Franchising details
Business Model and Market Focus
Kenect Recruitment operates as a recruitment franchise specializing in providing both temporary and permanent staffing solutions primarily to small and medium enterprises as well as corporate clients across the UK. It offers franchisees the opportunity to operate within multiple sectors such as Transport and Logistics, Industrial, Technical, and Commercial recruitment, allowing franchisees to develop diverse revenue streams.
Franchisees benefit from Kenect’s well-established reputation, extensive client networks, and access to a preferred supplier list featuring major companies like DHL, Wincanton, and Greencore. The company emphasizes quality, compliance, and the importance of personal and professional relationships with clients and candidates.
Franchise Support and Training
Kenect provides a comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support system for franchise owners, including an interactive online training academy called Kenect Academy. This program covers all essential aspects of recruitment, sales techniques, client and candidate management, compliance regulations, and business operating procedures, ensuring that no prior recruitment experience is necessary.
Franchisees receive dedicated franchise support teams, ongoing coaching, mentoring, and access to an award-nominated internal intranet portal that offers business tools, information sharing, and back-office system support. Marketing is managed by an in-house professional team that helps franchisees with local and digital promotional activities.
Investment and Operational Details
The initial franchise fee is £19,950 plus VAT, with an expectation that franchisees maintain sufficient working capital for personal and operational expenses for three to six months. Kenect offers flexible business models including agency principal and factoring arrangements to assist with payroll and cash flow management.
The royalty structure is a fixed 5% of gross revenue. The company projects that franchisees should become profitable within the first three months and potentially earn a six-figure income by the second year of trading. Franchise agreements are for a term of five years, with renewal options available, and multi-territory opportunities can be explored for growth-minded franchisees.
Franchise costs and details
Training and support
Kenect Recruitment offers comprehensive training through its Kenect Academy, an interactive online platform featuring learning guides, how-to videos, sales training, legislation guidance, and recruitment best practices. Franchisees receive initial discovery day orientations, ongoing coaching, and full operational support both pre- and post-launch, ensuring franchisees are fully equipped regardless of prior recruitment experience.
