new franchise to launch

Apollo Blinds is launching Apollo at Home, a new low-cost franchise opportunity, at The National Franchise Exhibition on October 3-4.

Apollo at Home is a van-based franchise model that allows franchisees to trade from fully-liveried vehicles using the Apollo Blinds brand. Investors will run their own franchise selling and fitting the UK’s most extensive range of made-to-measure window blinds and accessories direct to consumers. A major benefit of the franchise is that franchisees can start trading within a matter of weeks of making their initial investment.

The Apollo at Home franchise costs £15,000 and includes the licence fee, training, all sales aids and collection books and a marketing launch to get franchisees off to a flying start.

“Apollo Blinds is a fantastic franchise opportunity for any potential investor and the creation of Apollo at Home makes it even easier to become part of the UK’s leading blinds company,” says general manager Gary Chambers.

“We have been in franchising for more than 35 years and are well known as a retailer of window blinds, but we want to complement that with a mobile operation which would appeal to a new type of potential investor. Because the entry-level cost of Apollo at Home is considerably lower than that of a full Apollo Blinds store franchise, we are predicting that it will appeal to people with sales experience who want to make the leap and turn an interest in home interiors into a business.

“We are predicting that within two years franchisees will be in a position to run a full retail franchise. The low start-up costs and low overheads are crucial in giving franchisees every opportunity to see a return on their investment at an early stage. They can then build up their skills, customer base and business acumen sufficiently to enable them to move to the next stage with Apollo Blinds and own their own store.”

Apollo Blinds has prioritised the South East, South West and the Midlands for recruiting Apollo at Home franchisees.