franchise will be a little more expensive, because you will need to pay your franchisor for their knowledge, but that advantage should pay dividends as your business should get off to a faster start.

If you’re interested in starting your own domestic cleaning franchise why not take a look at what Diamond Home Support has to offer.

https://diamondhomesupport.com/cleaningfranchise

Millenials Pay For Cleaners

Most people assume our biggest client base are the over 65’s. The assumption being, presumably, that these are the people who have the most need for domestic cleaning and also have the available budget to pay for it. True. The over 65’s are probably our second biggest client base as a domestic cleaning business. But our biggest client base? Well thats’ the millenials. The under 35’s.

When I tell people that they are often quite surprised. But there has been a real shift in culture with the under 35s. They don’t want to spend part of their weekend cleaning. They are happy to pay for someone to do it for them so that they get that time back at the weekend to spend with friends and family. Cleaning for them is not a luxury, but a necessity.

Independent research also shows this. Almost twice as many people under 35 have a cleaner compared with those over 35. That’s a huge generational shift and one that is accelerating the demand for domestic cleaning. One in three (34%) households now hire some form of domestic help with an average spend of £127 per month.

Find out how you can take advantage of this by opening a domestic cleaning franchise in your area with Diamond Home Support.