Market Opportunity

The UK is crying out for plumbers. There is a shortage of qualified plumbers, and especially good ones. If you find a good plumber, you tend to pass his name and number on to special friends the way you would a good recipe. The media has for a while now been highlighting this phenomenon and the fact that people from all walks of life are retraining to be plumbers: teachers, bankers, salesmen, IT specialists, drivers, managers, office and factory workers.

Statistics from the Institute of Plumbers show that the UK will be short of 29,000 by the year 2007 and yet only some 600 - 800 qualify each year. Anecdotally we keep hearing that there are around 60 applicants for every available place on a college plumbing training course.

Constant demand for services

There are 23 million homes in the UK alone containing on average 1-2 toilets, plus sinks, baths, pipes, tanks and overflows. In addition, commercial properties that also have these facilities include:

• local authorities
• letting agents
• leisure companies - pubs, restaurants, clubs & health clubs
• private sector commercial organisations – industrial & business parks

There is a constant and strong demand for plumbers at every level:

• dripping taps
• burst, leaking or frozen pipes
• overflows running
• leaking toilets, radiators, showers, baths, tanks and valves
• installation of showers, bathroom suites, washing machines and dishwashers
• blocked pipes and drains

In a society that more than ever before is characterized by people who are “money rich, time poor”, taken together with the fact that basic D.I.Y. skills seem no longer to be handed down through families, there is an ever-larger percentage of the population unwilling to attempt basic plumbing tasks that, only a generation ago, may have been considered D.I.Y.

The ReactFast Solution

In a market place that has a reputation for “here today, gone tomorrow” trades people, ReactFast prides itself on an approach of professionalism, reliability and integrity. ReactFast’s ‘know how’ and market strength, coupled with the local market knowledge of the franchisee, is designed to be a winning formula in raising the profile of the ReactFast brand and creating more business for you. We create the opportunity for a dedicated individual to become a ‘local’ plumber with his own business operating within our successful framework.

ReactFast is committed to developing a fully nationwide network of quality franchisees providing these sought-after emergency services.

Why Choose a ReactFast Plumbing Franchise?

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