Buying a franchise for security in retirement

After falling seriously ill, Malcolm decided that his job, which entailed travelling back and forth between Frankfurt on a weekly basis, was too much, and decided to take a redundancy package offered to him.

Before working with Chemex, Malcolm sold computer hardware and software to major institutions including banks and govt departments in the UK and Europe.

Malcolm fell seriously ill with appendicitis a few years ago and was admitted into in intensive care for 3 weeks. His old job role required 7am flights to Frankfurt 3 times a week. Malcolm was offered a redundancy package and decided to come back to the UK permanently and take after his brother-in-law who had brought a franchise.

Age was also a factor in Malcolm's decision to buy a franchise. Malcolm Dixon had been used to working in a team, so working for himself was a challenge, especially when he realised that the buck stopped at him!

Malcolm plans to increase the specialised contracts and then maybe retire in 4 years time. Plans for the next 3 years are to make this business autonomous to make it better to sell.

Malcolm covers West Surrey and North East Hampshire; including Guildford, Cranleigh, Haslemere, Hindhead, Liphook, Perersfield, Alton, Farnham, Aldershot, Farnborough and Frimley.