The Tools for Success on Your High Street

The Mr Arkwright’s Tool Emporium franchise is the ultimate retail franchise, bringing life back to the UK’s high streets.

Mr Arkwright’s is a traditional and friendly tool store, dedicated to offering everyday household and garden products suitable for keen DIYers, avid bakers and even the handy builder. With over 50,000 products in-store and online, customers can find the bits and bobs they may need; and if there is something they can’t find, we can order what they are looking for. Our stores aren’t quite ‘open all hours’ but they are a friendly, local alternative to the large DIY hypermarkets.

No Need to Be ‘Open All Hours’ for Financial Rewards

• Average gross profit margins are circa 60%.
• Quickly build a business producing high returns.
• Year one turnover circa £200K.
• Year three turnover approaching £400K.

What’s Included?

• An established supply chain with manufacturers and distributors who will deliver directly to your store.
• Assistance in identifying and negotiating a site.
• Full shop fitting and signage package.
• State-of-the-art EPOS system to ensure that your business operates at an optimum stock level.
• Opening stock to the value of £45K (retail value over £200K).
• A quality CCTV system.

From day one, and on an ongoing basis, Arkwright’s management team will help you develop your business with marketing and operational support – the strength and success of your store are key to our growth.
There are several store models to choose from, the Leeds flagship and Harrogate stores are both city-centre based, whilst the second shop in Leeds occupies a lower-cost suburban location. The key in all instances is being able to supply a comprehensive range of quality products at a price that at least matches that of the large national chains.

Our ‘Fast-Start’ Multi-Unit Option

Like many franchises, Arkwright’s franchise opportunity is all about taking control of that all-important work-life balance. However, it is also about allowing you to build a profitable business that can be either run hands-on as a single unit or as a multi-site management franchise.

Whilst many of our franchise partners will typically start their business with one shop, our ‘fast start’ multi-unit regional development option is available for those wishing to own and operate a franchise where each store is individually managed – ask us for more information.

Who Are We Looking For?

Having proven the concept at both local and regional levels, the company now seeks to appoint local franchise partners on a national level. This is an easily managed business that would be run perhaps by a husband and wife team or an owner-operator with one full-time employee. A new franchisee will need to demonstrate high levels of:

• Commercial awareness
• Business acumen
• Energy
• Motivation
• Communication skills

Customer service is key, and we expect that all franchisees will be outgoing, people-focused and keen to get involved in a business that provides consumers with real choice away from the DIY hypermarkets – we are local and approachable.