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Your Role as Franchisee

Your role as a Signs Express franchisee is to operate and grow your own signage production and installation business under the established Signs Express brand, while benefiting from centralised support and national recognition. Your role includes:

Business Management: Overseeing day-to-day operations of the centre, including staffing, production, sales, financial management and customer service.

Client Relationships: Building strong relationships and delivering exceptional service to customers across local businesses, public sector organisations, and national clients.

Sales and Marketing: Driving local sales through outreach, networking, and targeted marketing campaigns as well as leveraging national marketing support and digital tools provided by the franchisor.

Team Leadership: Recruiting, training, and motivating a skilled team to deliver high-quality signage solutions whilst promoting a positive workplace culture and ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.

Project Oversight: Quoting, scheduling, and managing signage projects from design to installation, ensuring quality, efficiency, and compliance with client specifications and branding guidelines.

Collaboration: Working with other centres across the Signs Express network to deliver multi-site and national signage contracts, plus sharing best practices, insights, and advice within the franchise community.

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We are looking for three types of franchisees:

You might be:

A business savvy, hands-on manager with no industry experience but have the desire, drive and ambition to take a business to the next level
An experienced sign maker or production lead with ambitions to run your own centre
An independent signage business owner ready to rebrand and grow with the backing of a national network

Regardless of background, you’ll need:

Strong relationship-building & sales skills
Drive, ambition and creativity
A consultative approach and customer-first mindset

Remember, whilst it’s our model, it’s your business!

How can I become a Signs Express Franchisee?

The first step is to make an enquiry and a member of our team will be happy to help. Either complete our online enquiry form and a member of our team will be in touch, alternatively, call Head of Franchise Recruitment Emma Wakefield on 01603 598455.

FAQs

Q. What type of Franchises can I buy?
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At Signs Express, we now offer four flexible routes to ownership so you can join us in a way that fits your background, goals and investment level:
- Resales: Purchase an established Signs Express centre with an existing customer base, local brand presence, experienced staff and recurring revenue.
- Start-ups: Launch a brand-new Signs Express centre in a prime, available territory. Perfect for ambitious individuals looking to build something from the ground up, with full training and support.
- Rebrands: Already running an independent signage business? Seamlessly rebrand as a Signs Express centre and gain access to our national marketing, operational support, group buying power and scalable growth model.
- Conversions: A hybrid of all three models, a Signs Express conversion sees us work with you to find an independent signage business for sale (in one of our vacant territories) and then help you to purchase it and convert it to a Signs Express in the process.
Q. What Training do you offer new Franchisees?
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Our onboarding and training package for all new franchisees includes a three-week intensive training course equipping you with the skills to run a successful Signs Express business, consisting of classroom training and immersive in-centre experiences.
Q. What Support do you offer your Franchisees?
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With a commitment to help you grow your business and achieve your goals, we offer extensive training and support to our franchisees to ensure you are set up for success.
Q. How Profitable is a Signs Express Franchise?
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Each of our Signs Express centres vary in terms of turnover, however our business model is built to achieve a turnover of £750,000+ and 20%+ EBITDA.

With the introduction of our hub and spoke expansion opportunities, there is now the opportunity for our centres to expand their reach and drive their turnover and profitability further with our cost-effective growth model.
Q. What do we do?
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We provide tailored signage and graphics solutions to clients of all sizes, delivering creative, innovative, and consultative services. With the capability to produce up to 80% of our bespoke products in-house, we ensure quality, consistency, and efficiency.

Our product range includes everything from exterior building signage, totems, and illuminated signs to digital signage, vehicle graphics, exhibition displays, window graphics, custom wallpaper, health and safety signage, eco-friendly products, and more.
Q. What does ‘a day in the life of a franchisee’ look like?
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As a franchisee, each day will vary, however the basis of your day will include setting the centre up for the day ahead ready for your team, running through the day’s priorities and jobs, responding to customer emails and enquiries, site visits and customer consultations, site survey’s, supporting installations of large-scale jobs, building relationships with key customers, networking and developing your customer offering.
Q. Are there expansion opportunities with Signs Express?
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With the introduction of our hub and spoke expansion opportunities, there is now the opportunity for our centres to expand their reach and drive their turnover and profitability further with our cost-effective growth model.

Not sure which is the right option for you?
Speak to our dedicated Franchise Recruitment Team directly…

0800 731 2255

Get in Touch

Enquiry Form

For more information about our franchising opportunities, please contact us using our Enquiry Form and a member of our Franchise Recruitment Team will get back to you as soon as possible.