DC Strategy Recruitment

The process we recommend is a five to six meeting process and is very thorough, ensuring that passionate and committed franchisees are matched to suitable high quality franchise systems.

The process will generally involve several steps, as follows:

1. Initial Phone Call - We begin with an initial phone call and share an information package. This call is to explain more to you about the franchise process and what you can expect from this opportunity. We discuss your plans to fund the business and identify whether there is an availability in the location you are interested in. We will answer any initial questions you have and book in a first meeting in person.
   
   
2. First Meeting – At our first meeting we collect a confidentiality agreement from you and then introduce you to franchising and provide education around the franchisor’s system and story. We present some financial modelling and begin to further assess your financial capabilities and expectations. If you are interested in moving forward after this meeting you will need to submit an application and a fully refundable deposit.
   
   
3. Second Meeting – Once a full application and refundable deposit is in place we meet in person again and take you through the draft franchise agreement and disclosure document as well as the Franchising Code of Conduct. We provide contacts for obtaining finance and introduce leading franchise lawyers who understand the correct process. We talk about locations or territories. After this meeting we work closely with you to sort out the finer details and assist you in your potential transition into the franchise network.
   
   
4. Third Meeting – At this meeting, we will review the legal advice you have obtained from your lawyers, and begin to negotiate any areas of the agreement as needed. The purpose this meeting is to confirm site and location and reach final agreement to move forward to documentation.
   
   
5. Fourth Meeting – This should be a formal final approval and allocation of site. By this stage you will already be ready to move forward, but this process makes it formal and sets a barrier to becoming a franchisee. Official approval will be provided once the franchisor’s board meets and this approval will be given in writing.
   
   
6. Fifth Meeting and Beyond – By the fifth meeting, you will be working directly with the franchisor who will assist the process of obtaining finance, setting up company structure and then with DC Strategy legal team manage the issuing of legal documentation in final form.
   
   
7. Sixth Meeting – In this final meeting you will signing the franchise agreements and all attached paperwork and pay the initial franchise fee in full. Welcome to your new franchise business!