We are very proud
to announce that The PC PAL Franchise has achieved Associate
Membership status of The BFA. Jat Mann, Founder and Managing Director of PC
PAL said, ‘We are so pleased with this achievement, which is a true
milestone in the development of any franchise. PC PAL are clearly
a recognised franchise for being ethical and viable.’
PC PAL provides on-site computer repairs for homes and small businesses, dealing with
problems such as Internet access disruption, viruses & spyware infections,
setting up a new PC, and data recovery amongst many other services. All PC
PAL engineers are Microsoft and CompTIA certified, fully insured and
fix 99% of problems on the spot. Customers use the services several times a
year on average and regularly refer PC PAL to friends and family.
PC PAL,
the brain-child of Jat and Julia Mann, was created when they were overcharged
for routine computer repair work on their home computer and decided to do
something about it. So, committed and driven to providing a better alternative,
Jat quit his career as accountant and then trained to become a qualified
computer repair engineer.
PC PAL was
launched in Solihull in 2005 with the goal in mind to
become the leading computer epair and support brand in the UK, offering
customers an unrivalled level of service. Having
grown and developed the business successfully in Solihull, the PC
PAL Franchise was launched in 2008. Starting
up a new business is difficult at the best of times, but doing it in the middle
of the worst UK recession since records began could be described as a challenge
to say the least! The recession was no obstacle for Jat, having already proven
that his computer repair business PC PAL actually responded
favourably to the recession, with people turning to the ‘make-do-and-mend’
philosophy of times gone by.
PC PAL now
have 7 franchisees across the UK from Sunderland, down to Basingstoke.
Jat commented, ‘It was
always our aim to become members of The BFA as we feel it is a sign to
potential franchisees that we have built the business upon an ethical framework
and that our aims are to create a network of highly trained and friendly
engineers who provide rapid, reliable and affordable support just when our
customers need them. This is why we’ve only used BFA Affiliated lawyers,
consultants, accountants and software suppliers in the development of our
franchise.’
Steve Felmingham, Director
of Business Development at UK’s leading BFA-affiliated specialist franchising
consultants ‘The Franchising Centre’ commented, ‘I have been involved in the
British franchise industry for many years. We have worked closely with PC
PAL and have rarely dealt with a franchisor that is as ethical or has a
business that is so well poised to make a success of a timely opportunity to
meet the high current demand for computer services to the home.’
