Case Studies

Angela Connally will take on a broad role, with responsibilities including managing the office, updating and improving systems, looking after franchisee compliance and ISO accreditation and contributing to marketing and recruitment.She joins the consultancy network after almost a decade with American franchisor CMIT Solutions, which provides outsourced IT expertise for small and medium sized enterprises. Whilst part of the franchise development team with the Texas-based company, Angela saw them...

Running a successful cake business was something Caroline Pearman had dreamed of since learning to bake with her grandmother as a little girl. But, after taking the plunge and leaving her busy job as a university project manager, she quickly found that her dream was turning into a nightmare.And it wasn’t for lack of business - Caroline’s Cakes quickly became so popular, she found herself working well into night, seven days a week, to keep up with demand. But the huge workload was leaving her str...

Before Harpreet came into franchising, she worked in marketing and brand experience for 15 years, working her way up from Account Executive to Account Director. Prior to this, she studied Business Studies at university, majoring in marketing. Harpreet believes that the wealth of marketing experience she has will help her to really hit the ground running. Harpreet’s Previous Experience With Care: Around 2002, Harpreet had her own experience with care as her Nan unfortunately suffered a stroke...

TestimonialsPaul Best – Franchise Owner – Clarriots Care Cheshire East“The decision to use a franchise model was based on the fact of being new to the care industry. Therefore needing the support and experience of a company that had not only been successful in this industry but who also shared our vision and passion for the deliverance of quality care, that’s where Clarriots Care came in.Now to hear the difference we are making to a person’s quality of living and being recommended to others make...

Nowadays, almost one in every five franchises are being launched by those under 30 years old. But why? We caught up with Pearl - 29 years old – on the twelfth night of her two-week in-house intensive training session with Clarriots Care and asked her why she’s recently started her franchising journey:At 29, Pearl is ambitious and looking forward to the opportunities her franchise package offers.How did you discover franchising and why you chose to go down that route?Pearl: “When I discovered fra...

We have designed our franchise model to enable you to start trading quickly and compliantly, with all the systems and tools you will need. The process is clear and straightforward, and we operate a truly consultative approach to the fact finding and application stages. Our multiple award winning Estate Agency and Lettings Franchise brand has developed a reputation for excellence in customer service and straight talking, honest advice. There are close to 100 estate agency franchise propositio...

With almost 30 years director level experience in some of the country's largest family businesses, Russell Grant will launch the new Midlands franchise territory for Business Doctors. He says: "Too many SME owners find themselves spending the majority of their time working in their businesses rather than on them. We call this the owner's trap and it's a guaranteed way to stall your business's growth potential."Business Doctors work with SME owners to help them identify and solve barriers to grow...

I’m Tina from Trophy Pet Foods Franchise within the East Kent franchise territory, and have been running my Trophy franchise business since 2012, with the help of my husband Graham who supports me with book-keeping, stock control and occasional deliveries for the pet delivery franchise. I have always had a passion for animals, and when I was a child I wanted to be a vet. I never managed to achieve that, but I am now an independently qualified animal nutritional adviser, and I’m very happy to b...

Franchise Discovery Days are insight days into a franchise, usually held at a head office or in Signs Express’ case, their dedicated UK Franchise Support Centre in Norwich. They understand that it can be a challenge for those that live further away to attend, so are making your life, just that little bit easier and taking their Discovery Day on the road to Scotland.Celebrating 25 years of franchising Signs Express has 65 centres throughout the UK and offers an opportunity to become part of a net...

Iain Caldwell joined MTLL late last year. He’d looked at lots of franchises but says he was put off by large up-front fees and heavy establishment costs. And moving from the increasingly competitive and hard-sell world of estate agency, Iain was looking for an easier sell and a greater work/life balance.“I’ve got my weekends back – and that’s something I haven’t experienced for years!” says Iain. “This really is a Monday to Friday business.“This isn’t hard sell at all. I got going straight away...

“I knew I’d found a company that I could work with. And, more importantly, I’d found one that offered fantastic, quality products that I would be proud to associate myself with.” Colourfence’s ‘Newcomer of the Year’, Paul Gilmore from Bognor Regis, explains his reasons for joining the franchise, what winning the award meant, and talks about his experiences to date. “I’ll admit it was a difficult decision to find a franchise that I wanted to partner with. But, when I came across Colourfence, I k...

Hi, I’m Sharon from Woodchurch, Wirral and have been running my Trophy pet foods franchise delivering pet supplies for almost three years, covering Wirral, Chester and part of North Wales franchise territory.Before purchasing my Trophy pet foods franchise I worked for almost sixteen years in a Further Education College firstly as a Librarian and before being made redundant worked part of my week in Human Resources and the rest of the week worked as P.A to the Clerk to the governors. I can’t say...