There are many, many advantages to working from home: freedom from office politics, no daily commute and avoiding the interminable, Monday-morning meeting to name but three. But, it’s not all rosy. There are potential drawbacks and disadvantages too. The main drawback, particularly if you are a sociable person, is the possibility of feeling isolated and lonely. Working for yourself might mean not having a boss, but it can also mean not having any colleagues. If you share an office with somebody you don’t like, this probably seems like a very small price to pay for the freedom of being in charge of your own life, but you shouldn’t underestimate or discount the importance of the friendship and support you get from working with others. This is why we place so much importance on the concept of working for yourself but not by yourself, and organise regular events to bring Auditel franchisees together. Although these events usually have a business focus, they also provide important opportunities for our franchisees to catch up with the head office team, meet old friends and make new ones.
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Welcome to the Auditel blog.

As you will know from the rest of this site, Auditel is a cost and purchase management consultancy. We pioneered this valuable service in 1994 to help UK businesses make informed and effective purchasing decisions in the newly deregulated energy and communications markets. Since that time our portfolio of expertise has widened to cover business consumables, insurance and finance but our basic contingency-fee based business model has stayed the same. In 1997 we started to franchise the business system and have gone from strength to strength ever since. We now have over 100, home-based franchisees operating across the UK and a wealth of experience and knowledge about both franchising and self-employment that we would like to share with you in this blog.

Whether becoming your own boss is something you are ready to do now, or something you are researching for the future, we hope you will find it a useful and enjoyable read.