Local Franchise Opportunities in Milton Keynes

Why should I launch my Franchise in Milton Keynes Franchise Territory?

Milton Keynes should be considered as a potential franchise territory if you’re seeking to launch your franchise soon. Milton Keynes is in fact second only to London for the number of business start-ups launched within that territory. This by itself shows the potential for this prospective franchise territory.

Business Start-ups and franchise launches are certainly prospering within the franchise territory of Milton Keynes, there re 67.7 start-ups per 10,000 people within the territory. This highlights the role in which this city plays with aiding businesses and franchises get off the ground when launching.

On top of this, the small business outlook report published in 2015 also highlighted the fact that Milton Keynes was ranked as number two for the highest proportion of small to medium sized enterprises within the high-tech and digital sectors.

What also makes Milton Keynes an ideal franchise territory is that fact that its geographically located within a prime position and it’s easily accessible. There’s been a huge increase in demand for people wanting to work in Milton Keynes, which helps businesses and franchises grow and prosper with the aid of highly skilled staff.

Milton Keynes was designed from the ground up, with a planned emphasis on structure for businesses within the community. This town was purposely built to cater for businesses and franchises alike to prosper and grow.

Transport Links

As previously mentioned, Milton Keynes is ideally positioned in terms of transportation links. Milton Keynes was purposely built to cater for all things business (therefore so many large organisations house their head offices here) and with this it was deliberately placed within a respectable timeframe from London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Cambridge. Milton Keynes harbours ambitions for the area to be known as the ‘regional hub for business. You can in fact, reach the capital within just 35 minutes via train and you can access nearby Luton Airport for any potential international commute. So, if you’re looking to launch a franchise that may require easy accessibility into the capital or abroad, then this could be the franchise territory for you.

Support to Franchises looking to launch in Milton Keynes

On top of Milton Keynes benefiting from the cheaper rental and office rates in comparison the capital, it also offers a ‘Launchpad’ programme that’s specifically designed to help start-ups, that includes a package of support including three months free desk space within a suitable location to launch your franchise.

Although Milton Keynes does benefit for certain areas with it being located so close to the capital, it does indirectly suffer in other areas. For example, the support London offers business start ups and franchise launches is unrivalled compared to any other city within the country, so this doesn’t help with Milton Keynes being so close.

As previously mentioned, one specific support on offer is that of the ‘Soft Landing Offer’ that is available through Invest Milton Keynes. This programme offers free desk space for up to 3 months within the Milton Keynes Business district. On top of this, there is also support available for the following areas;

• Networking opportunities
• Advice on sourcing property
• Advice & support

Funding & Grants available through launching my franchise in Milton Keynes

Businesses and franchises seeking to launch and grow within the Milton Keynes franchise territory can benefit from the regional accelerator programme Entrepreneurial Spark.

Another added benefit for Milton Keynes being located so closely to London is the fact that you may be able to take advantage of both the business support and funding available to support businesses and franchises grow as Milton Keynes is only 40 minutes away from accessing it.

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