{"id":11854,"date":"2021-12-06T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=11854"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:50:10","slug":"does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Does EE Franchise in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #101010;color:#101010\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #101010;color:#101010\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk\/#hold-the-phone\" >Hold the phone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk\/#money-talks\" >Money talks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk\/#what-is-franchising\" >What is franchising?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/does-ee-franchise-in-the-uk\/#conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Our lives are increasingly reliant on our mobile phones, whether we\u2019re shopping, working or just staying in touch with family and friends. In the UK, 55.5 million of us are smartphone users; that\u2019s a whopping 82.9% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>So it will come as no surprise that the mobile phone game is big business.\u00a0 Mobile<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EE_Limited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0company EE<\/a> is thriving with 600 outlets and 15,000 employees across the UK with so many users available.<\/p>\n<p>While employment with EE is certainly available, what you really want to know is, does EE franchise in the UK?<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"hold-the-phone\"><\/span>Hold the phone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The answer to this is actually no, EE does not franchise in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of EE\u2019s outlets in the UK are managed within the company\u2019s internal hierarchy as the powers that be believe that this is key to providing a consistent level of service.\u00a0 Having said that, EE does occasionally offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/franchise-opportunities-uk\/\">franchise opportunities<\/a> to carefully selected individuals.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"money-talks\"><\/span>Money talks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you fancy your chances of bagging yourself an <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ee.co.uk\/large-business\/why-ee\/partner-with-ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE franchise<\/a>, there are a few things you need to know.\u00a0 Firstly, you\u2019ll need to come up with a pretty substantial chunk of change for your initial investment fee &#8211; \u00a3150,000, to be precise.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also need liquid capital of at least \u00a360,000.<\/p>\n<p>While funding is available through a third party, you will be expected to stump up some of the initial investment yourself.\u00a0 In return for your fee, you\u2019ll receive everything you need to get started with your EE franchise.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-franchising\"><\/span>What is franchising?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/franchise-meaning-in-business\/\">Franchising<\/a> allows individuals to start up in business for themselves without the risks that often go hand in hand with going it alone.\u00a0 The individual (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/the-difference-between-a-franchisor-and-franchisee\/\">franchisee<\/a>) hands over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/franchise-royalty-fees\/\">fee<\/a> in order to \u2018buy into\u2019 a more prominent, well-established company.<\/p>\n<p>This fee will usually cover training, equipment and any other supplies that the franchisee will need to get their business off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Once up and running, the franchisee will pay the company (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/the-difference-between-a-franchisor-and-franchisee\/\">franchisor<\/a>) a monthly fee which will generally be made up of a percentage of the franchisee\u2019s sales or profits.<\/p>\n<p>Franchise businesses usually run on a five-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/what-is-a-franchise-agreement-and-how-to-properly-analyse-it\/\">contract<\/a> and, at the end of this term, the franchisee will have the opportunity to renew the contract.\u00a0 If they choose not to do so, then their interest in the business is returned to the franchisor.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Although EE\u2019s current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/franchise-opportunities-uk\/\">franchising opportunities<\/a> are pretty limited, a spokesperson for the company has said that this is a business model which they would be very interested in pursuing in the future. So it\u2019s absolutely worth keeping an eye on this one in the next year or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lives are increasingly reliant on our mobile phones, whether we\u2019re shopping, working or just staying in touch with family and friends. In the UK, 55.5 million of us are smartphone users; that\u2019s a whopping 82.9% of the population. So it will come as no surprise that the mobile phone game is big business.\u00a0 Mobile\u00a0company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-franchise-information"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Does-EE-Franchise-in-the-UK.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}