As 2024 draws to a close, there’s no better time to look back, reflect, and celebrate the successes of small, local businesses, especially with Small Business Saturday kicking off the festive season.
Saturday 7th December is Small Business Saturday! Small businesses are often described as the backbone of Britain, and for good reason. They create jobs, champion local skills and produce, and keep our high streets and business centres brimming with fresh, new ideas and independent, unique destinations. So, we hope you’ll take a moment to support your local, small businesses, especially if running your own business is in your future.
On the surface, it may seem a bit odd that a huge global brand like FASTSIGNS with 779 branches in 9 different countries would be so concerned with smaller businesses, but we are not just some faceless mega-corporation. We’re a franchise, and every one of our centres is locally owned. Which means we are a network of hundreds of small business owners, making us the best of both worlds: a global team whose collective experience and expertise empowers people at a local level.
Joining a franchise like FASTSIGNS is very much about opening a business of your own. The big difference is knowing you won’t be going it alone. You’ll be tapping into a proven business model and advanced signage manufacturing technology, to benefit from 40+ years’ experience, and the peer-to-peer support of hundreds of other franchisees, to run a successful signage business. Plus, our ongoing support in business consultancy, marketing, and research & development gives you the resources to make sure you’re not only prepared for today but are building for the future.
Of course, our desire to celebrate the success of small businesses doesn’t just extend to the business owners in our network, but also to their customers, too. Whilst many of our franchisees tap into major contracts with larger companies and public bodies, such as shopping malls, hospitals and universities, helping other small, local business is very much also of their success. FASTSIGNS’ franchise owners enjoy the best of both worlds by being part of something both global and local, so do their customers. They can experience all the benefits of using a powerful, international brand for their signage, and all the expertise and technology to come with it, but with the knowledge they are always dealing with a fellow business owner, like them, who understands their needs.
This year, our network has been bustling with activity, and our UK franchisees have really done themselves proud. We are especially pleased to add several new members to the FASTSIGNS family, including the Slater family in Sheffield, Shani in Milton Keynes, Meehan and Latham in Huddersfield, Mathur in Tunbridge Wells, and Khan in North London. They were all once exactly where you are now: looking for a way to create a better, brighter future, and they’ve found exactly what they wanted with a FASTSIGNS franchise. Could you be next?
December is always a great time to look back at all the highs and lows of the previous year, but it’s also when we start to look ahead to the future. So, where do you hope 2025 will take you? Where do you see yourself in 6 months from now? Ot even in 2, 5, or 10 years from now?
What happens tomorrow all starts with what you do today, so why not this time over the winter to research your options for the future? It really couldn’t be easier to learn more about the FASTSIGNS franchise – just get in touch!
In the meantime, we hope you have a fantastic holiday season!
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