{"id":22829,"date":"2024-07-26T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=22829"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T07:03:21","slug":"riding-the-wave-of-opportunity-iains-revive-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/riding-the-wave-of-opportunity-iains-revive-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding the Wave of Opportunity \u2013 Iain\u2019s Revive! Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Owner of Revive! Northamptonshire Iain Wallis is in his happy place! Running a successful business, living in a bigger house and enjoying a healthy work-life balance with his wife who has been able to leave a demanding job in the NHS to join the team full time.<\/p>\n

But back in 2006 if you\u2019d asked the trainee Revive! technician Iain Wallis where he would be in eighteen years, he would never have imagined he would one day be the owner of two Revive! territories, employing eight people, running 10 vans and turning over in excess of \u00a31m a year. But that\u2019s exactly where the father of two is today.<\/p>\n

Explained Iain: \u201cIt\u2019s difficult for anyone to visualise the future. I\u2019ve always been a bit of a dreamer, but I certainly wouldn\u2019t have seen it like this then. You perhaps underestimate or overestimate where you can get in any one year, but you definitely underestimate where you can get in ten years. Once you start to get that growth, it doesn’t get out of control, but builds its own momentum. If you’re ready to ride the wave, be brave and make the decisions you need to make and grasp all the opportunities that come your way, it’s surprising how big the business can get once it starts to gain its own momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having trained at the Revive! academy and then while working as a technician in the territory he now owns, Iain could see the huge potential running a Revive! SMART repair business could offer. So, he bought out the previous owner in 2018 and began his own Revive! journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cHead office tells you at our initial new franchisee training we\u2019re about to set off on a journey which will have different stages along the way \u2013 which has proved to be so true. For example, stage one for me was when I was a technician coming out of the van to start managing the business. That felt like a big step, but your hand is held to some degree by the Revive! team. Even though you\u2019ve got plenty of other people who have been through that process to call on it still catches you by surprise a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

At each stage of Revive Northampton\u2019s growth, Iain gained in confidence, and in his own words became \u2018braver\u2019. He\u2019s built up a team of loyal, trustworthy technicians most of whom are still with him today, all benefiting from free private health insurance which Iain has introduced as part of their employment package.<\/p>\n

Was there a lightbulb moment over the past few years when Iain recognised just how much he had achieved and could clearly see a bright future ahead?<\/p>\n

He recalled: \u201cIt was probably gradual, but one event that stands out was a meeting with the service manager of one our biggest customers. He told me that they really could do with us coming in every day \u2013 it was at that point I said \u2018right, we\u2019ll employ two more techs and get two more vans.\u2019 He was surprised and worried that I would be overextending myself by doing this, but I found myself saying: \u2018we\u2019ve got good guys we\u2019ll find the work. We don\u2019t want to miss out on this opportunity\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

And looking for opportunities has become a major focus for Iain and his team of technicians. Whilst the technicians are competitive and as individuals want to place highly in the network league table, their belief in the Revive! value of Unity is strong. They all want to help each other and see their business flourish. This determination and teamwork saw Revive! Northampton reach the \u00a31m sales milestone just before Christmas in 2023.<\/p>\n

Looking to the future, Iain has identified retail sales as the major route to further business expansion. To this aim he bought the neighbouring Revive! territory in early 2024 which encompasses Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Corby and Kettering and includes a small retail workshop unit. He\u2019s taken on a retail sales advisor and the team has already hit a record retail month of \u00a315,000. Their target is to be doing \u00a325,000 of retail work consistently every month by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut\u201d said Iain, \u201cI realised when we hit the \u00a31m last year I\u2019d probably got to stage 2 of my \u2018journey\u2019! To grow any more we needed to flesh out our organisational structure and put systems in place to cope with the extra work and ensure we delivered to the standards expected. We were going to need help. So, this year has been about putting that infrastructure in place to enable us to get to the next level. We\u2019ve had a lot of help and advice from the Revive! head office team and been able to draw on the experience of other franchisees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Summing up his Revive! journey so far Iain said: \u201cBeing part of such a successful franchise is priceless \u2013 you\u2019ve got all that expertise to call on and support that you could never get if you were just doing it yourself. Having a nationwide network gives us such an advantage. The number of times I\u2019ve said to a customer that we\u2019ve got technicians across the country that can get this sorted for you, just leave it with me takes the problem off their plate. I think that strength in numbers is massive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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