Established Wedding & Event Styling Business | Fife & Stirlingshire |Bookings, Stock & Relationships

Established Wedding and Events Styling Business for Sale in Fife & Stirlingshire | Bookings, Stock & Venue Relationships Included 

A rare opportunity to acquire an established, profitable and actively trading wedding and event styling business covering Fife & Stirlingshire.

The business has been successfully built over more than five years and comes with confirmed bookings, a varied stock package, established social media and online presence and strong relationships with a number of well-known wedding venues across the area. The sale is due solely to the current owner relocating and offers a new owner the chance to step into an established business with existing customers, venue connections and future bookings already in place, while benefiting from the support and recognised Ambience Venue Styling brand.

This wedding and event styling business is very well established within the area and benefits from strong working relationships with venues in and around the areas of Hamilton & Bothwell, Stirling & Bridge of Allan, Callander and St Andrews. Ambience Fife & Stirlingshire also benefits from the fantastic brand awareness in the area, closely neighbouring our successful Edinburgh franchisees.

This acquisition would suit an entrepreneurial individual, a couple looking to share the running of the business on a part-time basis, or an existing business owner seeking to take over an established operation with a proven trading history, existing customers, forward bookings and the infrastructure of a recognised national brand already in place.

Bookings:

The business has a substantial diary of confirmed future weddings already secured. These bookings provide the incoming owner with visibility over future revenue from the point of takeover, rather than requiring them to build an order book from scratch.

A detailed schedule of transferable future bookings and anticipated profit will be made available to serious prospective purchasers as part of the confidential sales information.

The business currently works with two fully trained freelance team members, both experienced in floristry and venue styling, who have indicated that they would be happy to continue supporting the business on an as-needed basis following the sale, if required by the new purchaser.

Relationships:

The current owner has worked at a number of beautiful venues in the area and the purchaser would benefit from a preferred supplier status at The Old Course Hotel St Andrews, The Fairmont St Andrews, Kinkell Byre, The Rhynd, Cambo House, The Cowshed Crail, Backhouse Rossie Estate, and Balbirnie House. These relationships provide an excellent stream of leads and earning potential for the purchaser. 

Social media:

The purchaser would receive active social media pages with a following of over 3k on Instagram - driving further leads for the business and showcasing a high standard of work.

Stock:

The purchaser will receive a carefully curated collection of wedding styling stock valued at approximately £4,000, including table décor, ceremony styling pieces, candle ware, vases, plinths, decorative hire items and other reusable design elements used across the business’s existing wedding portfolio.

For confirmed future bookings already in place, the incoming owner would generally only need to purchase the relevant consumable items, such as flowers, candles and other single-use materials required for each event.

Please note: Storage space will be required for the stock. A garage-sized space would be sufficient, although the current owner rents a shipping container.

Growth Potential:

While already well established, there remains plenty of opportunity for the next owner to continue growing the Fife & Stirlingshire franchise.

With an existing client base, established venue relationships, active social media presence and regular stream of enquiries already in place, the foundations have been built for someone to take the business to it’s next stage.

Opportunities for further growth include developing additional venue relationships across the territory, increasing local marketing and networking activity, expanding the range of styling and event services offered and building further capacity within the business.

Experience required:

There’s no need for you to have previous experience in the wedding and events sector. With 20 years in business, we’ve consistently evolved our strategies and techniques to develop a proven business model that works. We provide all of the training, coaching, tools, and resources to support you in developing your very own wedding and event styling business within your local area. It would however greatly assist you from the start if you have transferrable skills from previous roles such as customer facing, delivering exceptional customer service, using computer systems, understanding how social media platforms work, and working to deadlines. We are looking for ambitious, creative, business-minded candidates with a drive to succeed.

Ongoing support:

Full comprehensive training and ongoing support - the level of training and coaching you’ll receive from our experienced team is something we’re very proud of. Franchisees are provided with in-depth training that has been developed over 20 years to ensure that even in a fast-paced industry, we’re constantly evolving and staying ahead. Covering everything from financial/business management, marketing, networking, and digital presence, a large part of our training is also focused on creating styling/designs that are consistent with our brand. It doesn’t end there; further training and workshops are organised to continually develop styling skills. You will have the freedom and creativity that being self-employed provides whilst still having the backing and support from our Head Office team as and when you need it. 

A business that works around you:

You can run your Ambience franchise from home, provided you have storage space for your stock and an area in which to work on your laptop/hold Zoom consultations. It’s an ideal opportunity for one person to run the business full-time, or for two people to work together on a part-time basis, offering flexibility around how the business is managed.

Our franchise network is formed by a team that supports each other with advice that comes from years of personal experience; some of our franchisees have been with us for over 10 years! Our Head Office team is on hand Monday - Friday to assist you, and with a private Facebook group to interact with other franchisees and fortnightly online trade meetings, you’ll have access to incredibly valuable information as and when you need it.

Financial Costs

Purchase price:

£59,950 – no VAT to pay

Training:

Training packages start from £1,600 plus VAT.

With many years of industry expertise, our Head Office team provides a comprehensive level of training, ongoing support and business coaching to help you confidently take over and grow your Ambience franchise.

Monthly management fee:

A monthly management fee of £325 plus VAT is payable for the length of your franchise contract. Unlike many other franchise models, there is no commission payable on your bookings – what you earn is yours.

Your monthly management fee includes a wide range of ongoing benefits and support, including:

• Active social media pages to help generate enquiries and showcase your work.
• Your own webpage on our page-one Google-ranked website, managed and continually optimised by Head Office for SEO and updated when required.
• Our bespoke CRM system, allowing you to manage enquiries, create and send quotes, confirm bookings and keep your business organised in one place.
• Access to hire stock from Head Office and other franchisees, helping you expand your offering without the immediate cost of purchasing additional stock.
• Hundreds of business resources, including templates, email templates, guides and “how-to” documents.
• A portfolio of professional Ambience imagery showcasing a variety of styling products and concepts to support your local marketing.
• Access to our private Facebook group, where franchisees can ask questions, exchange ideas and experiences, and receive business and industry updates.
• Fortnightly online trade meetings with the Head Office team and wider franchise network to discuss business updates, trends and industry developments.
• Online group training sessions throughout the year, alongside our annual trends and inspiration workshop.
• Ongoing Head Office marketing and advertising campaigns, including weekly mailers to our active client database of almost 10,000 clients.
• Marketing/advertising campaigns run by HO continually throughout the year 

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Build a career as a wedding & events stylist with a nationally trusted brand!
Ambience Venue Styling is the UK’s largest and leading wedding and events styling franchise. Established in 2006, we have seen huge success and now have over 40 franchise businesses trading across the UK.

Living in a digital era, our clients seek to create weddings and events that are styled in a Pinterest-worthy and Instagrammable fashion. In fact, clients are now being more adventurous and creative than ever before and demand is at it's highest for our brand! The events industry is expanding at an incredibly fast rate, and private dinners, bridal showers, gender reveal parties, engagement parties and birthday celebrations are now being styled in a big way! We’ve also had the pleasure of working with some fantastic commercial clients on brand campaigns, brand launches, and advertising, such as a luxury car retailer, Astrid & Miyu, and Rolex, to name a few.

As we specialise in weddings, events, and commercial styling, this gives you the ability to earn throughout the year. If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been dreaming of, we’d love to hear from you! Contact us to receive a copy of our sales brochure and you can then arrange a Zoom meeting with us to discuss things in more detail and so that we can get to know one another