Established since 1998. Founder and managing director, Tony Williams QFP, started out as a property sign installer himself. Honing and developing the brand and business structure to become a leader in the sector. The group’s location coverage has grown exponentially. Ranging from one-van businesses to multi-van regional operations. As a result, the network has the capacity to fulfil orders the length and breadth of the UK for independent estate, letting and commercial agents, as well as regional and national clients.
Countrywide Signs History
Countrywide Signs’ Training & Support
The comprehensive Countrywide Signs training package includes remote learning and classroom style sessions, a strategic business launch programme followed by a strategic ongoing support structure.
Countrywide Signs new franchisee training is led by highly successful former franchisee Sue Jamil, and covers:
- Marketing and sales to win business
- Our unique Print. Manage. Promote service offering
- Health and safety
- Practical board installation and management skills, to meet our high quality standards
- Managing and growing your business and income
- Online systems and simple accounting procedures
- In fact, everything you need to become one of our Property Signage Experts!
Support includes:
- Training and operations; maintaining high standards including best practice and safety.
- Business development expertise; identifying opportunities, implementing growth strategies, and maintaining customer relations.
- Marketing guidance and support; promoting services on a national, regional and local level.
- National accounts; managing and overseeing our multi-location clients.
- Online business management software; to manage orders, data, credit control and invoicing.
Why Choose the Countrywide Signs franchise?
With Countrywide Signs you become a property signage expert, managing customers’ property board needs from print, install, update instructions, signboard removal through to aftercare.
The business opportunity requires low investment as no premises are required. You would simply run your new business from your home and conduct your daily property signage installs throughout your territory area on the road in your Countrywide Signs van.
As a result, overheads are minimal, and if you follow the proven-franchise business model, as well as take full advantage of the business development and marketing support available; profit, business growth and your future retirement security are cemented.
Countrywide Signs has an outstanding success rate of 96% of franchise owners making a success of their business – that is one of the best records of any UK franchise network.
What’s Included in the Countrywide Signs Franchise Package?
Everything you need to succeed!
An investment provides you with everything you need to get your business started and growing. Thanks to our strong relationships with lenders, who are familiar with our business model, up to 70% funding is available subject to status – meaning you could get started with just £5,000-£10,000 of your own money.
- Detailed marketing plan to hit the ground running
- Centralised credit control & invoicing
- Regional franchisee meetings
- Regular interaction with rest of the franchisee network
- Email and telephone support Developing technology to support all aspects of the role
- Work from National Account agents
- Ongoing business development and marketing support and training
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Signs of Success for Mark Herlihy
“Just eighteen months into his new business, former financial services manager Mark Herlihy is already seeing major signs of success in his territory around Oxford.” Just eighteen months into his new business, former financial services manager Mark...
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From South Africa to South Wales… and a “Proper” Business
For Hannes Poley, starting a business was just one part of a complete change in lifestyle – he and his wife had already moved halfway across the world! “I was a police officer in South Africa for 35 years,” Hannes says. “I retired and came to the UK in...
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Carl Parsons says goodbye to burgers and hello to Countrywide Signs
Carl Parsons had spent 25 years running two McDonald’s restaurants. In that time he saw the organisation grow and grow. But, the bigger a company is, the more people involved – influencing how you run your business. After deciding he wanted more freedo...
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Dean Angel – Dunstable
The right place at the right time and Dean unlocked his future with Countrywide Signs … When Dean heard that the Countrywide Signs franchise owner for Dunstable was retiring he jumped at the opportunity to run his own business. Having trained as an engin...
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The Countrywide Signs Franchisee Lifecycle
Sue Jamil and her husband Neil Sansom first took on a Countrywide Signs franchise in 2010, later moving territories. In 2017, they made the decision to sell their business when a new opportunity in their former love of property development arose. Here, Sue dis...
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Clinton Bondin – Huddersfield
Having looked at a wide range of franchise businesses, Clinton was impressed with the Countrywide Signs team and could see the business model was clear and easy to understand. Clinton Bondin is originally from Malta, but his wife is British so they’ve spent ...
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Collaboration Brings Huge Business Boost for Countrywide Signs Trio
Cooperation and proactivity have brought big rewards for three Countrywide Signs franchisees after they teamed up to claim over 60 new clients when a competitor suddenly ceased trading – with one growing his business by more than 30% almost overnight. Paul G...
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Lee Rathbone, Countrywide Signs Norfolk and East Suffolk
Operating with just one full-time and two part-time drivers, Countrywide Signs franchisee Lee Rathbone, has doubled his customer-base since taking on an existing operation in Norfolk. He is a great example of not just a man with a van, but a man with a plan! W...
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Former contractor expands his horizons at Countrywide Signs
Tom Ricketts was a contractor engaged by Countrywide Signs to help service client demand in the south-west when the chance to invest in a brighter future arose. Tom Ricketts was a contractor engaged by Countrywide Signs to help service client demand in the sou...
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Mark Herlihy
A change in career was in order to get Mark out from behind his desk and into the outdoors. When Mark Herlihy’s job in financial services was coming to a natural end he decided it was the right time in his life to take the plunge and set up his own business....
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James & Jane Bickerstaff – Preston
In Countrywide Signs James & Jane found a business the whole family benefits from… James and Jane Bickerstaff launched their Countrywide Signs business in 2000 and have built it up to have seven vans on the road. Whilst they don’t want any more van...
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Career Experience Highlights Franchise Power for New Countrywide Signs Duo
A husband and wife team are trading in their careers for business ownership after becoming the latest franchisees to join the thriving Countrywide Signs estate agency board management franchise. Martin and Jo Pitts have taken over part of an existing territory...
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Success Story – Lockdown Unlocks New Career for Ex-Pub Landlord
Ex-pub landlord David Roberts has reinvented his career aged 63. A decision which was unfortunately forced due to Covid-19 lockdown, but one which has given him an opportunity to own his own business with confidence in a time of uncertainty. As tighter restric...
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Countrywide Welcome First Sister and Brother Franchise Team
With over 18 years of experience in the accountancy and finance sector, Kerensa Rose has chosen to cultivate a new career away from the corporate life to a world of grounds maintenance with her brother Courtney, to launch a new Countrywide Grounds Maintenance...
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ISO 9001:2015 Certification 2022: Passed with Flying Colours!
23rd March 2022Countrywide Signs’ quality and continuous improvement practices have once again been put through their paces… and we’re happy to shout that we’ve smashed it. We achieved the highest pass mark for our annual ISO 9001:2015 audit. The quality we offer to ...
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Countrywide Grounds Maintenance appoint new Nottingham directors
29th September 2021Countrywide Grounds Maintenance welcomes Saj Raja and Mohammad Ikram as new regional managers of their Nottingham based location. The duo have taken charge of a leading grounds and winter maintenance service that has been operating in the Nottinghamshire area ...
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Countrywide Grounds Maintenance Appoints New Director of National Accounts
13th September 2021Countrywide Grounds Maintenance has appointed Simon Pannell as their new Director of National Accounts. Pannell has over 23 years of experience within the grounds maintenance and landscaping industry. Countrywide provides first-class grounds and winter mainten...
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Meet Our New Franchisees – Countrywide Signs
6th July 2021For some in the franchise industry, there has been a downturn in recruitment since the pandemic hit last year. However, sectors have been impacted in different ways. Countrywide Signs has continued to ride the wave and has maintained, not a trickle, but a heal...
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New Owners Take the Reins at Countrywide Signs Newmarket
13th January 2021It’s always a cracking way to start the year, an announcement about how the Countrywide Signs network continues to evolve. This January, the property signage experts have welcomed Gary and Cat to the network as Countrywide Signs Newmarket. The husband-and-wi...
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The Surge in Property Sales & Lettings, Provides an Impressive Boost to The Countrywide Signs Franchise Network
19th November 2020More House Sales + More Lettings = More Signs! The news has been rife over the past weeks, and even months, highlighting the success of the property sector during the pandemic. For Countrywide Signs, a business that is inextricably linked to the property indus...
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Regional Agency Expansion Is Great News For The Countrywide Signs Franchise Network
18th September 2020As independent agencies across the country buck the trend of reducing in size by expanding instead, now is, without doubt the best time to invest in your future with a Countrywide Signs franchise. As an example one south coast estate agency, which has been ope...
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Countrywide Signs Partners with SPE Property Signs
9th June 2020Countrywide Signs, the UK’s leading sign management specialist, has recently partnered with SPE Property Signs, based in Holmfirth, bringing an unrivalled level of industry experience, service and quality to West and South Yorkshire. Announcing the partnersh...
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Is your future in the property market?
4th June 2020Is your future in the property market? The UK’s leading estate agency sign management company, Countrywide Signs, can help you start and grow a profitable, multi-van business in your local area using their proven model and systems which deliver outstanding b...
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Innovation from Countrywide Signs
27th May 2020Innovation from Countrywide Signs Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, Countrywide Signs is adapting its practices and processes to support their franchise network. Countrywide Signs have been making the most of their lock-down time by running franchisee...
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Property valuation platform for the Property Sales market
18th May 2020At the end of April 2020 Estate Agent Today reported that property Industry supplier ‘epropservices’ had created a new virtual valuation platform to help the industry operate during the lock-down and social distancing periods. Jon Cooke, chief executive of...
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Countrywide Signs is evolving during COVID-19
15th May 2020In spite of the COVID-19 crisis, Countrywide Signs is pushing ahead and adapting for the future. We have all had to change the way we work and live under the COVID-19 lock-down, none more so than companies that work in sectors which appear not to be able to pr...
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Sue’s Sales Training Overcomes Franchisees’ Selling Fears
29th July 2019Is sales fear stopping you buying a franchise? Don’t let it – the best franchisors take the fear out of selling. Sue Jamil, who trains franchisees for the property signboard service Countrywide Signs, says: “Many potential and new franchisees ...
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Countrywide Signs Engages Former Franchisee to Lead New Franchisee Training
8th August 2018There are few people better placed to understand what a franchisee needs to grow a successful business than those who have been there themselves. This is why Countrywide Signs is proud to announce that former Bury St Edmunds franchise owner, Sue Jamil, has bee...
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Countrywide Signs Appoints New National Franchise Manager
11th January 2018The new year sees a new man at the top at Countrywide Signs after Justin Pearce was named the estate agency board management company’s new national franchise manager. Justin brings a background tailor-made for success in his new role, having spent almost 17 ...
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New franchisees at the double for Countrywide Signs
5th December 2017Estate agency board management franchise Countrywide Signs has welcomed two new business owners to its flourishing network, one taking over a resale and the other swapping South Africa for south Wales! Hannes Poley, a retired South African police officer, has ...
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Countrywide Signs Adds Six New National Accounts Clients
3rd October 2017Exponential growth in national accounts at Countrywide Signs continues with news that six more nationwide estate agencies have signed exclusive deals with the board management business, with a further three in the immediate pipeline. The new clients join the l...
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‘Special summer’ continues for Countrywide Signs as new trio launch their businesses
22nd September 2017It’s been a spectacular summer for estate agency board erection and maintenance franchise Countrywide Signs. After reporting an 85% annual leap in national account jobs passed to franchisees in May and June, the season’s celebrations have continued with th...
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Supermarkets, Support and Service: All Roads Lead to Countrywide Signs
22nd September 2017It may not seem an obvious next step to go from retail management to a van-based business erecting and maintaining estate agency boards, but for Liam Smyth the transition was an obvious one, following months of research trying to find the perfect business for ...
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Sponsorship boards help drive record months at Countrywide Signs
9th August 2017It’s always a good sign when new services add to the bottom line, and that’s just what’s happening at Countrywide Signs after a move into the sponsored boards market helped power consecutive record months for franchisees. Thanks to incredible growth in n...
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National Account Jobs Jump 85% Year-on-Year at Countrywide Signs
11th July 2017Sign erecting and maintenance franchise Countrywide Signs has revealed growth of over 85% in the number of jobs passed to its franchisees for May and June compared to 12 months previously. The remarkable national accounts figures have been fuelled by the...
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New Board Recycling Partnership for Countrywide Signs
30th June 2017Countrywide Signs has announced a new partnership to ensure the environmentally safe and responsible recycling of its franchise network’s old estate agency boards. The deal with EA Recycling replaces the company’s previous partnership, after growth meant a...
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Rapid expansion sees Countrywide Signs open new larger storage facility
7th June 2017Sustained growth has seen Countrywide Signs relocate its central warehouse in Suffolk to new larger premises to keep up with soaring demand. The business, whose franchisees service ‘For Sale’ and ‘To Let’ estate agency boards for local and national cli...
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Countrywide Signs franchisees benefit from property market evolution
28th April 2017The rapid pace of change in the property market is delivering big rewards for Countrywide Signs franchisees, as the company’s strong relationships with online estate agencies contributed to a 30% rise in national account work last year – with similar growt...
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Resales bring big opportunities at Countrywide Signs
20th April 2017Opportunity is knocking at Countrywide Signs with a number of franchise resales available as owners look to realise their investment and reap the dividends of their years of hard work. Research from the British Franchise Association suggests around 30% of a...
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Diversity paying big rewards for Countrywide Signs franchisees
6th April 2017The diversification of Countrywide Signs services is leading to big rewards for franchisees, with one on course to break the £1m turnover mark in the next 12 months. Traditionally focused on the estate agency market, where franchisees erect and maintain ‘Fo...
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