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To reiterate our continued commitment to offering our franchise family an unmatched level of franchise support and dedication in ensuring the success of their franchise businesses, we launched our brand new Franchise Agreement back in Summer 2017. Developed in association with Ashton’s Franchise Consulting, it’s packed with innovative new systems aimed at facilitating rapid and sustainable growth of your franchise  business. Peter Morah, owner of our Essex franchise office, was one of seve...

The UK Franchise Industry   The UK Franchise industry is in fantastic shape! And we just wanted to share with you some of the facts and figures. The Franchise Industry contributes £15 Billion to the UK economy - an increase of 46% over the past 10 yearsThe total number of people employed within franchising has now reached 621,000 - an increase of 70% over the past 10 yearsFranchise Owned businesses has now reached 44,000 units - an increase of 14% Over half of franch...

Champions of Better are named at franchise conference  Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s has named its ‘Champions of Better’, at a recent Company franchise conference, held in Milton Keynes. For the first time, Papa John’s entire UK franchise network; including store managers, key staff as well as franchise owners and suppliers, came together to celebrate successes and highlight outstanding team and individual achievements throughout the year. Phil Gaffer, QFP, Papa John’s franchise sa...

A VERY HAPPY 20th OSCAR ANNIVERSARY The Devon franchise territory was in for a big surprise when Neil and Lorraine Stapleton launched their OSCAR Pet Foods franchise business twenty years ago. Celebrating an anniversary in a franchise business that continues to flourish proves there is always room for more! “In a past life we recall how much we wanted to take control of our work life balance. For various reasons it was important to gain the direct rewards from our own hard work, and discoverin...

There’s no big surprise that our population is ageing dramatically as people are living longer and enjoying fruitful lives. Why is this happening though? Two big contributing factors to support the explanation is that of a decline in birth rates within the UK and the natural improved life expectancy that we are witnessing as a nation. Research has proven that a vast amount of older people would prefer to live independently within the comfort of their own home. Unfortunately, this can not alw...

It's the Chinese Year of the Dog, spring is on the way and Trophy Pet Foods are delighted to welcome 3 new franchisees. Russell from Trophy Pet Foods Cheshire & Wrexham, John from Trophy Pet Foods West Lothian and Christine from Trophy Pet Foods Cambridgeshire. All 3 are starting their training this week at Trophy Pet Foods H.O. and will be on the road from next week! They join Trophy’s growing team of local Trophy Nutritional Advisers throughout the UK, making a real difference to their local...

Driver Hire’s 2018 annual conference was a perfect opportunity to mark the achievements of its top performing and long-standing franchisees. Leading the way was David Quinn, owner of Driver Hire’s Chelmsford office, crowned ‘Franchisee of the Year’. Other top awards winners included: Nic Chaviaris (Gatwick), Rod Halling (Plymouth), Carrie-Ann Donohue (York) and Manjit Singh (Enfield). In addition, eighteen franchisees collected awards for reaching turnover milestones – eight of which were in...

The Massage Company is a UK based company looking for franchisees to open modern and innovative massage centres across the country.They are committed to setting up their expanding franchise network with ethical foundations, by taking the right advice and support as a franchisor and part of that process is joining the BFA, British Franchise Association. The Massage Company BFA Listing: The British Franchise Association (bfa) is the voice of ethical franchising in the UK. The bfa was formed in 19...

Franchise Supermarket at The International Franchise Show in London  We’re only two days back in the office and we’re still struggling to catch up on what was a fantastic two-day franchise exhibition held at ExCel London. The two-day franchise exhibition opened a great opportunity for prospective franchisees and franchisors to attend and better understand whether franchising is the route for them. With over 150+ exhibitors in attendance every franchise sector was covered, from Cafe2U the...

Perth-based business partners Steve Herlihy and Tricia Kingston are launching a new service for small business clients after acquiring the Master Franchise rights for TaxAssist Accountants in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.Keen to increase services within the buoyant small business sector, Steve and Tricia spotted the opportunity TaxAssist Accountants offers clients to benefit from standardised systems and processes, developments in integrated cloud-based technolog...

Bright & Beautiful domestic housekeeping services, part of the Dwyer Group, has appointed Julie Gelder as VP Operations to take the business into 2018, which it plans to make its most ambitious growth year to date. Launched in 2007, Bright & Beautiful now has 55 franchises nationwide, employing over 500 people, with a multi-million-pound turnover and delivering more than 10,000 home service cleans per month. In 2017 the company became part of the Dwyer Group, one of the world’s largest parent...

Danayal Zia had been advising clients for more than 17 years with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). He enjoyed the work but had lost the passion he once felt. When he found the ActionCOACH consultancy franchise, the buzz came back and he knew this was the franchise business for him. “My last assignment with the bank was in the City of London. The City culture just wasn’t for me and I started to look around for something different. When I came across ActionCOACH, I fell in love with the organisatio...