FOUNDING FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY · FIRST FOUR PLACES
Build a recurring income helping businesses grow
Help business owners identify what is holding them back, where money or time is being wasted, and which improvements could make the biggest difference.
You build the relationships. Assist provides the review process, commercial expertise and delivery team to help turn the findings into practical improvements.
Earn 35% of the client’s monthly programme fee
Receive 50% of each client setup fee
Receive 200 researched business prospects each month
Work across the UK, with no territory restrictions
Get support and assistance with your first four client meetings
Founding franchise fee: £2,995 + VAT
Available to the first four franchisees, then £4,995 + VAT. Ongoing management and marketing fee: £175 + VAT per month.
For people with sales, business development or relationship management experience.
THE PARTNERSHIP
You're relationships. Our expertise and delivery.
Build a portfolio of business clients with an experienced team behind you
Your role is to understand what owners want to achieve, guide them through the Assist review process and maintain the relationship. Our role is to support the analysis, recommend practical improvements and deliver the work clients agree with us.
Your focus is simple: building relationships and winning clients. We handle the rest.
What you do
Approach businesses in your chosen sectors and areas
Ask about their ambitions, priorities and current challenges
Introduce the free Business Review
Discuss the findings and proposed next steps with our support
Stay in touch with clients and review progress together
What we do
Supply you with 200 researched prospects each month
Provide the questions, review tools and sales materials
Help assess the opportunities and develop recommendations
Support your early client meetings
Deliver and manage the agreed programme of work
Provide reporting to support ongoing client conversations
THE PARTNERSHIP
You're the relationship. We're the engine room...
Build Your Own Book
Most sales professionals spend years building income for someone else. This is the same skill, applied to your own book of clients — without the burden of hiring a team, buying software, or learning how to deliver any of it.
Your focus is simple: building relationships and winning clients. We handle the rest.
What You Do
Choose your sectors and areas, and work the 200 prospects Merlin sends you each month
Get the conversation, ask the qualifying questions, run the Leak Number audit
Run the second meeting: where they are now, where they want to be, what gets them there
Stay the client's main point of contact
Keep in touch, spot when a client is ready to move up a tier
What We Do
Research and supply those prospects, with the weaknesses in each business already identified
Give you the audit tool, the questions and the script, and train you on all of it
Join client meetings with you while you're finding your feet
Build and run everything: AI receptionist, automations, reviews, SEO, ads, landing pages, content
Report on results every month, so you have a reason to call
No fulfilment. No staff. No software to buy. Your income depends on the relationships you build, not on how many hours you can work.
Help owners see what could make their business perform better.
Some businesses need more enquiries. Others need to convert more of the opportunities they already receive. For some, the biggest gain comes from reducing wasted expenditure, improving customer service or removing hours of repetitive administration.
The starting point is understanding the business and what the owner wants to achieve. You open that conversation. With Assist behind you, you help the client identify priorities and agree a practical way forward. Marketing, better processes, automation and AI become tools we use where they can make a worthwhile difference.
MEET MERLIN
200 researched prospects. A more informed first conversation
Each month, Merlin researches businesses in your chosen sectors and areas, giving you a focused starting point for your outreach.
You receive business information, available contact details and observations from publicly available information to help you prepare a relevant approach.
1. Businesses that fit your market
Research focuses on indicators such as business size, services, premises and online presence to help identify suitable prospects.
2. Marketing activity to explore
Visible advertising and online activity can provide a useful starting point for questions about the results the business wants to achieve.
3. Opportunities worth discussing
Website journeys, enquiry routes and publicly visible gaps can suggest areas to explore with the owner.
4. Context before you call
Reviews, positioning and competitor visibility help you prepare a conversation relevant to that business.
Claim a prospect in the CRM and it is reserved for you for 90 days.
These are researched prospects, not pre-qualified enquiries. Their priorities, needs and interest are established through your conversations.
what we offer
A clear plan, backed by practical support.
The Business Review helps establish what the client wants to achieve and where the strongest opportunities may be.
Where ongoing marketing and growth support is appropriate, Assist offers three managed programmes. You help the client understand the recommendation, while our team delivers the agreed work.
What you offer
One programme. Three depths.
You're not selling a menu of services. You're selling the same proposal at three depths, and the client chooses how fast they want to move. Every tier is built and run by us.
Base
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget, £1,000 recommended, paid direct from their own ad account
Every month
- Speed-to-lead automation, so every enquiry gets an answer in seconds
- AI receptionist picking up the calls they're missing
- Google review engine
- SEO, plus AEO and GEO so they appear in AI search
- Email and SMS marketing to their database
- One ad account, built and managed
Growth
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget, £1,000 minimum, paid direct from their own ad account
Everything in Base, and every month
- 2 landing pages built
- 2 blog posts written
- 8 social posts made from that content
Accelerate
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget, £1,000 minimum, paid direct from their own ad account
Everything in Base, and every month
- 5 landing pages built
- 5 blog posts written
- 20 social posts made from that content
on every new client you sign — half of the £995 + VAT setup fee, paid as soon as their first payment clears.
Commission is 35% of the client's monthly fee, excluding VAT and ad spend, paid while the client remains a customer and you remain an active partner.
What you sell
One growth programme.
Three depths.
You're not selling a menu of services. The client chooses how fast they want to move, and Assist HQ builds and delivers the programme.
Base
£1,000
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget — £1,000 minimum, paid directly from their own ad account.
Every month
- Speed-to-lead automation so every enquiry receives a response in seconds
- AI receptionist picking up the calls they're missing
- Google review engine
- SEO plus AEO and GEO so they can appear in AI search
- Email and SMS marketing to their database
- One ad account, built and managed
Growth
£1,850
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget — £1,000 minimum, paid directly from their own ad account.
Everything in Base, plus every month
- 2 landing pages built
- 2 blog posts written
- 8 social posts created from that content
Accelerate
£3,000
+ VAT per month
Plus their own ad budget — £1,000 minimum, paid directly from their own ad account.
Everything in Base, plus every month
- 5 landing pages built
- 5 blog posts written
- 20 social posts created from that content
on every new client you sign
Half of the £995 + VAT setup fee, paid once their first payment clears.
Commission is 35% of the client's monthly fee, excluding VAT and advertising spend, paid while the client remains a customer and you remain an active partner.
Plus £497.50 on every new client
Half of the £995 setup fee, paid as soon as their first payment clears.
BUILDING YOUR CLIENT PORTFOLIO
A small portfolio can create meaningful monthly commission.
Each ongoing client adds to your recurring commission.
These examples assume every client is on the £1,850 + VAT Growth programme.
YOUR INCOME
6 Active Clients
PORTFOLIO RECURRING COMMISSION
£3,885
Every Month
YOUR INCOME
12 Active Clients
PORTFOLIO RECURRING COMMISSION
£7,770
Every Month
YOUR INCOME
30 Active Clients
PORTFOLIO RECURRING COMMISSION
£19,425
Every Month
Plus £497.50 setup commission for each new client on the standard £995 + VAT setup fee.
These are illustrations, not earnings forecasts or take-home income. They exclude your £175 + VAT monthly franchise fee, other business expenses and tax. Actual earnings depend on the clients you win, their programme fees and how long they remain paying customers.
Build relationships that support lasting value.
Your ongoing role is to stay close to the client’s priorities, discuss progress and identify when further support would be useful.
Monthly commission is paid in the month after the client pays Assist. Setup commission is payable once the client’s first payment has cleared. Commission remains subject to the franchise agreement and your active franchisee status.
How you get paid
Commission is paid monthly, in the month after the client pays us
Your half of the setup fee is paid on cleared funds
You're paid for as long as the client stays and you remain an active partner
No caps, and no clawback on clients who stay
HOW IT WORKS
From a useful conversation to an ongoing client relationship.
This isn't a pitch-and-hope business. There review shows the business owner a clear plan. Most partners work it as two meetings over five to ten days.
STEP 01
Choose your market
Select the sectors and areas you want to work in. Use your researched prospects, existing contacts and local networking to start relevant business conversations.
STEP 02
Understand the owner’s priorities
Ask where the business is now, where they want to take it and what they feel is getting in the way. Introduce the free Business Review as a practical first step.
STEP 03
Review the opportunities
Using the information the owner shares, Assist helps identify areas worth exploring. If a closer investigation is needed, its scope and any cost are agreed before that work begins.
STEP 04
Discuss the roadmap
Present the priorities and recommended next steps with our support. Explain the proposed work, the investment and how progress would be assessed. Mark or Aqueel will support your first four proposal meetings.
STEP 05
Agree the work and get started
Where the client chooses Assist to implement the recommendations, our team handles the agreed delivery. You remain their main relationship contact.
STEP 06
Maintain the relationship
Use progress reports and regular conversations to keep the work aligned with the client’s priorities. You receive recurring commission on qualifying monthly programme fees while the client stays and you remain an active franchisee.
DELIVERY SUPPORT
You can build the client relationship without building a deliver and support team.
Assist handles the agreed technical and marketing work, including:
Websites and landing pages
Advertising campaign setup and management
CRM, automation and AI implementation
Content production
Technical support
Client billing and commission administratione
You stay involved in the relationship, helping the client understand progress and passing requests to the right people. Our team handles the specialist delivery.
WHO THIS SUITS
Built for people who enjoy building relationships.
You do not need to be an AI specialist. You do need to be comfortable speaking with business owners, asking thoughtful questions and following through.
This could suit you if you:
Have experience in sales, business development or account management
Can listen carefully and discuss commercial priorities
Are willing to contact businesses and build your own network
Want to develop recurring income through ongoing client relationships
Can commit consistent time to prospecting, meetings and follow-up
Are comfortable working with a central team for advice and delivery
It is unlikely to suit you if you:
Need a guaranteed salary or immediate income
Expect supplied prospects to be ready to buy
Want income without active selling and client contact
Want an exclusive geographical territory
Cannot commit regular time to developing the business
THE TEAM BEHIND YOU
Commercial experience practical delivery, supporting your client relationships.
Assist brings together business experience, marketing, systems, customer support and accounts.
You have people to turn to when a client needs a closer review, a practical recommendation or help putting the agreed plan into action.
Mark Hackett — CEO
Over 30 years in business and an MBA, with companies built across recruitment, franchising, marketing, property and AI. Mark created Assist AI to help owners grow while giving partners a genuine recurring income. He still runs onboarding and training himself, and he'll join your first four closing meetings.
Tony Blake — Franchise Recruitment & Training
Andrew speaks to every partner applicant and trains every partner who joins. A career sales professional, he'll teach you the two-meeting sale and sit alongside you while you learn it. He's the person you'll speak to first.
Millie LUCK — Customer Support
Millie Looks after clients on a day to day basis, so any requests or questions are answered as quickly as possible.
Chris JOHNSON — Customer Support
Chris keeps client accounts running — automations, receptionist, reviews and reporting — so your clients see the work happening every month.
Anne Braidy — Marketing
Anne runs the campaigns, content and landing pages your clients pay for, and the national advertising that supports the Assist AI brand.
Alison Hackett — Accounts
Alison handles client billing and pays partner commissions. Your invoices and payments come from Alison, not from chasing anyone.
What this means For You.
You sell it. We run it. Your client has named people to call, and you stay in the relationship they value — without becoming their technical support.
CLIENT SUCCESS
What Business Owners Say
Case Study
£14,000 spent targeting the wrong work.
During a review for a UK contractor, Mark found that £14,000 had been spent on Google Ads targeting the wrong type of work.
The advertising activity was not aligned with the work the business actually wanted to win. This is the value of understanding a business before recommending more marketing, software or AI. A useful review can uncover a problem that a list of services would never reveal.
As an Assist franchisee, you introduce that conversation, with our team supporting the review and recommendations.
I used to worry about how many calls I was missing when phones were busy or at night. Now enquiries are tracked and followed up , I can switch off at night.
Assist keeps an eye on our numbers and suggests fixes before we ask. The automated marketing is brilliant, extra sales for no cost. It’s taken a huge weight off my shoulders.
The review flow built into the system has transformed our reputation. New clients often say they chose us because of the visible reviews. For me its a no brainer Mark and the team are brilliant
Mark and the Assist team have transformed the way we manage enquiries, quotations and projects. The systems have helped us streamline operations, improve communication and create a much more professional customer journey. We would highly recommend Assist to any business looking to modernise and grow.
YOUR FRANCHISE INVESTMENT
£2,995 + VAT for the first four franchisees
The entry fee then increases to £4,995 + VAT.
Ongoing management and marketing fee: £175 + VAT per month.
Your franchise includes:
Training in prospecting, business conversations and the Assist review process
A professional LinkedIn profile makeover
A licence to trade under the Assist brand
200 researched prospects each month in your chosen sectors and areas
Access to your franchise portal and CRM
Review tools, proposal templates, presentations and sales materials
Support from Mark and Tony at your first four proposal meetings
Central delivery of the client work agreed with Assist
Ongoing support and national brand marketing
You are responsible for your own business expenses, including travel, telephone and equipment. There is no guaranteed salary or income, and no exclusive territory.
Client advertising spend is separate from Assist’s fees and is paid by the client.
Get started
How it works.
Your call with Tony
20 minutes. He'll tell you honestly whether this suits you.
Your second call, with Tony and Mark
The detail, the numbers, and your questions.
The agreement
You get the franchise agreement to read. We recommend you take independent legal advice on it.
Payment and start
£2,995 + VAT on signing. Training starts within 14 days.
14-day cooling-off
Change your mind within 14 days of signing, before training begins, and you get every penny back.
Places remaining: 4 of 4
EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY
Build your next successful with Assist
Start with a straightforward 20-minute conversation with Tony.
FINAL STEP
Twenty minutes to change your life.
We will discuss your experience, the kind of businesses you would like to work with and how the franchise operates.
What we'll cover:
Your role and the support provided by Assist
How the Business Review starts client conversations
How researched prospects support your outreach
Client programmes, commission and franchise costs
Training, delivery support and your questions
Secure Your Opportunity
If there is a good fit, the next conversation with Mark goes into the detail.
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• No earnings guarantees. Illustrative examples only; results vary based on effort, conversion and market.
• Merlin identifies businesses that match your criteria and the issues found in public information. It does not indicate that a business wishes to buy