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Richard Chatten International Support Officer at TaxAssist Accountants gains Qualified Franchise Professional (QFP) status.After a years’ study and an interview with a panel of industry experts, Richard Chatten has been awarded the qualification, bolstering the already highly experienced and qualified team at the Norwich based Support Centre. Richard is the third member of staff at TaxAssist along with Karl Sandall CEO and David Paulson Senior Manager UK & International Franchise Development to...

The Sheffield-based oven valeting firm is expecting to double its turnover after driving forward expansion plans by investing in its workforce and infrastructure.Ovenu Sheffield South, which serves Chesterfield, Dronfield and Sheffield, has taken on a sub-contractor, as well as having purchased a new van, to keep up with increased demand, following year-on-year growth of 40%.Paul Paling, who operated Ovenu Sheffield South between 2004 and 2007, has re-joined the firm having worked as a manager o...

Thriving Warrington business is celebrating after being recognised for its customer service and reaching a significant milestone.Oven valeting firm Ovenu Warrington has now received 3,000 glowing reviews and client testimonials from homeowners and business owners in the town, since it was established nine years ago.Its experienced team of oven valeters, comprising Paul and Andrea Clark, has been highly praised for its exemplary level of customer care and premium quality service, which has made t...

September proved to be a month to remember for Driver Hire’s franchisees. The leading transport & logistics recruitment franchise specialist’s nationwide franchise network chalked up turnover of £10.7m – an all time record in the company’s thirty plus years of trading.Individually, across the franchise network, seven offices have already passed £1m turnover for the first half year. In addition nearly half of Driver Hire’s 103 office network have passed £500k, putting them on course to achieve £1...

Does franchising terminology make sense to you? Don’t worry if it doesn’t, the trusted Franchise Supermarket team is here to help. Area Developer – A franchisee that has the rights to expand in a designated franchise region or territory by either hiring sub franchisees or multiple managed franchise outlets. bfa – The British Franchise Association was set up by Business Format Franchisors in an attempt to regulate the franchise industry on an ethical basis. The bfa grant memberships to t...

The Envirovent Franchise is a British Manufacturer and Ventilation specialist, EnviroVent will be launching their new 30 second TV commercial nationally across the UK in October. EnviroVent will be appearing to consumers on major terrestrial channels including More4 and UKTV which broadcasts digitally across 11 TV channels including Dave, Gold, Home, Yesterday and Drama. This year will also see us launching our TV campaign onto Channel 4 which is a signal of the growth and popularity of EnviroV...

The Right at Home UK care franchise owners have delivered fantastic feedback on the 2016 Annual Conference, describing two days “full of inspiration and energy.” The network of 40 franchise owners joined the full Head Office franchise team and several of their key suppliers for a busy agenda themed around ‘Making a Difference.’ Highlights included a Top Performers Question Time, which allowed the group to share best practice and enabled less experienced owners to draw on strategies that have p...

Matthew and Jenny Snell from Trophy Pet Foods Franchise Swindon & North Wiltshire Ltd and Trophy H.Q. had the most amazing evening at the British Franchise Association Franchisee of the Year Awards. Each of the 20 finalists received their award on stage with individually picked walk on music appropriate to their business and a video clip of their presentation day. We were also treated to a beautiful dinner and drinks and everyone, in our view, was a winner.Twenty of the UK’s best franchising ent...

The Annual bfa & HSBC Franchisee of the year awards took place on the 29th September at Birmingham Town Hall. The Annual gala dinner takes place a day before The National Franchise Exhibition at the NEC Arena in Birmingham. The overall Franchisee of the Year award for 2016 went to the Revive! Auto repair franchise from the franchise territory of Cambridge. Pip Wilkins, bfa chief executive commented; “Every year the standard gets better and it gets harder to make our decisions. Our winners sho...

Join Right at Home for an exclusive Discovery Evening with HSBC, to explore a management franchise that makes a really positive impact on your local community. Where? Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham NEC, B40 1NT.When? Wednesday, October 12th from 6.30pm – 9.30pm. What?- An introduction to the Right at Home UK quality home care franchise- Financing a franchise – a short presentation by HSBC - Buffet, refreshments and a chance for one-on-one conversations.How? Pre-booking is essential as places are...

Nick Williams, an experienced franchise professional heads Ashtons Franchise Consulting, who are bfa affiliated experts, formed originally in 1981 and with decades of know how to shares some thoughts In principle, more or less every business, whether it is service, business to consumer, business to business, technical, professional or hospitality focussed can be franchised. But should you look to franchise your business? That’s the key question There is real opportunity when you grow a busines...

Franchising is one of three business strategies a company may use in capturing market share and to enhance its position with its competitors, in some cases franchising can be used to monopolise their sector. The others are company owned units or a combination of company owned and franchised units.Franchising is a business strategy for recruiting and retaining customers. It is a marketing system for creating an image in the minds of current and future customers about how the company's products an...