Grow your business, not your workload
Become a Get Ahead Regional Director. You win the clients and lead the team; our 90+ UK-based Virtual Experts deliver the work.
You won’t be doing the client work yourself. You’ll be building a business, leading a team and owning the relationships in your Region, with the brand, systems and support of an award-winning, BFA-accredited franchise behind you.
90 + UK-based Virtual Experts | Est. 2010 | BFA accredited | Business Support Service of the Year 2026/27, Prestige Awards
Is this you?
“I’ve spent years doing this for someone else. I’d like to do it for myself.”
“I want my own business, but not to start from a blank page.”
“I’m at my best meeting people and making things happen.”
“I need work that fits around my life, without giving up on ambition.”
This is for you if you…
- enjoy meeting people and building relationships
- are comfortable talking business with owners and directors
- want to lead a team, not work in it
- are well connected, or keen to become so, in your local business community
- want a business that fits around your life
It’s probably not for you if you…
- want to do admin or specialist work yourself
- are looking for an employed role with a salary
- would rather not network or sell
- prefer to work entirely on your own
- aren’t available during the business day
No VA experience needed.
Our Regional Directors come from sales, supply chain, business development, management, travel, events, retail, HR and recruitment.
Running, not doing.
Every growing business needs someone in their corner. As a Regional Director, that someone is you. You win the clients, get to know their businesses and match them with the right people from our team. Then you stay accountable for how it works.
You invoice your clients and pay your Virtual Experts; the difference is your margin.
What your week looks like
Everything you need to launch, and you’re never alone.
Full training. A structured induction on the Get Ahead model, sales, resourcing, systems and finance, with first-year targets set together.
Operational support. A dedicated resourcing team to find the right Virtual Experts, and to help put things right if a placement isn’t working.
Marketing and PR. Quarterly campaign plans and blogs, a monthly newsletter to your contacts, launch PR and award entries, all produced centrally.
Ongoing development. Regular reviews, mentoring from a fellow Regional Director, and Get Connected, our free monthly networking with Metro Bank.
Your package
- An exclusive Region and the Get Ahead licence
- The Get Ahead Operations Manual
- Induction training and launch support
- Access to our 90+ Virtual Experts and resourcing systems
- Your Get Ahead email, website pages and national phone number
- A bespoke networking and marketing plan
- Mentoring from a fellow Regional Director
£8,000 + VAT
A home-based business with no premises, stock or staff costs. Full figures, including what you could earn, are in our Franchise Information Memorandum, shared after a first conversation.
Hear from our Regional Directors
Natasha Doran
East Surrey & West Sussex. Joined 2025.
After 20 years in insurance, Natasha left corporate life wanting work that fitted around her three young children. Contract roles all looked like the job she’d just left. She launched as a Get Ahead Regional Director in September 2025 and had her first enquiry within a week.
Fiona Ibbetson
Yorkshire. Former Retailer. Joined 2018.
“I’m not limited by my own skills or my own capacity. I can support any business, because I know I can find the resources and skills within the wider team. Being a Get Ahead Regional Director gives me a comfort blanket I wouldn’t have had if I’d set up on my own from scratch.”
Kristy Roff
North Hampshire & West Surrey. Joined 2019.
“Get Ahead gives me total control over my professional success. I run my own business with complete autonomy, but I feel supported by Rebecca, the other Regional Directors and the wider community.”
Keeping business support human since 2010.
Rebecca Newenham founded Get Ahead in Guildford in 2010 after a corporate career in retail buying. She wanted a business that fitted around her growing family, and saw a gap in the market for flexible, remote business support for growing businesses. She proved the model in her own Region, began franchising in 2017, and has built Get Ahead into a UK-wide network of Regional Directors and Virtual Experts.
Get Ahead is accredited by the British Franchise Association and was named Business Support Service of the Year 2026/27 at the Prestige Awards. Rebecca writes a monthly column for Elite Franchise magazine, read it here..
Your next steps
- Download the prospectus for the full picture
- An informal chat with Rebecca about the opportunity and your goals
- Receive our Franchise Information Memorandum with full financial detail
- Meet the team and speak to existing Regional Directors
- Review your Region and business plan with us and your advisers
- Decide together, then start your induction
Prefer to talk first? Call Rebecca on 0330 223 7580, or book a chat.
Download the prospectus
How the model works, what’s included, and what it costs to start. Enter your details and you can download the prospectus straight away.
Not ready to talk yet?
Read Virtually Yours
Rebecca’s guide to building a flexible future by running your own business.
Buy the book
Watch the conversation
A 30-minute discussion with Elizabeth Willetts of Investing in Women on whether franchising is the secret to a great flexible career.
Watch the video
Your questions answered
No. You lead the business; our Virtual Experts do the client work.
Yes. It’s home-based and you plan your own week, though building a Region takes real commitment. Most networking events are during school hours.
Your networking, LinkedIn and Get Connected events, backed by central marketing and referrals.
The franchise fee is £8,000 + VAT. It is a home-based business, with no premises, stock or staff costs.
We share full figures in our Franchise Information Memorandum after a first conversation.
Let’s have a conversation
Tell us a little about yourself and Rebecca will be in touch to arrange an informal chat. Prefer to talk now? Call 0330 223 7580 or email franchise@getaheadva.com
