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Diddi Dance (Children's Franchise) Founder Anne-Marie Martin was awarded the highest accolade at the EWIF (Encouraging Women in Franchising) awards 2019 – Inspirational Woman Franchisor 2019, sponsored by Little Voices. We are delighted to be celebrating this most prestigious of awards for Anne-Marie at diddi dance franchise HQ. Anne-Marie was awarded the title at the EWIF ceremony, due to a hugely successful year last year, both as a franchisor, for her brand and  franchise network, an...

Mike Williams has purchased the Manchester South franchise territory for leading recruitment franchise Driver Hire.  Before deciding to become his own boss through franchising, over the past 20 years Mike has had an interesting and varied career. He joined the RAF straight from school; back in civvy street, he worked in sales, most recently for a waste management company. Along the way he’s also had previous experience of franchising, operating four highly successful Subway outlets in the...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has been named as the Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food Association (PAPA), pizza delivery chain of the year for 2019.   The award recognises the chain operators who are successfully driving the delivery/takeaway sector.   The award win was announced at a special ceremony which aimed to showcase and recognise the finest pizza, pasta and Italian food businesses across the country, held on 14 November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London....

Being part of a national theatre school franchise, the people working within it acknowledge it is a privilege to be part of the lives of children and their families. Principals of schools across the UK get the opportunity to help shape the future and leave a lasting legacy.     When students come to one of the Razzamataz Theatre franchise Schools, they truly become part of our Razz Family. It is not just about the singing, dancing and drama lessons, it is all the wonderful events...

The Best Franchise Awards announced ActionCOACH as the clear leader in the Best B2B Franchise category on Thursday 28th November, making this the second consecutive year that the world’s largest business coaching franchise took the title. It was after an independent survey of ActionCOACH’s franchise network, benchmarking scores against other franchises, placed them in the top three for franchisee satisfaction. It was then down to a panel of franchise industry experts to interview all three, agre...

FORMER England rugby union coach Sir Clive Woodward spoke about what it takes to create a winner at Dream Doors’ annual conference. Almost 300 franchisees, corporate suppliers and franchise head office support staff were in attendance for the Dream Doors franchise conference that took place at the Hampshire's Ageas Bowl Cricket Ground. Talking to franchisees within the UK's number 1 kitchen makeover franchise business was Sir Clive who said that guding the leading England's rugby union team...

Identifying the way that certain colours and styles complemented her better than others was a pivotal moment for franchisee Helen Venables. Struggling with post-natal depression, she found that a career with House of Colour provided her with a low-cost franchise opportunity that allowed her to improve her own wellbeing. Passionate about the business, Helen quickly worked her way up to become a managing director at House of Colour. Responsible for more than 100 personal stylists in the UK alone,...

Drain Doctor, the leading plumbing and drainage franchise network is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month, with plans to build on its growth and success of delivering a world class 24/7 plumbing and drainage service to thousands of domestic and commercial customers across the East Anglia Franchise territory.   Acquiring the Drain Doctor franchise territory ten years ago, franchisees Rob and Sam Simpson have achieved key milestones during this period, including steadily gro...

Driver Hire franchisees within the Guildford and Lincoln franchise territories have both renewed their franchise agreements with Driver Hire – the leading transport & logistics recruitment franchise. Sarah Matthews (Driver Hire Lincoln franchise territory) and Richard Bradshaw (Driver Hire Guildford franchise territory) have enjoyed outstanding trading over a sustained period since buying their businesses. Over the past five years Sarah Matthews and her Lincoln team have increased turnove...

Leading international pizza franchise network, Papa John’s has announced the appointment of Justin Gilbert who will take up the role of director of business development in the UK for the pizza franchise giant.  Justin Gilbert has almost 20 years’ experience in the pizza industry, having worked for both Domino’s pizza franchise group and the Pizza Hut franchise group.  He will now be responsible for Papa John’s retail portfolio including store construction, acquisition plus fr...

Homecare franchise for Right at Home within the Bournemouth and Poole franchise territory has been named Homecare Provider of the Year at The Bournemouth Daily Echo’s 2019 Proud to Care Awards. The homeacare franchise for Right at Home Bournemouth and Poole has been operating since October 2012. The homecare franchise provides high-quality care and support to people who wish to continue living independently in the comfort of their own home. It offers a wide range of person-centred ser...

Still wondering whether franchising is the route for you? Franchising is wonderful, it truly is. This business model offers would be entrepreneurs the opportunity to actually own their own business, without going through any of the heartache you may inherit through a start-up.   You're not the only one looking at buying a franchise- there have been many before you and there will be many after, that's testament in itself to how strong and reliable the franchising industry is. Some o...