Franchise Talent is a specialist recruitment business seeking to match the most outstanding people to their ideal franchise business opportunity. Our focus is on using our extensive knowledge of the franchising industry, having recruited many hundreds of people to the franchise sector, to provide a world class service to those looking at franchising as their route to self-employment.
Franchise Talent was set up by Nigel Toplis (former Chair of the BFA) and Stephen Bryan. These two established businessmen have built on their individual strengths and experiences to create a business model that helps aspiring franchisees through the process of franchise selection, and addresses a shortage of potential franchisees for the whole sector.
Stephen has over 20 years’ broad international experience in recruiting and assessing executives. He was formerly a Director of KPMG People Services and had previous roles in executive recruitment with international recruitment firms. He has extensive experience in the use of digital and social media for recruitment and has wide experience in candidate assessment methodologies. Qualified in the use of certain psychometric assessment tools, he also has extensive experience in volume recruitment.
Just a quick line to thank Mike and the team at Franchise Talent for supporting me through the challenges I faced when moving from employment to self-employment and working as a partner with a well-known franchise brand.
Once again thank you, Im now doing something I should have done 10 years ago – running my own business.
Having worked with Mike over the last 2 years running the recruitment of my business I have found him to be 100% reliable. His experience of the industry is second to none having himself both been a franchisee and a franchisor. Working with the team at Franchise Talent has enabled me concentrate on looking after my franchisees knowing I have a reliable partner to introduce new prospects looking to become business owners for the Dolly Char Brand.
Mike has been very helpful in guiding me through the franchise options available. He was able to offer considerable industry expertise and also was able to draw on his own knowledge as a franchisee about the reality of some of the options available and what would be suitable for me given my own skills and experience. This was invaluable in making my final choice of franchise.
I worked with John Patterson, Franchise Talent, in gaining an understanding of potential franchises that would be suitable for my skills, qualifications and experience.
He gave me some excellent advice which in the end led me to choose a business model which was an excellent fit and ticked all my boxes.
Tinderbox Business Development
I was looking for a franchise business opportunity but was unsure of which direction I should take. John contacted me, reviewed my CV and work history, took time to understand what made me tick and researched the franchise market on my behalf to find the perfect match for me.
I was extremely impressed with John’s professionalism and industry knowledge, the biggest compliment I can give is that, should you be in the market for either a franchise and or other recruitment service ‘I would have no hesitation in recommending John to provide you with a first class service.’
How we help you
How Franchise Talent can help you
We exist to bring our knowledge and expertise of the franchise market to help you select and validate a range of franchise options that are right for you. We will help you navigate your way to select a franchise that is appropriate to your needs, saving you time and stress, and ensuring you choose the franchise that’s right for you.
We believe franchising provides the most successful route to self-employment for many people. As a business opportunity, we believe it is second to none. Get in touch now if you’d like to find out more.
Provide information on a huge number of franchises available in the UK.
We don’t charge you a fee. At every stage of our advice and help, we do not charge. Our income comes from whatever franchise you join. They pay us a fee – in the same way a recruitment agency is paid a fee.
At no time are you under any obligation to us whatsoever. We believe, if you’re considering self-employment, or setting up your own business, that a franchise provides the best starting point. If at any point you decide you don’t need our help, that’s fine. You’re free to do whatever you want.
We set up Franchise Talent because we know the rule of ‘one size fits all’ especially doesn’t work within business. We all have unique sets of skills. We’ve all learnt in different ways, and most importantly, we all have different ambitions about what we want to achieve with our lives. That’s why we offer a personalised, consultative approach to connecting you with the best opportunities – for you. Franchising can provide huge changes to your business, lifestyle and career. Those are all enormous areas of our life, and we think having someone on your side to help you make the right decisions in these areas can be critical.
Like getting married or moving house, starting a business can be stressful, confusing, and time consuming. Because of our knowledge of the world of franchising, we will save you time, help you to lock-in on the businesses with the closest match to you, and in general, optimise your choice of franchise.
franchising is a license granted by one person or organisation (the franchisor) which allows another person (the franchisee) to run a business under the name, brand and business model of the franchisor.
In essence, you gain a licence to operate somebody else’s proven business model.
Popular examples of businesses who choose to use the franchise model include MacDonald’s restaurants, Domino’s Pizza and Costa Coffee.
The franchisee will receive initial training and support in setting up the business – this could include elements such as sales and marketing and the systems necessary for that business to run successfully – in addition to any specific training and knowledge that business requires. This allows people who may have limited experience in a specific business or trade to be brought up to speed and ready to go.
