Case Studies

Both Steven Sykes and Estelle Robertson had very successful careers, but they decided that they wanted a better work life balance - something that they could achieve through an Ovenclean franchise. Although they have faced some challenges, 18 months down the line Steven and Estelle are thoroughly enjoying the benefits of owning their own business and are seeing huge demand for their service. Steven and Estelle chose a franchise due to risk limitation. “Ovenclean offered a proven business model,...

OSCAR Pet Foods is now a way of life for Brian Hulme as he celebrates his 15th anniversary as a franchisee on 19th May 2018. As Brian recalls his memories with OSCAR he says,  “OSCAR Pet Foods Franchise renewed my enthusiasm in working for my self from the start and becoming a franchisee. Circumstances surrounding my previous experience destroyed my faith in self-employment, until I found the OSCAR Pet Foods Franchise concept and its clear and honest approach to the procedures of setting...

Venture’s Eton studio was bought by Jonny Foster in 2012 from the existing franchisee. Prior to purchasing the studio Jonny had worked in Venture as a photographer, but he had always wanted to own and run his own studio. “I’ve built Venture Eton up since I purchased the business, the studio team have worked incredibly hard over the last 5 years and am very proud to have been awarded the Studio of the Year three times since I bought it. With turnover averaging £650K a year we have always been o...

When customers kept switching to big brand companies, Steve Barlow recognised he needed to change how they ran their local electrical business, backed by the powerhouse of The Dwyer Group’s Mr Electric. Throughout school and university, Steve Barlow had one goal in mind: to study law and business, go to Law School, and qualify as a business lawyer. But when he finished uni, Steve realised something inside him had changed, and no longer wanted to attend law school.  “I came home after...

Allan’s military skills equip him well for plumbing career Allan Rook joined the Drain Doctor franchise team in 1994, bringing with him a wealth of experience and expertise from a career that has taken him around the world several times! From his Scottish birthplace, Allan’s family moved to a remote part of Western Australia, where he led a gloriously rural early life. Returning to the UK, Allan joined the Army at 18 where he became an aircraft engineer, going on to serve in the UK, Germany, M...

Building a staple business brings stability for the future As he approaches 60, Richard Smith was looking for a staple franchise business he can build which will put him in good stead for his future retirement. Mr. Electric has provided an answer. Richard Smith has always had a flair for rising to the top of his profession, and managing his own projects. Having been involved with designing and building generators through a 20 year career after leaving university with a mechanical engineering...

Richard Scandrett has run the Drain Doctor Franchise in the franchise territory of Birmingham North and Wolverhampton for over eight years and now employs eight team members, servicing over 200 clients.  Before joining us in 2010, father of two Richard enjoyed a successful career in IT and telecoms sales roles, in addition to six years at Yellow Pages, before deciding to put his skills to work for himself.  Looking for a franchise business opportunity that would enable him to make...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced award winning, Welsh franchisees: John O’Brien and Clif Roberson, have ‘turned up the heat’ on their franchise expansion by opening a seventh Papa John’s franchised store. The latest franchise territory is on Taunton Road, Bridgewater which is located just south of Bristol. The school friends from Merthyr Tydfil turned business entrepreneurs joined Papa John’s in 2015 and now run franchise stores throughout the Welsh Valleys including franc...

Marion and her partner Dave Ogilvie from Northants and Milton Keynes joined The Christmas Decorators in 2017. Marion came from a retail and visual merchandising background for a high street chain whilst Dave runs his own roofing business but he has also been very involved in the installation side of the franchise. In the summer as a result taking in a brochure to their office, Marion was offered the opportunity to quote for a job with Milton Keynes Business Improvement district, to decorate some...

Charlotte joined The Christmas Decorators network in 2017 and has just completed her first Christmas season alongside operating with her event management business. Shortly after completing her training, Charlotte was approached by Edinburgh Airport with a request to light up the control tower. This is the first time any such job has been taken on and had to be approved by the CAA. On the day of the sales meeting, Charlotte was supported by a member of head office management who subsequently assi...

Janis became a franchisee for The Christmas Decorators in 2017 having shadowed the head office team on a couple of installations in 2016. In September she was approached by Debenhams to produce a scheme for their Glasgow store as a trial which, if successful would be rolled out across all stores for Christmas 2018. The Manchester store caught wind of what was happening and decided to be art of the experiment. Janis approached head office to come up with three possible schemes that would suit the...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s has named its Plymouth franchise territory store as the record holder, for the highest ‘pizza sales during one week’ in 2017.  The Mutley Plain outlet is run by franchisees Jo and Austin Boland, who joined the Papa John’s franchise network in 2013.  The husband and wife team employ around 60 local staff in Mutley Plain plus their new Papa John’s franchise within the franchise territory of St Budeaux, also located in Plymouth.Jo Boland explains: ...