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What do the franchisees think of Look Local?
" I bought a Look Local franchise and worked hard to produce my first book with a lot of help and
encouragement from Matt and his team. My first Look Local went to print with 40 pages and over 60
customers.
I have thoroughly enjoyed creating Look Local in my area and with the teams help will go
from strength to strength with future issues."
Lin Duncan, Lichfield |
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Amanda Fowler
Look Local Stoneleigh (Epsom) |
“Following the birth of my son Luke in September 04, going back to my stressful but very well paid job at a Bank in London had lost a lot of its
appeal. 7 months later at the end of my maternity leave I was back
doing the daily commute to my hectic and busy career. The biggest
struggle of all was leaving Luke with a childminder for 10 hours a day. I
missed him so much and I thought there must be more to life than this.
We could not afford for me to be a full time stay at home Mum and to
be honest, I did still want to have a bit of independence. My husband said
he would support me with whatever I wanted to do so we looked into
different options whereby I could spend more time at home. I looked into local
part time jobs, but there was nothing suitable and the pay was not good. |
Buying into a franchise seemed a good option, but a lot are very expensive (£10,000 upwards) and are
full time businesses. Then I came across the Look Local franchise which looked as though it would be
perfect for me. Working from home, having my own business and most importantly spending more time
with Luke.
After much deliberating and some investigation into local competition, I left my city job. Luke now only
goes to the childminder for 2 and half days a week and I have set up an office in the conservatory with
my new computer, fax machine and scanner.
I soon very proudly took delivery of my first Look Local publication. The Look Local team have been very
supportive, always on hand with a friendly voice at the end of the phone answering my constant stream
of questions. It was hard work and I had to put in some extra hours for the first few months but looking
at my first attempt I felt proud as punch and keen to get on with my second edition to make it even
bigger and better”.
Amanda Fowler, Stoneleigh
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