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Hi and welcome to this week's edition of The Insider.

With Christmas just around the corner, some of our franchises have some special offers for you.  Two will be sure to tempt your tastebuds, whilst the other will be a treat for your entire body!  Be sure to check out these Special Offers at the bottom of this newsletter and at the Special Offers pages of our website.

New Opportunity:  Today we welcome Lifetime Distributors to Inside Franchising.  Lifetime Distributors are Australasia’s largest direct marketing organisation, delivering well over four million quality books and other products annually to customers at their place of work across Australia and New Zealand.  For information on this fresh opportunity simply click on the Lifetime Distributions link in the feature below.

You can also view all of our 700 plus franchises for sale at our website simply visit our Franchise for Sale pages.  We have new listings coming in all the time, so be sure to visit us often to keep up to date with what is on offer.

Congratulations: We would like to take congratulate "JK" who is this month's Inside Franchising Feedback competition winner.  To view JK's winning entry, please visit our Feedback Competition pages.  For your chance to be our next winner, simply visit  Inside Franchising and give us your feedback.  Each month's winning entry will be published and will win a DVD of their choice from the Inside Franchising collection.  click here to enter

Please join us next week for our last newsletter for 2007.  It will be overflowing with the latest news and offers from Inside Franchising.

Until then, take care and all the best,

Leesa

PS.  Be sure to forward this newsletter to your friends and colleagues - you may just inspire someone to take their very first step towards being the next success story!

News in Franchising:

Workplace Safety is Big Business 

Managing Director and SafetyQuip founder Gary Shearer, believes that the vast majority of small to medium enterprises do not properly comply with workplace health and safety regulations, and many don’t understand the scale of the risks they are taking.

Gary said, “We have prepared a no-nonsense approach to advising people throughout the country of their responsibilities and the dangers to workplace health and safety issues.”

“Our business is all about preventing often unnecessary pain and suffering. Workplace accidents kill and injure more Australians every year than are harmed on the road and authorities and the courts have become serious about enforcement and penalties.”

“We are currently in a major expansion phase, and even though we have franchises established in every Australian mainland state we are actively looking for motivated people throughout the country, and we are prepared to support them with the opportunity to manage their own business.”

SafetyQuip is Australia's only significant franchised player in full scope Workplace Safety Supplies & Services – a growing billion dollar plus market.

The company’s products and services include a wide range of items such as breathing, skin, eye and ear protection, work wear, height safety, signage, safety footwear, spill cleanup products and first aid kits supported by a vast range of safety consultancy services.

The company is meeting demand with a product range and services that businesses are compelled to purchase – or else face stinging fines, massive compensation payouts and even jail terms.

Click here for information on becoming a SafetyQuip Franchisee

Gleaming car, clear conscience for Christmas

If you’re struggling to find something for your favourite car lover that has every gadget and part already, here’s a Christmas present they’ll adore: A gleaming set of wheels, a well earned rest over the festive break and the knowledge of doing their bit for the environment.
ecowash mobile gift vouchers are a fantastic Christmas gift for friends, family and business associates. The completely waterless mobile car washing and detailing service comes directly to home or office and saves around 70 litres of water per wash compared to traditional methods. To date they have saved more than 28 million litres in Australia alone.

Using a scratch-free formula that encapsulates dirt particles and prevents swirl marks unlike traditional methods, an ecowash cleans and polishes, leaving a protective coating that lasts for four to six weeks. As well as not using water, the products are biodegradable, making the process completely eco-friendly.

In 2006 the franchise was awarded the ‘Smart Approved Watermark’, the nation’s reference for choosing products, services and organisations that are reducing outdoor water use. Then in 2007 ecowash mobile won the Australian Business Award in the ‘Enterprise in its industry’ category. The award acknowledges the automotive industry franchise system as an industry leader and honours its contributions to the industry as a whole.

A basic ecowash starts at $35 and includes exterior wash and polish, wheels and windows as well as tyre dressing. If you really want to spoil that someone special, the deluxe ‘extreme ecowash’ from $120  goes over every inch of your car, right down to the boot and door jams, and brings it back to life! All bugs and tar are removed, bumpers renovated, the interior spotless and deodorised.

New Opportunity:

  • Lifetime Distributors was founded in 1990 and is now the largest display marketing book company in Australasia
  • Provides the convenience of shopping in the workplace to thousands of people
  • Has a proven business structure of Master Franchisees and Franchisees
  • Franchises offer fantastic growth potential with high levels of repeat business and impressive earnings ability
  • Sells over 4 millions products each year
  • Full initial and on-going training is provided to franchisees
  • A major supporter of many charities across Australia
  • Cost of franchise varies by location

A bit of history

The business was started in 1990 by Mark Bonello (still Managing Director) in a modest home office with a small team of enthusiastic distributors selling a modest range of products. Today, we are Australasia’s largest direct marketing organisation, delivering well over four million quality books and other products annually to customers at their place of work across Australia and New Zealand.

These products are delivered fortnightly by independent business owners who are passionate about being part of the best display book company in the world.

Our approach is as simple as it is successful: we supply what people want - how they prefer to buy it – and at the most affordable price. In 1998 we gave other people the opportunity to also share in our success by franchising our business.

How the business works

Lifetime sources books and other quality consumer products from local and international suppliers that are test marketed to ensure their popularity. The large volume of products we purchase allows franchisees to sell products for at least a 50% discount on normal retail prices. All products are supplied by the Master Franchisees to their franchisees on a consignment basis (i.e. stock is only paid for when it has been sold).

We need more people

Our reputation has been built on excellence in customer care service and providing customers with products that offer great value for money. Demand for our products is growing quickly and we need new franchisees to help meet this demand.  


Click here for more information on becoming a Lifetime Distributors franchisee


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