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Charmaine Nicolson, franchisee for the Bright & Beautiful franchise network within the Wolverhampton franchise territory, an award-winning professional domestic housekeeping franchise, has been shortlisted in the ‘Start-Up Business of the Year’ category at the Black Country Chamber Awards 2019.Recognised for exceeding expectations within the first two years of trade, Charmaine joins five other finalist companies all in the running to win the award. The winner will be revealed on 15th November at...

Business coaching franchise giant, ActionCOACH, has joined the Northern Powerhouse to help boost the profile of the North as a leading location for UK business. ActionCOACH, the world’s largest business coaching franchise firm, currently have 43 ActionCOACH franchise partners in the region and their large sales office in Sheffield. “Our franchise partners based in the Northern Powerhouse region were pleased to hear our partnership had been approved. It’s their record of success with clients tha...

National fast food pizza franchise, Papa John’s has announced the appointment of Tom Allen, who will be taking up the recently established role of R&D director for the pizza franchises operations within the UK. Tom, who has a wealth of experience within the food industry, previously spending 20 years' within the sector will oversee the choices for the Papa John's UK menu that will be available throughout all of the pizza franchise locations. Tom Allen, UK R&D director, Papa John’s explains: ...

Drain Doctor®, the UK's largest full service combined domestic and commercial plumbing and drainage franchise network, donated the services from its franchisee based within the Peterborough franchise territory. The franchisees services were donated to help assist with a newly adapted home in Corby, for a family featured on BBC DIY SOS.    Based in neighbouring Peterborough, Drain Doctor franchisees attended the Big Reveal on 17th October in Corby, to welcome the well-deserved Hutchiso...

AcionCOACH, the world's largest business coaching firm, has joined the Northern Powerhouse to help encourage and boost the profile of the North as a leading location for business. “Our franchise partners based in the Northern Powerhouse region were pleased to hear our partnership had been approved. It’s their record of success with clients that helped to secure the partnership for us. The Northern Powerhouse will now support our events, generating awareness and credibility for all Action Coache...

Born and bred Sheffield based business owner, Neil Jessop, has a 15-year track record of running successful companies and now his ready to expand his offering by launching Sheffield’s first Drain Doctor franchise. Neil, a qualified plumber and gas engineer since 2013, has spent the last 6 years operating his own plumbing business where he works closely with British Gas installing and maintaining boilers. After seeing his hard work payoff and see his business flourish, Neil decided to expand h...

Papa John’s loves to be fully loaded!  The leading pizza franchise network has re-branded its UK delivery fleet of 28 trucks for the first time.  The lorries which transport the fresh pizza dough from Papa John’s state-of-the-art factory in Milton Keynes to more than 400 franchisee stores across the UK, use an average of 27 routes making two deliveries per week to each franchisee store within their designated franchise territories. They are now fully branded so loyal customers can spot...

The Driver Hire Franchise isn't just focused around delivering unrivalled recruitment services for the transport and logistics sector, it's franchisees are pride themselves on supplying much needed services such as the Driver Certificate or Professional Competence (CPC) training and Driver Risk Management as well. Although these additional services do provide additional welcomed revenue streams for the franchisees, but it also provides the foundation for the franchisees to communicate with&...

The new Mr.Electric office, run by local couple Micheal Stewart and Tracy Yarnall, will cover Newport, Abergavenny, Cwmbran, Pontypool and surrounding areas, and begain trading on the 14th of October. The entrepreneurial couple will be joined by one fully qualified electrician, providing all electrical solutions for homes and businesses in aspects of electrical repair, installation and energy saving, and including electric car charging points. After 8 years of running a successful newsagent an...

Bright & Beautiful Chester owner Silviu Bompa is celebrating 3 unique business milestones this month. Not only does this month mark the three-year anniversary for the business, a remarkable 100% increase in company turnover since 2018, but also Silviu and his team have opened a brand new shop in Vicar’s Cross.Having launched with nine members of staff in a small office in 2016, Silviu has doubled his team and now employs 18 housekeepers delivering eco-friendly cleaning, tidying, laundry and iro...

Business broker, Business Sales Plus, have recruited eleven new local business experts in just nine months. Launched in January this year, the unparalleled client-focused franchise, BSP, has prioritised its recruitment of high-calibre, director-level franchisees who can streamline support to businesses who are looking to sell. From the point of negotiation, to planning an exit strategy, and through to aftercare, the pool of talented franchisees can estimate the value of a business, understan...

Leading fast food pizza franchise, Papa John’s has opened its latest store within the Bicester, Oxfordshire franchise territory. Our new fast food Franchisee Bally Brar, now adds Bicester to his portfolio of Papa John’s franchise territories, which also includes Abingdon and Didcot. Bally who has been a franchisee since 2014, explains:  “I was always keen to run multiple Papa John’s located close to each other.  I’m now on-target to open five or six outlets in the Oxfordshire area...