Case Studies

“Happy dogs, happy customers, happy hosts.” That’s the trio of ingredients for a successful business, according to Barking Mad franchisees Amanda and Alan Hartley. They’ve enjoyed 10 years at the head of their network in Leeds, with – they say – the hard work associated with running a business made easier thanks to the flexibility and freedom the role allows. Having originally launched their franchise looking for an alternative to their previous day jobs – which were pressurised and impacted...

Just three weeks into running Screen Rescue Birmingham, we catch up with new franchisee Glenn Bowker who was launched in territory by franchisor, Jaime Hilario only six days after the country’s new PM was officially appointed by King Charles III.In the wake of a tough UK Autumn budget, we find out how Glenn’s new franchise business is doing.Q1. It’s the end of week three in business, and with a new PM running the country and a challenging Autumn budget now revealed, how is everything going?GB: I...

Q 1) How have you found running your own Progressive Sport business? Running my own business has been an incredible adventure so far, full of excitement, determination, bumps in the road, but everything is worth it. You are your own boss, in control of your own future and lifestyle. It’s humbling to see how far the business has developed since 2015, how we started as a small business and growing into a successful franchise. Q 2 ) What are your ambitions for the franchise? To keep pushing! I h...

With hundreds of franchisors all shouting about how good their training and support is, it’s difficult to stand out from the crowd and hard for prospective franchisees to identify the best franchise opportunities.The WorkBuzz Best Franchise Programme and 5 Star Franchisee Satisfaction accreditation is designed to help differentiate outstanding franchisors.And this month, Right at Home became one of only three franchise brands in the UK to retain the Five Star Satisfaction for a record-breaking 1...

Jaime Hilario, founder, and franchisor of Screen Rescue is delighted to announce the launch of former aviation engineer, Glen Bowker who is the latest owner operator franchisee to join this award-winning Commercial Windscreen Repairs B2B growing franchise network.We catch up with Glenn to chat about his route to becoming a Screen Rescue franchisee.Q1: What is your business background?I have an applied chemistry degree and a 25-year business background in technical sales and marketing management,...

Progressive Sports, South Lancashire franchisee, James Evans tells all about his decision to join the sports coaching franchise.How have you found running your own business? I have loved running my own business. The freedom I now have to make my own decisions and knowing that what I put in on a day-to-day basis shapes the direction the business is going to head. Don’t get me wrong it’s not been all smooth sailing as the running of a business was completely new to me but learning the new skills...

Not Just Travel franchisees Natasha & James Oliphant work on their business part-time, haven’t spent a penny on ads and are still successful. They told us how they do it.Both Natasha and James are busy people. Natasha works part-time for the NHS as well as owning a beauty business. James previously worked full-time in IT. They were looking for something James could thrive in and - with travel being a combined passion of theirs - starting a personal travel consultancy was a natural choice.“We wer...

Louise Trowbridge started her The Travel Franchise agency with husband Lee after being introduced by an existing franchisee in 2017.And it’s that spirit of recommendation that’s helped make her business a success, even though she began part-time and had no prior experience. Previously working in HR and IT respectively, both Louise and Lee were fed up with their careers.“Both of us were fed up with the corporate life and the nine to five. I was making people redundant and holding disciplinaries,”...

Huge congratulations to Eve Aston, franchisee of Razzamataz Tonbridge, who is celebrating her fifth anniversary. Eve joined the Razzamataz network after a successful career as a seamstress and role within the gaming industry. With two grown up daughters, Eve has reinvented her working life to become a successful business owner. This is her story.In the beginningI was a busy mum with daughters at stage schools, which meant taking them to lots of auditions, classes and shows. I helped on the front...

Not Just Travel franchisee Jenifer Compton shares how her travel business has given her more freedom and flexibility.After a 20 year corporate career, Jenifer was self-described as burnt out by the lifestyle. She came across The Travel Franchise by Not Just Travel and immediately saw how it could help her make a change.“I’d just had enough of it,” she says. “But I didn’t want to work for anyone else. I was looking for something that I enjoyed doing or something that I was really interested in an...

Since starting her business in 2017, she’s gone from a career as a police officer to a highly trusted travel consultant. Here are her top 3 tips for following in her footsteps. 1. Don’t think of yourself as ‘just a travel agent’ Sarah explains that running a successful travel business isn’t about just booking a holiday. “If you just view it as being a travel agent and booking a holiday, it’s very two dimensional,” she says. “View your business – and what you do – as helping people have ama...

OSCAR Pet Foods County Down, Michael & Lesley Cairnduff For Michael & Lesley Cairnduff of OSCAR Pet Foods within the Co Down franchise territory, celebrating their 5th anniversary is an opportunity to recall how they have helped improve the quality of life for so many pets.“It all started back in 2017. We already knew the OSCAR brand as we had been giving it to our dogs for 20 years or so! We received a letter from our local advisors in Jan 2017 explaining that they were selling the busine...