Caremark Founder Kevin Lewis discusses his experiences with franchise consultancy FDS, which has helped him launch not one but two care franchises.
I have worked alongside FDS Franchise Consultant Gordon Patterson for 14 years, and in this time, Gordon has helped me to successfully franchise two domiciliary care businesses: one of which is Caremark. A huge amount of both brands’ success is down to Gordon, FDS and its publication The Franchise Magazine.
I launched my first domiciliary care business in 1993, in response to the NHS Community and Care Act (1990). Within 18 months the business was turning over £1 million and everything started to unravel. I made the executive decision to address the problems and prevent them from occurring again and created an operations manual, which resolved the problems and inspired me to franchise the concept nationwide. In order to do it successfully I knew I needed to enlist the help of a qualified franchise consultant. Carry on reading…
