Business Franchise Opportunity

A UK franchise opportunity has been launched by Citylocal franchises. For further franchise information on UK franchises & the business opportunities available for your town and city, please read the following presentation.

We are creating a Local City Hub that allows you to work from home and be your own boss, for each and every town/city in the United Kingdom. This is a genuine cutting edge product that local people can use when seeking information about their local businesses and what to do in their local area.

An Introduction To Our Opportunities....

Hi, I am Nazir Daud. I have lived in the UK for 35 years. I started business with my father and setup a local cash & carry. Then I ran my own retail store for 4 years. After selling the newsagent I started a company with Zak Daud selling packaging to manufacturer companies. In the space of 5 years I built this company from scratch to £3million turnover. I then sold it to my staff in a management buy out.

The idea of the CityLocal Opportunity came to me when I was searching on the internet for a local business. I had great difficulty in finding the business. When I did eventually find it all I got was name & phone number! This didn’t tell me much about the business at all!

The Business Benefits of CityLocal...

Businesses who advertise in the papers are only seen for 1 day. If they advertise in CityLocal (for only £15 per month) they can be found each and every day of the year!

Each business will have: a) name b) address c) phone number d) fax number e) email address d) weblink e) up to 500 words of text f) picture g) company logos

All businesses who advertise will also get a bonus: they will be able to advertise their properties for sale and properties for rent for free on our site.

What else does the CityLocal Opportunity offer...

All users of our site will be able to post a free advert for absolutely anything. We are giving this option to our users absolutely free!

Have you ever tried to find out whats happening in your local city? Wouldn’t it be great if all the information was clearly on 1 site that was easy to use? On this 1 site you check whats on at the local cinema, theatre, call a taxi, find a great restaurant and plan your evening. Wouldn’t it be great before you booked a table at a new restaurant – You can see the ratings given by others who had recently been to the same establishment?

In the fun pages section we provide a free crossword, horoscope and sudoku puzzle daily. The children will have access to 14 arcade games for free. All this content will drive users back to our site on a regular basis.

In CityLocal, each user will be able to rate a business and give them a rating of 1 – 5 stars. Each person will only be able to rate the business once. When you see the rating, it will be an average of all the ratings added together. Businesses with low star ratings will eventually have no choice but to improve their service. This is a World First. We only want the best local companies in our directory.

If you are planning a day trip, let CityLocal help you decide. We will have a section that is informative about all the local outdoor parks, trails, hikes, views, shows & events. Is their a fair / band in town? When did it arrive? When does it leave? Maybe this information was in Friday’s paper. Didn’t you chuck it out at the weekend?

That’s the problem with newspapers. Any information of any use is only available until that newspaper is thrown away or sent for recycling. If a top artist is coming to town CityLocal will have this information on the site until he / she leaves.

Another World First – every city in the UK is going to have access to and advertise in Post a Free Advert, totally free of charge. They can create an advert which will automatically get deleted after 1 week. If they still haven’t found a buyer then they can just log back in and re install. This will keep the articles for sale section fresh for users so that they only see articles for sale that are still available.

In the property section everybody will get to advertise their property for rent free of charge for the time being. Soon we will charge a small fee for advertising properties for sale or rent. Again £50 for a half page advert for 1 month and £100 for a full page advert.

Businesses will want to advertise in CityLocal because it’s a low cost way to get more business. From only £15 per month they can have a full page on the net!
) Each business will have: a) name b) address c) phone number d) fax number e) email address d) weblink e) up to 500 words of text f) picture g) company logos

CityLocal was created to be a Local City Hub. Each city will be run by one local entrepreneur who knows his city and is aware of local issues.

CityLocal offers the local community...

1) A valuable site for the local community supporting local business.
2) Local news in your area.
3) 5 day weather forecast for each city enabling you to plan you outdoor activities.
4) People will be able to post their own events free of charge on our site.
5) People will be able to post their properties absolutely free of charge.
6) Search for properties for sale, and properties for rent.
7) Post a free advert - advertise absolutely anything and include a live web link!
8) Whats On in your local area. Bands, theatres, cinema, bike trails, walks, tourist attractions etc.

For Franchisees it offers...

1) Flexible working – work in the times convenient for you.
2) A home business opportunity that you can proud of.
3) No stock, no rates, no rent.
4) Work from home and be your own boss.
5) More time with your family.
6) A real source of income which will grow over time – you get paid again & again monthly, every month.
7) Be your own boss – control your own life from now on!
8) No more office politics with our franchise opportunity.
9) No computer skills required.
10) Low start up costs, low running costs, tiny overheads with our business opportunity.
11) No employees with our franchise.
12) Rapid payback. You decide how much you want earn and work towards that goal.
13) Ideal business opportunity for people who have recently been laid off or are retiring and want to supplement their income.
14) Residual income that generates goodwill that you can sell when you retire or move on.

The World Wide Web is growing every day. More and more small businesses are realising that they need a presence on the web. CityLocal can give each and every business a whole page on the web. If they already have a website, then we can direct traffic to their site. The internet revolution is gathering pace. Its time to ensure that all local companies have a presence that is easy to find!

It is time for you to join this revolution and create a lifestyle for you. 3 out of 4 households now have internet access and this number is growing every day. Wouldn’t you like to be a part of this?

In the past we used to use newspapers for finding out locals news. Although this is still the case more and more people are reading local and national news on their PC. As newspaper sales overall are declining, more and more people are turning to websites like www.bbc.co.uk for their information. CityLocal will fill the gap for local stuff!

We only had the telephone directory or 192 to find local telephone numbers. As the number of people using the yellow pages is declining, more and more people are turning to the web! The internet has now opened up a brand new avenue for finding local business details.

The main companies that people turn to, to find local information is through national companies like Yell & Thomson’s. Although these companies are good for finding basic information, they are national companies trying to be local. Have you ever tried to get hold of these companies? You usually end up speaking to someone who doesn’t have a clue about your city, in a call centre at the other end of the country or maybe not even in this country at all!

CityLocal is a website that’s run by local people who are interested in local issues. They have contacts in local businesses. User’s ratings mean that other users will quickly be able to evaluate local companies. Local people can pick up the phone and contact CityLocal and speak to a local person who can react quickly to both positive and negative news!

If a tradesman has a bad reputation we will soon find out through the ratings given by local people. This is a first time that users have been able to rate local businesses for others to see! Imagine – a local business directory that can be trusted by local people! 

If a local business is running a scam, you can be sure that CityLocal will pick this up very quickly and expose it!

More people then ever are using the web. These people don’t have a local site which specialises in helping theme find a local business for their local needs. Where can you go currently to find all your local information in 1 site?

Local Businesses are going to love CityLocal. From a small sum of £15 per month they can have a presence on the web instantly. Local businesses need exposure to the web, at least to the local community. CityLocal will provide them with:

1) Full web page with up to 500 words of text to describe their local service.
2) Their phone numbers, fax numbers & even mobile numbers.
3) Contact information and location.
4) Direct one click email link.
5) Weblink that clicks through directly to their site.
6) Access to the property section where they can advertise their properties for free.
7) Their business photograph or logo.

For a sum of £25 per month they will get “Top Spot”. This means that if there are say 3 solicitors, and 1 pays top spot, his advert will be at the top of the page!

If they have a website, Citylocal will direct customers to their homepage. They will have prestige in their local community by being highly visible for the local community.

What happens when you are running a local website that users will love to use, and businesses find invaluable?  You get a goldmine. That’s right, maybe not straight away but with dedication and motivation you could be the proud owner of your own City Hub. Imagine for a while – no stock, no overheads, no rates, work in your time, no technical knowledge required. It’s a business opportunity that you can be proud of. No mess to tidy up at the end of the day like sandwich franchises, no stock rotation etc. No opening times and no closing times, you work when it’s convenient for you.

One really important element that I forgot to mention – once they sign up, you get paid each and every month, leaving you time to spend on new businesses!

Imagine local people using your site, trusting you and coming to you for local services. You are known by all the local businesses and respected. They will call you every time they have a special promotion they want your users to know about. This is a work from home opportunity that you can be proud of.

Now lets talk money...

Any revenue and profit depend of course on your own efforts. No franchise and no business can succeed unless you follow recommendations and put in the effort needed. The advantage of this business however is that the operational work has been minimised, and if you put in the sales and marketing effort, then the rewards for that effort go to you, not an employer, so that you can work towards your own goals.

Just your first 100 customers can generate a turnover of: £27,800

Your first 250 customers would generate a turnover of: £70k

The financial projections and earning potential set out here or given to any potential franchisee are for illustration purposes only. There is no guarantee that you will achieve these figures and you should not rely on any financial forecasts as a warranty, guarantee or representation from CityLocal Ltd or any related company.

People will keep coming back to your site to check local news, post an event, post a free advert, check whats on at the cinema, theatre, etc. They will use your site to find property for sale and property for rent. They will constantly be on the site to check the local weather. Kids will love the arcade games and the stories. Parents and children will love the post a free advert section where they can quickly and easily dispose of items they no longer need.

Bear in mind that all this is FREE for local users.

Businesses will want to be on the site because of all the local users. They will want the local community to come to them for local services.

It’s a win/win situation. Users win because everything is free. Businesses win because their local custom increases. You win because you are the proud owner of your CityLocal Hub.

World Firsts

1) Users can rate each local business.
2) Free property searches.
3) Post a Free Advert totally free.
4) Access to detailed cinema listings and local events.
5) Free arcade games with no pop ups or subscription payments.
6) Post your events online.

In 2008 we will improve the business franchise opportunity further for all users by adding further services. These are all money generators in their own right. Watch this space!

What are you waiting for? Call Today to start a new experience and change your life forever! Remember only 1 person in each area can have the CityLocal Franchise. Once it’s gone, the business opportunity will never come back.

Email franchise@citylocal.co.uk or call us on 0844 8845448 today!

Franchise fee starts from £9,900.