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About Us
TaxAssist Accountants is the UK's leading accountancy network catering exclusively for small businesses through its franchised outlets.
We are searching for professionals to join our team and help us complete our national coverage of the UK, where we plan to service the country's small businesses from some 400 offices run and owned by professionals like you, our franchisees.
We provide our business owners with first-rate support and encouragement to help them become successful, starting with a fully comprehensive 5-week initial training course. All accountancy and tax training is run by BPP Professional Education, the market leaders in the UK in accountancy training. We cover the cost of the meals and accommodation during this initial training.
Our first franchisee joined our first training course in July 1996. Since then, our network has grown in size and performance, to approaching 200 franchises across the UK. We continue to recruit successfully, and we are seeking to grow to a full network of 400.
We launched our flagship shop front office in 2002 and we now have over 60 shop fronts spread throughout the country.
When you join TaxAssist Accountants, you will be making a commitment to operate your franchise from shop front premises within 36 months of joining. Our Franchisee Development Managers will be able to assist you when considering location, and they can help you locate suitable premises within your territory.
What do we mean by a ‘shop front’? When we created the first shop front in Norwich our main intentions were to create a modern, welcoming, branded office with the aim of departing from the look and characteristics of traditional accountancy practices. Our shop fronts help with increased visibility and credibility with banks and other financial institutions and because of their accessibility are easy for potential clients to just walk in.
We operate in a lucrative market and provide a service, which is, and always will be, in demand where the rewards can be substantial.
Training and Support
TaxAssist Accountants Training
BPP Professional Education, the UK's leading providers of accountancy and taxation tuition, provide our accountancy and taxation training. Training is carried out at our Support Centre in Norwich, and at BPP's training centre in London by qualified personnel in an informal atmosphere. The courses are residential and TaxAssist Accountants pays for all meals, accommodation etc.
The 5 week Training Programme consists of:
- The first and second weeks consist of a residential course at BPP's Training Centre in London, and cover all aspects of accounts production and taxation for sole traders and partnerships.
- The third week is a residential course based at our Support Centre in Norwich and covers software training on Taxation and Practice Management.
- For the fourth week you will be working from home. You will be given relevant case studies to work through which will need to be sent to BPP and business plans also need to be submitted to TaxAssist Accountants during this period.
- In the last week you will return to the Support Centre in Norwich for Sales, Marketing and Recruitment training.
Full training, support and guidance are given to operate your business under the TaxAssist Accountants brand name.
You will receive:
- An exclusive marketing territory
- Accountancy and Tax training by the UK’s leading provider – BPP Professional Education
- Nurture programme which lasts for 6 months after the initial course focusing on business development, HR, staff recruitment and client acquisition
- Fully integrated software suite from CCH
- Complete ongoing training programme (technical, marketing, software, administration)
- Comprehensive operations manuals
- Continuous guidance and support
- Technical advice helplines including access to our technical support website, support material and visits from our technical experts
- Access to specialist advice/in-field back-up
- Regular contact with our Franchisee Liaison Manager to monitor and discuss progress
- Technical updates
- Inbound and outbound lead generation service including 25 free leads. We work closely with you, particularly in the early period of your operation, to ensure everything is going well and clients are being obtained.
- National Yellow Pages advertising and internet optimisation creating inbound leads
- Initial stationery and marketing materials including your own personalised website
- Marketing, publicity and brand building
- Regular regional training and development for franchisees and their staff
- A support site with adverts, guidance, stationery etc
- First year’s membership of a networking group such as BNI or BRE
- Telephone answering service for first year
- Plus much more with our full ongoing support programme
Financial Information
We offer two entry levels to the franchise.
The first entry package costs £29,450 + VAT and allows you to work from a commercial office and then move to a shop front by the end of your third year. Alternatively you can also open up a shop front from day one.
The franchise fee includes an exclusive territory, licence fee, a fully configured laptop and IT software, training fees, our Nurture Programme that helps you to maximise your activities and kick-start your business, operations manuals, promotional material and stationery, an accountancy and tax helpline and national marketing amongst many other things.
We also provide 25 free client leads from our lead generation providers and look to arrange membership of a networking organisation wherever possible, simply to help you raise awareness of your business in the area.
The second package which includes all of the above benefits, takes you straight to a shop-based practice, and is for those franchisees who wish to leave the set up to us. With this package the franchisor provides extra support in terms of sourcing suitable premises, the refurbishment of the site to the franchisor’s required specification, the attraction and recruitment of suitable staff, employment legislation guidance and 12 months’ branded car lease.
You would benefit from all of the features listed above, and the franchise fee would still be £29,450 + VAT with the additional features invoiced as necessary.
Are you for us?
You will be the principal of the business and can employ accountants leaving you to concentrate on growing your business. Franchisees do not need any formal accountancy qualifications as full training is given, but we do look for key abilities and attributes.
High levels of commercial acumen and finance and business awareness are essential as we look for franchisees who are determined to build a sizeable business
Territories/Locations
We have many vacant territories available across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Please contact us to see if your preferred territory is available.A Master Franchise opportunity is available for Southern Ireland. Further details available on request.