The School Link brand is well established in the Northern and North Western Suburbs of Johannesburg and is well known and respected brand. There are currently 10 franchisees operating 24 buses.
In times of both economic growth and slowdown, the number of working mothers tends to increase with a resultant increase in the number of students requiring a reliable transport service, especially in the afternoons when the parents are not available.
Our commitment to reliability, service, quality, safety, courtesy and innovative proposals has resulted in School Link being the school transport service of choice in the areas it has served for the past 7 years.
The purpose around the service is to provide scholars and parents ease of access to a transportation service within their areas of residence, to and from schools.
Lack of public transport services in Gauteng, the ongoing increase in costs of running a personal motor vehicle, parents needing to go to work to ensure a constant income to run households, time wasted in traffic during the mornings and the need to collect children, during potentially different times of the day, has created additional pressure on these households.
Parents are therefore looking at alternatives (within personal budgets) to ease this pressure while finding a reliable and trustworthy service provider to do this for them.
COST PER FRANCHISE
R90,000
Vehicle to be purchased by Franchisee.
Service Fee:
Franchisor monthly Service Fee of R2000 per Bus.
This will only be due after the first 3 months of operation and continues for the duration of operating a School Link registered vehicle / bus.
The Service Fee increases annually according to the official inflation rate.
All payments must be made by debit order.
Vehicle requirements:
The vehicle must be a passenger carrier
eg. Nissan, Mercedes Sprinter. Each seat must have a seat belt.
An Investment of R90, 000 per ‘School Area’ provides the following Starter Pack with your first Bus
- Assistance with vehicle purchasing
- Driver & In Bus Assistant selection and pre-screening
- Initial CPR course per Driver and Assistant
- Practical training for Driver and Assistant
- School Link uniforms for Driver and Assistant
- Provision and installation of School Link signage per bus
- One First-Aid kit per bus
- One fire extinguisher installed per bus
- 500 business cards and 1000 School Link flyers
- Continuous Franchisor operational support
- Ongoing advertising of the School Link brand at Licensors discretion
For each additional vehicle purchased subsequent to the first vehicle (ie second bus), an additional R5,000 is payable which covers the below:
- Driver & In Bus Assistant selection and pre-screening
- Initial CPR course per Driver and Assistant
- One week practical training for Driver and Assistant
- School Link uniforms for Driver and Assistant
- Provision and installation of School Link signage per bus
- One First-Aid kit per bus
- One fire extinguisher installed per bus
The income / expense projection is set to start showing profits around month 4 – 6 depending on the amount of legwork you put in on startup in terms of marketing and school exposure. We suggest a cash flow buffer of about R15, 000 per month being put aside until you sign up at least 20-30 children.
As part of our OPERATIONAL SUPPORT to our signed-up franchisees, we will advise you on all of the above once we have ascertained your areas needs and opportunities.
Kindly complete the following questionnaire together with any other comments or questions you may have pertaining to the franchise business opportunity: Business Opportunity Questionnaire
You may also complete the questionnaire and send it via our Fax number 086 672 9030 or email val@school-link.co.za. Cell number 082 338 7147.