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With the recent travel restrictions in place, we've made a large part of our Spaghetti Maths initial training available online. You will still receive the 'face to face' time, but the pre-recorded training videos will be available for you to watch whenever you feel the need of a little reminder. A 'How to' guide to each Spaghetti Maths sessions has also been recorded. These are valuable for you to use when training your own presenters as your business grows. You will still receive the...

Finding 'Dymonds' in the COVID environment Paul Dymond launched his Agency Express franchise in June 2020. Following a diverse career ranging from a Business Analyst for a FTSE 250 company to a local courier driver, Paul was ready for a new challenge and set his sights on becoming his own boss. He like many others, Paul had begun his journey in to franchising when the COVID-19 lockdown began, but confident in his decision to buy a franchise business and undeterred he continued on his path....

Meyers Estate Agents, the UK's first 24/7 home-based agency, have recruited three new franchisees as part of its new national recruitment drive.Meyers, which has been voted as in the top 3% of UK estate agencies, is focused on helping property owners sell fast with more affordable costs and was set up as a franchise seven years ago. Since launch, Meyers has instructed more than one billion pounds of properties and is looking to capitalise on the continued growth in the sector through further exp...

Leading business process outsourcing company QX Global Group has been awarded the Master Franchise rights for Canada. TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of small business specialist accountants, and leading tax and accounting franchise, is now launching in Canada. This is following successful expansion to the Republic of Ireland, Australia and the USA. The Master Franchise rights will cover the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, wi...

New Career beginnings in 2021 for you? Hear from our founder about DNS’s plans for the year ahead Its a new year at DNS Accountants Franchise, so what better way to start the year than to hear from our Founder and Managing Partner, Sumit Agarwal. Sumit talks below about lessons learnt and reflections in 2020 and how the team are planning for growth for the Franchise and whole DNS Accountants business group in 2021 and beyond. What business lessons has the DNS Group taken from 2020 and th...

A Coronacoaster Year at Mess Around 2020 was certainly a year for everyone, or a Coronacoaster of year as Kristine Monaghan from Mess Around has called it. Unfortunately in March they had to close their messy doors to the public to protect their team, customers, the NHS and to support the government in the attempt to suppress the virus. Kristine has been running Mess Around Ltd. for over 8 years and of all the things that she thought could possibly put her out of business, a bat in China...

Why I invested in a Virtual Assistant Franchise The Alchemy Virtual Assistance family proudly welcomed on Eloise in the summer. She, like many, witnessed a sharp refocusing of priorities as a result of the pandemic. Eloise’s story is an inspiring and unusual one. Since joining Alchemy VA , she has achieved so much, in such a short space of time and with grit and grace. Eloise’s virtual assistant adventure is one that we’re very proud and delighted to share.. "I ‘fell’ into being a Virtual...

The Best Franchise Awards are based on feedback from the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark programme, coordinated by survey specialists WorkBuzz. Each year it sees thousands of franchisees answer 32 questions about their franchise ownership experience via a confidential online survey, to generate an overall Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark score. Right at Home’s owners’ feedback resulted in an overall score of 92%, putting it among the best performing franchises and leading to automatic recognit...

TaxAssist Accountants nominated for Best Franchise Award 2020 Based upon feedback from franchisees, the unique awards highlight the best possible franchises on the market. WorkBuzz gathered feedback from franchisees which ended up resulting in a '5 Star Franchise Satisfaction Award', TaxAssist Accountants has been named as a finalist in the 'Best Franchise £10m + Network Turnover' category of The Best Franchise Awards 2020/21, sponsored by Lloyds Bank. Having taken part in the 'Franchise S...

David, the last time we spoke you were undertaking the decision to concentrate on building a new CRM system, rather than franchisee recruitment. How has that experience been for you? 3 years ago, we took the decision to take Optic-Kleer franchise apart and piece it back together. We did this whilst we only had 30 franchisees. When we are ready to do so, which we are now, we can scale up fast, safe in the knowledge that the system is perfect. We tested the software for over 18months. This rem...

DREAM DOORS GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH DESPITE CHALLENGING YEAR Although 2020 was extremely difficult and challenging, THE UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company achieved a number of milestones this year. Dream Doors’ franchisee network enjoyed its highest ever monthly turnover of £7million in July. The franchisor also launched several new trading territories throughout the country, including Preston, Enfield and Uxbridge, and has opened its largest showroom in Tunbridge Wells. Among those l...

How landscaping businesses can flourish in 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a number of negative repercussions, and there has been many, however there have been some businesses in the gardening sector that had plenty to celebrate. For example, Lawn care franchise Greensleeves achieving a record-breaking year in network turnover over 2020 is one. David Truby, MD of Greensleeves, has some advice for landscaping businesses on how they can push on into 2021. "At G...