Prestige Nursing franchise is ideal for newly redundant Carol

Carol Stafford

After being made redundant in 2008 from a highly successful career in medical device sales, both in the UK and previously in her native South Africa, Carol Stafford decided that she wanted a change of direction with her career.

Having always been attracted to the idea of franchising, Carol started to look at franchises in the care industry. With so many to choose from, and with little between them, Carol found the biggest challenge being which franchise was right for her.

‘I was looking for a management franchise, and eventually settled on the care sector as it offered excellent long term prospects given the UK’s demographic profile and the growing need for care at home. I hadn’t realised though quite how many companies offered franchises in the domiciliary and healthcare sectors and the choice was quite bewildering.’

Carol came very close to signing up with a domiciliary care franchise, but just before she did she heard about the Prestige Nursing franchise and decided to see what they could offer. “Their honesty, drive and professionalism made a real impact on me, as did their experience of running both company-owned and franchised branches.”

After the initial meeting with the franchise team at Prestige Nursing, Carol then met and talked with many of the existing franchisees. “Their feedback on the support I would receive was overwhelmingly positive as was their experience of the Prestige Nursing franchise business model”.

Unlike many domiciliary care franchises, Prestige Nursing also offers the complimentary area of healthcare recruitment as an additional income stream for all franchisees.

“This was one of the main reasons why I chose Prestige’ states Carol “along with the fact that they offer a comprehensive back office support function as part of the ongoing management fee. This will save me an immense amount of time and allow me the freedom to grow my business quickly and effectively. I’ll be joining an established network of company-owned and franchised branches across the UK which has a real reputation for excellence, and this fills me confidence as well.”

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