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Cloud Bookkeeping
Every cloud has a silver lining! Do you enjoy working with numbers and business people and would like the opportunity to run your own home-based bookkeeping business with the option to expand in the future with your own team of bookkeepers?
- Investment amount: 10K - 20K
- Industry Sector(s): Accountants/Book-keeping/Financial Advisors
Build Your Own Bookkeeping Business
Would you like the opportunity to start your own home-based bookkeeping franchise and grow a management business with your own team of bookkeepers?
Do you enjoy working with numbers and business people? A Cloud Bookkeeping franchise offers you the chance to set up a home-based, low cost, recurring income bookkeeping business that is based on a proven business model established in 2002.
According to The Office for National Statistics (2009) there are over 2.15 million registered businesses in the UK. Every business can use the services of a bookkeeper, and with more and more businesses wanting to keep costs down, outsourcing their bookkeeping needs to you is the ideal solution.
Supporting You
We believe a good support team has a strong impact on a business’s success. You will be working closely with Mandy, the founder of Cloud Bookkeeping, her support team, as well as other established franchisees. Over the last 20 years, Mandy and her experienced team have been working closely with small business owners and their accountants. This extensive knowledge is indispensible and available to you as a Cloud franchisee.
We will also train you in the art of working closely with accountants without encroaching on their work, which leads to great referral opportunities – the best leads for your business! 
“Mandy and the other franchisees are very forthcoming with their help. I remember when I started working for a solicitor, who had lots of specific requirements, and Mandy talked me through everything I needed to know.”
Yvette Taylor (Franchisee)
The Latest Cloud Technology
As a Cloud franchisee, you will be able to offer the latest cloud bookkeeping software to your clients and their accountants, setting you apart from other bookkeepers in the market.
Cloud technology offers you flexibility, allowing you (as well as your staff and clients) to access and work on accounts from anywhere with an internet connection. This also offers your client greater control of their finances and keeps your running costs to a minimum.
As a Cloud franchisee you will have the added assurance of being a licensed user of our workflow templates, known as the Prism process™, that guide you through every bookkeeping assignment to ensure you feel confident and able to run your own successful bookkeeping business.
“I run my bookkeeping business from home and I also have an employee who works from their house at the same time. My clients like the fact that they can log in at any time keeping them up to date on their finances and reducing their paperwork.”
Gita Patel (Franchisee)
The Business Package
The cost of our franchise is £12,450+VAT and includes the following:
- License to use the Cloud brand identity
- Exclusive territory
- 5 days initial intensive training at our training centre
- Additional 5 days on site training (including a manager visiting and helping you at your initial sales meetings)
- Access the Cloud Bookkeeping online software platform
- Professional email account set up – enterprise level
- Personalised web page
- Letterhead and business cards set up
- Operations manual
- Prism process™ hand book
- VoIP phone number
- Business launch promotion
- Promotional material and templates
- Files, dividers and boxes for your initial clients
Ongoing management support fee = 10%
Marketing contribution = 1%
“I am already working full time on accounts without even doing any marketing for myself. Within the first few weeks I landed myself a £6,000 contract and after 5 weeks was working on £20,000 worth of business.
Dharam Singh (Franchisee)
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Entrepreneur, Yvette Taylor takes on another business becoming a Cloud Bookkeeping Franchise Owner.
Yvette and her husband, Chris, successfully established their own international online business. However having completed the set up, Yvette found herself with more time on her hands. Being a woman who ‘cannot sit still’ she was looking for a business opportunity that would make best use of her exiting skills in dealing with business finances and accounting.
“I felt that with a franchise I could have the confidence and freedom to run our own business, but with the peace of mind in having the support network behind us every step of the way. I looked at a number of bookkeeping franchises but was absolutely sold on Cloud bookkeeping when I met Mandy. I even cancelled the other appointments I had with the other franchisors when I met Mandy as I knew you couldn’t get better than her.” 
Yvette lives in Harlow, Essex, with her husband of seven years and business partner, Chris. She enjoys swimming and attending live music concerts one of which being Enrique, who she saw with her niece!
Yvette and Chris set up their own business selling Bio Ethanol fires across the globe. Having been responsible for the bookkeeping for all of her business ventures she has developed a strong understanding of business accounts and decided to explore this sector for a business opportunity.
Yvette’s Cloud Bookkeeping business has been up and running since the end of July 2011. Since networking in August, she has seen her business really pick up and now works for a whole host of clients in varied industries including; windows and conservatories, marketing and websites, electrical appliance retail and repair, beauty care and solicitors.
Yvette is en route to build her bookkeeping franchise into a management business. She has high sights for her business, and is now closer to her 
ultimate goal, an Aston Martin
“The training I received from Mandy was second to none; she has done everything she said she would do and more. I started networking in August last year and the hard work is really paying off, I now have a whole range of clients who are keeping me on my toes. It is really gratifying to see my business growing at the rate it is.”
Yvette Taylor
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Fresh out of University and supporting his family, Dharam Singh invests in a Cloud Bookkeeping franchise.
Having always had the dream of working for himself, Dharam had resigned to having to get a few years experience under his belt before he could pursue his vision. However, after meeting Mandy, he decided to start living his dream now.
“I was looking to start my own accountancy business and after researching the opportunities in the accounting industry, I realised Cloud Bookkeeping was the way forward for me. Mandy provided all the support and experience I needed to get going and has been a much needed constant support for me. The training was excellent and has been invaluable already. I like accountancy, and technology, so Cloud Bookkeeping ticked all the boxes and puts me a step ahead of other bookkeepers on the market.” 
Dharam has lived in Grays, Essex for six years. He lives with his wife, Sunita and two-year old daughter, Amrita. Dharam likes football and cricket and used to play for a semi-professional football team, East Ham.
Dharam finished his degree in Economics at London Metropolitan University last year. After working in the accounts department for a hotel for just under a year, he decided to invest in a Cloud Bookkeeping franchise. He was looking for the freedom to work at his own pace and the reward of building his own business and generating his own profits.
Dharam started his training in June 2011 and within the first 5 weeks of trading was working on over £20,000 worth of business and he hadn’t even started marketing for himself yet. One client was passed on to him from Cloud Bookkeeping head office.
“The training has been brilliant, even after studying for my degree in economics and my experience working in the sector, I learnt so much. Originally I was looking into doing the Institute of Certified Bookkeeping
exams but the process was too slow for me; I wanted to get started straight away and Cloud Bookkeeping allowed me to do this.”
“The deciding factor was Mandy, I had spent a long time researching other accounting franchises and Mandy was my direct contact at all times. Putting a face to a franchise rather than speaking to various employees really made the difference. It was a good choice because the hands on support Mandy gives is second to none. ”
Dharam Singh - Franchisee
