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OSCAR Pet Foods are delighted to be recognised for outstanding customer care and awarded with the Feefo Gold Trusted Award 2022.Feefo has recognised the businesses who deliver exceptional experiences, using feedback from real customers.The Trusted Service Awards are unique as they are based purely on feedback from real customers. This means they are a true reflection of commitment to outstanding customer service. “We’re thrilled to receive this award from Feefo. It means a lot because it’s base...

Daren Moore FCCA becomes Group Managing Director, Sarah Robertson becomes Group Director and the UK Managing Director, while TaxAssist Franchisee Mike Melling is appointed as new Group Development Director.After 22 years at the helm of The TaxAssist Direct Group – which includes the TaxAssist franchise in the UK, Ireland, Australia and North America – Karl Sandall has stepped down as Group Chief Executive Director along with Phil Sullivan, Group Finance Director, who has been with the business f...

Property maintenance industry leader and one of the fastest-growing franchises in the UK, Fantastic Services, gathers partners for their Annual Franchise Conference. The event will be held for the fourth consecutive year, and due to the Pandemic will take place online through Zооm.“Our ranks grew significantly over the past 12 months, and we are confident that this year’s Fantastic Services Annual Franchise Conference will have record-high attendance,” the organisers predict.Despite the challeng...

Oven Wizards are pleased to report excellent continued growth in terms of their business in 2021Business is up 25% in the last year in terms of ovens cleaned by Oven Wizards Franchisees, culminating with our busiest December ever!We also experienced one of the best years in terms of new Wizards joining the community from Dundee in the North to Devon in the South.Martin Simpson, who started his new Oven Wizards South East Devon business in March 2021 said, “Mark Abbott and John Graham - the Oven...

Lindsay MacKenzie is the latest TaxAssist Accountants franchisee to open a new premises, operating from 1 Pinhoe Road in Exeter. In fact, Lindsay MacKenzie is not new to TaxAssist Accountants, having previously run a successful franchise in Reading. Passionate about her work, Lindsay is looking forward to becoming an integral part of the small business community in her area. “I love Exeter and am looking forward to building a life here,” said Lindsay. “My long-standing objective is to grow...

OSCAR is pleased to introduce an existing large successful pet food business opportunity for sale in Gloucestershire. This is a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. Established in the 1990s and with a large established franchise network throughout the UK, OSCAR Pet Foods is very experienced in training and supporting its franchisees. OSCAR is pleased to introduce an existing successful pet food business opportunity for sale in North Wiltshire, part of Bath, South Glou...

Leading pizza delivery franchise brand Papa John’s has launched it's latest pizza franchise store within the Bridgend near Cardiff franchise territory. Multi-unit franchisee Clif Roberson who first joined the Papa John’s franchise group back in 2016, will now operate the franchise store with the help of a newly recruited team of 20.Clif Roberson confirms: “This is the first time Papa John’s has launched in Bridgend and it’s an exciting time. It’s great that we can offer new jobs at every le...

What a big day it was for Screen Rescue as January 2022 came to a close, when the VFA22 Virtual Franchise Award winners, sponsored by Barclays were announced. Franchisor, Jaime Hilario said, “We are absolutely delighted to become an Award-Winning Franchise and are still a little overwhelmed to have picked up not one, but two highly celebrated VFA22 Awards: a GOLD WINNER and SILVER WINNER in two of the most prestigious VFA22 Award categories: Franchisee of the Year and Best Franchisee Support....

1 big company event, 2 days, 6 big announcements, 9 separate sessions, 16 corporate team members, 38 trade partners, 200+ delegates and of course one fantastic party! We introduced the world to our new Head of Operations and Experience, new Head of Sales and new Head of Marketing. Brand Ambassador and double Olympic gold medalist Daley Thompson joined us on stage to talk about the traits of winners. Add to this the launch of our next company ski trip to Aspen (our internal annual ski trip for...

Extra Help add another new franchisee to their Extra Help franchise network! Sam Bee is now the proud owner of Extra Help North West Leicestershire, launched in mid-October. Extra Help NW Leicestershire provides home-help and cleaning services in Coalville, Swadlincote and Draycott, plus the many areas in between. Originally from Nottingham, Sam now lives in a small village called Donisthorpe, just outside Ashby de la Zouch, which is right in the middle of her territory. She is married to Jam...

In October, Extra Help announced that our managing director, Claire Robinson, had won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. As a winner of a regional award, Claire was entered into this year’s national Chamber Business Awards, along with her fellow, regional award winners and now we have more exciting news to celebrate! Extra Help was chosen to receive the Game Changer Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by the British Business Ba...

A very proud moment for Onside Coaching. Lottie Jones – Director of Onside Coaching East Warwickshire was nominated for the ‘Next Generation’ Award at the HSBC British Franchise Association Awards 2021. She was 1 of 4 out of 80 applicants to be nominated. She had a day in London, filming and doing interviews, then we had an evening of celebration at the awards ceremony on the 30th November.At just 25 Lottie has shown resilience and determination to get where she is today. With little to no busin...