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Nearly 2,500 new caravans are purchased in Britain every year – that’s an average of more than £20,000,000 worth of mobile home taking to UK roads.
For many their caravan is one of their highest value possessions – so a cost effective method of keeping it looking top-notch is a welcome service!
‘SMART’ stands for Small to Medium Area Repair Techniques. The smart repair market is reported to be worth a massive £60,000,000. It is a quicker and cheaper way of repairing minor cosmetic damage to paint work, bumpers, upholstery, trim etc on cars, bikes and other vehicles.
This is because smart repairs are faster with more parts being repaired rather than replaced, and because the repairs are not carried out in closed environments such as bodyshop spraybooths, but often in the open air. Without premises to maintain, insure, staff and so on, the smart repair business owner has much lower running costs than the bodyshop business owner – and the savings can be passed on to the consumer.
Car Medic is the longest established independent smart-repair franchise in the world. It is also the UK’s and Europe’s largest smart repair franchise – with over 300 individual franchisees in Britain and a large, constantly expanding network of master franchisers and operators all over the world.
Car Medic operators provide an alternative to automotive body shop repairs to their customers – using a carefully developed system, both inexpensive and convenient for the customer and profitable for the operator.
Brand new to the market, launched in March 2008, the Car Medic group has announced that Caravan Medic is now available to all new and existing operators.
The perfect start to an excellent finish
Why replace the whole side of a caravan just because of a small dent? It is both time consuming as well as very expensive.
With the Caravan Medic system, operators can achieve a perfect finish due to specially designed vacuum tools, level-rail, and a specially developed mouldmaker which recreates the original pattern of the damaged area.
This system is brand new and able repair both internal and external damage. This includes cracks to paintwork, plastics, scratches and dents, skylights and water leaks on the outside of a caravan as well as cracks to shower trays, sinks, toilets, carpet, upholstery burns and tears and re-colouring plastics inside a caravan. The system also incorporates the group’s revolutionary technology and ‘puncture prevention system’ from Tyre Medic.
You may be thinking ‘this is Car Medic re-packaged’! But Caravan Medic uses specialist technology and equipment for the mobile home market. Operators will be able to recreate all the textures, structures and colours necessary – and if a true match can’t be found using the 500 stock paint and ink colours, Caravan Medic offers a FREE scanning service for maximum colour accuracy. The operator can supply a sample which is scanned, matched and then manufactured for the whole group.
“But I don’t know anything about smart repairs!”
Everyone who buys a Caravan Medic franchise is invited to attend a comprehensive two week training course at the purpose-built training facility in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. The team will give individual instruction on everything from the absolute basics to the nitty gritty of each repair system and even when you leave, the team are available for on-going support for technical queries and advice for as long as you need them.
“The instructors at our training centre are well-versed in taking people from all backgrounds and industries and honing their skills until they are competent, quality smart repairers,” says Andy Hack, Car Medic Managing Director, “no-one leaves our facility until both the instructors and the operators are happy with their performance.”
“Sounds fantastic, but I’m not in a position to make an investment.”
No problem. Plenty of franchisees struggle to find the capital to launch a business. But thanks to the Royal Bank of Scotland, operators can choose from a number of very reasonable finance options and spread the cost of starting up.
“Surely I will have to work 24/7 to earn a reasonable living – or build the business over years and years?”
Not at all. But franchising isn’t the easy option – success comes with hard work and dedication. If you decide to arrange a personal consultation, a member of the Car Medic team will illustrate how you can emake very good profits from only a few jobs a day.
Operators also benefit from national telesales campaigns, advertising and marketing campaigns and directed customer enquiries from the national call centre. To help create a local presence, as part of the start up package, operators are supplied with promotional materials such as van livery, corporate clothing, business stationery, flyers, mobile awning and swing boards.
The Car Medic group is no stranger to innovation – the research and development team is never at a standstill. As the UK smart repair franchise market leader, it is important for us to be at the leading edge of the developments at all times so we are continuously searching the world to improve the business opportunities, equipment and technology available to our operators.
In 1994, when the Car Medic franchise was launched, smart repair was a completely new product to the UK – and a wholly untapped market for Car Medic franchisees. Since then the Car Medic team has strived to ensure Car Medic stays at the forefront of that market – worth an estimated £60,000,000. In 1998, Air Medic took the market by storm – offering mobile air conditioning and repair services and in 2000, Tyre Medic launched, offering a ground breaking and completely unique ‘puncture prevention’ system.
Andrew summed up: “I believe we offer the best automotive franchises available. The operators who have already joined our team are now mostly running very successful businesses. If you are self-motivated and hard working, and want to map out your own future, give us a call and see what we can offer you. We have information on our website or you can ask me questions in person or on the telephone – all potential franchisees get to speak to the founder personally. We also hold regular ‘open days’ where we demonstrate the services as well as providing a comprehensive presentation on the market and the competition.”
‘SMART’ stands for Small to Medium Area Repair Techniques. The smart repair market is reported to be worth a massive £60,000,000. It is a quicker and cheaper way of repairing minor cosmetic damage to paint work, bumpers, upholstery, trim etc on cars, bikes and other vehicles.
This is because smart repairs are faster with more parts being repaired rather than replaced, and because the repairs are not carried out in closed environments such as bodyshop spraybooths, but often in the open air. Without premises to maintain, insure, staff and so on, the smart repair business owner has much lower running costs than the bodyshop business owner – and the savings can be passed on to the consumer.
Car Medic is the longest established independent smart-repair franchise in the world. It is also the UK’s and Europe’s largest smart repair franchise – with over 300 individual franchisees in Britain and a large, constantly expanding network of master franchisers and operators all over the world.
Car Medic operators provide an alternative to automotive body shop repairs to their customers – using a carefully developed system, both inexpensive and convenient for the customer and profitable for the operator.
Brand new to the market, launched in March 2008, the Car Medic group has announced that Caravan Medic is now available to all new and existing operators.
The perfect start to an excellent finish
Why replace the whole side of a caravan just because of a small dent? It is both time consuming as well as very expensive.
With the Caravan Medic system, operators can achieve a perfect finish due to specially designed vacuum tools, level-rail, and a specially developed mouldmaker which recreates the original pattern of the damaged area.
This system is brand new and able repair both internal and external damage. This includes cracks to paintwork, plastics, scratches and dents, skylights and water leaks on the outside of a caravan as well as cracks to shower trays, sinks, toilets, carpet, upholstery burns and tears and re-colouring plastics inside a caravan. The system also incorporates the group’s revolutionary technology and ‘puncture prevention system’ from Tyre Medic.
You may be thinking ‘this is Car Medic re-packaged’! But Caravan Medic uses specialist technology and equipment for the mobile home market. Operators will be able to recreate all the textures, structures and colours necessary – and if a true match can’t be found using the 500 stock paint and ink colours, Caravan Medic offers a FREE scanning service for maximum colour accuracy. The operator can supply a sample which is scanned, matched and then manufactured for the whole group.
“But I don’t know anything about smart repairs!”
Everyone who buys a Caravan Medic franchise is invited to attend a comprehensive two week training course at the purpose-built training facility in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. The team will give individual instruction on everything from the absolute basics to the nitty gritty of each repair system and even when you leave, the team are available for on-going support for technical queries and advice for as long as you need them.
“The instructors at our training centre are well-versed in taking people from all backgrounds and industries and honing their skills until they are competent, quality smart repairers,” says Andy Hack, Car Medic Managing Director, “no-one leaves our facility until both the instructors and the operators are happy with their performance.”
“Sounds fantastic, but I’m not in a position to make an investment.”
No problem. Plenty of franchisees struggle to find the capital to launch a business. But thanks to the Royal Bank of Scotland, operators can choose from a number of very reasonable finance options and spread the cost of starting up.
“Surely I will have to work 24/7 to earn a reasonable living – or build the business over years and years?”
Not at all. But franchising isn’t the easy option – success comes with hard work and dedication. If you decide to arrange a personal consultation, a member of the Car Medic team will illustrate how you can emake very good profits from only a few jobs a day.
Operators also benefit from national telesales campaigns, advertising and marketing campaigns and directed customer enquiries from the national call centre. To help create a local presence, as part of the start up package, operators are supplied with promotional materials such as van livery, corporate clothing, business stationery, flyers, mobile awning and swing boards.
The Car Medic group is no stranger to innovation – the research and development team is never at a standstill. As the UK smart repair franchise market leader, it is important for us to be at the leading edge of the developments at all times so we are continuously searching the world to improve the business opportunities, equipment and technology available to our operators.
In 1994, when the Car Medic franchise was launched, smart repair was a completely new product to the UK – and a wholly untapped market for Car Medic franchisees. Since then the Car Medic team has strived to ensure Car Medic stays at the forefront of that market – worth an estimated £60,000,000. In 1998, Air Medic took the market by storm – offering mobile air conditioning and repair services and in 2000, Tyre Medic launched, offering a ground breaking and completely unique ‘puncture prevention’ system.
Andrew summed up: “I believe we offer the best automotive franchises available. The operators who have already joined our team are now mostly running very successful businesses. If you are self-motivated and hard working, and want to map out your own future, give us a call and see what we can offer you. We have information on our website or you can ask me questions in person or on the telephone – all potential franchisees get to speak to the founder personally. We also hold regular ‘open days’ where we demonstrate the services as well as providing a comprehensive presentation on the market and the competition.”