| Birmingham Driving School Fair Flexible Franchise | | Typical Driving School Franchise |
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| You start earning from the first driving lesson each week | | You must work several hours each week to pay franchise fee, before earning any money for yourself |
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| You choose how much holiday you take | | Typically between 2 and 4 weeks franchise free per year |
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| You only pay Birmingham Driving School franchise fees when you work | | If you take any extra holiday or time off franchise fee must be paid |
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| You only pay Birmingham Driving School franchise fees when you work | | If you cannot work due to illness franchise fee must be paid |
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| You only pay Birmingham Driving School franchise fees when you work | | If you cannot work because of bad weather franchise fee must be paid |
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| You pay Birmingham Driving School based on the amount of customers you have had that week | | You pay the same amount to the driving school each week, regardless of how many or how few customers you have had that week |
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| Supplying you with more customers means you earn more and Birmingham Driving School earns more | | Driving School receives a set fee from you, so there is no incentive for them to provide you with more customers |
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| Supplying you with more customers means you earn more and Birmingham Driving School earns more | | Collecting a set fee from instructors means the Driving School has an incentive to recruit more instructors and spread customers more thinly between them |
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| Franchise fee guaranteed not to increase until lesson fees have increased by more than £10 | | Typically franchise fees increase as lesson fees increase |
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| You decide your working hours and days | | Driving School will often set working hours and days |
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| You decide the areas in which you work | | Driving School will often set the areas in which you work |
| If you want to leave Birmingham Driving School just give 2 months notice | | Some Driving Schools will tie you to a 12 month contract |
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