Auditel Franchise News

October 26, 2011 // Franchising.com // Established in 1994, Auditel is the UK’s favourite and largest cost and purchase management franchise opportunity with a network of over 200 highly-skilled specialists. Auditel manages a broad range of business expenditure which includes costs as diverse as communications, energy, water, office supplies, freight, contract cleaning, merchant cards and general waste. Their client base of over 3,4oo in the UK ranges from small businesses to global brands such as Pizza Express, YMCA and Oxford University.
Among the newest intake of franchisees were Adam Gillett and David Kendall who had decided to set up a partnership in the West Midlands. Adam is an experienced Internal Audit Manager and has a track record of ensuring relationships with suppliers are profitably and sustainably managed...

Prior to joining Auditel in July 2011, Henley-based Tim Halfhead was Managing Director of a parenting website. His career spanned sales and business development, mostly within media and telecommunications, but also with exposure to etail and retail. Tim worked almost exclusively within the SME sector specialising in start-ups and turnarounds. Half of his working life was spent at Director or Managing Director level, with over a decade as an owner.
Tim explains: ″With this experience, I am well acquainted with the conundrum of how to control your costs. Lack of time, resources and detailed knowledge of complex supplier markets, leave you with a nagging certainty that your company is paying too much for some or perhaps many of your essential services and supplies...

August 09, 2011 // Franchising.com // Last month, Auditel welcomed their 200th signing -John and Denise Wilson. They are now the UK's largest Cost and Purchase Management Consultancy. Until recently, John was a senior Sales Manager for a company specialising in the defence industry. Denise had been in Risk Management for an investment company. Having chosen Auditel, they sped off to Head Office on their Harley-Davidson motorbikes, to sign the franchise agreement!

Denise recalls:"John and I wanted to start our own business, through a franchise. We considered various formats and thought that cost management worked best for us. From our first meeting with Auditel, we were impressed with the team, the information we were given, how our questions were answered and the support we received...