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Mr. Electric, the UK’s leading electrical franchise brand and part of Neighbourly, has brightened up the Cornwall National Animal Welfare Trust, by powering up a new area for staff and visitors to utilise. Electrical work was also carried out on several broken dog kennels. Having acquired the portable cabin last summer, the space remained empty for over eight months until the fundraising team tasked themselves with getting it up and running. To speed up the process, the centre got in touch with...

Announcing the NatWest EWIF Award 2019 Finalists Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWIF) is an organisation focusing their time and energy on supporting women who are looking for a route into the franchising industry. Each year EWIF hosts an Annual Awards Ceremony celebrating the achievements of women across the franchising industry. We are proud to announce the finalists for this year’s NatWest EWIF awards, and would like to thank everyone who entered! The entries we received were out...

Scamps and Champs are pleased to announce a new branch will be opening in Reigate from November. Simon Ellis, husband, father and proud owner of Bonnie, a 5 month old Cocker Spaniel, will be offering dog walking, pet sitting and dog home boarding services to all pets in the Surrey area. Simon, after losing his two best friends, his Springer Spaniels and then the death of his father, decided to follow his passions and love of animals and this led him to Scamps and Champs. “I love animals and...

Scamps and Champs become members of the Pet Industry Federation! So who are the Pet Industry Federation? The Pet Industry Federation is a professional organisation that are leaders within pet industry. Offering companies specialist support and training in the following areas; dog grooming, pet retail, kennel and cattery management and assistance with pet trade events. The Pet Industry Federation are the top pet-industry specialists in the United Kingdom and therefore we are extremely proud...

Multi-award-winning chartered accountants and financial services organisation,  d&t, has been named as the platinum sponsor of the British Franchise Association’s (bfa) Conference to be held on 27 & 28 June at the Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham. This year, the bfa has redesigned its conference programme to make it more engaging to maximise the value to franchise businesses.  With more expert speakers than ever before, as well as interactive franchising panels, plus educational works...

Neighborly, the world’s largest franchisor of home serviced franchise brands, has enjoyed a bumper start to 2019 by adding three new franchisees to its Drain Doctor franchise network, bringing the number of locally-owned and operated franchise territories across the UK to 55.    Shaun Bartlett, James Light and Will Melliard all acquired their franchise in the first three months of this year and are now providing a 24/7 world class plumbing and drainage franchise service to loca...

Ed Pockney, franchisee at leading transport & logistics franchise recruiter, Driver Hire for the Uxbridge franchise territory, is in line for a national award. He’s one of the finalists in the 2019 bfa (British Franchise Association) HSBC Franchise Awards, in the ‘Business Transformation’ category. His nomination is well deserved. Since buying the franchise in 2014, Ed has made it one of the top twenty performers in the Driver Hire network, with annual turnover well in excess of £1.5m. His targ...

The EWIF Awards 2019, sponsored by NatWest, are back with a bang. This year’s keynote speaker is a formidable business woman; a sensitive and empathic powerhouse. Introducing, Penny Power OBE, author of: Business Is Personal: Be the Leader of Your Life and Business. Taking place in London, on Wednesday 1st May 2019, is the 9th NatWest EWIF Awards. This is the biggest event in the EWIF calendar, allowing us to celebrate some of the wonderful achievements of women within franchising. Achievements...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has opened a pizza franchise within the franchise territory of Clacton-on-Sea. New Franchisee, Manzoor Hussain now runs three Papa John’s pizza franchise stores within the Norwich franchise territory plus the new outlet in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the help of his brother Muhammad Arslan and a team of 80 staff across the four franchise stores.   “We are looking forward to a busy summer season!” confirms Papa John’s franchise, Manzoor Hussain. ...

Cleaning entrepreneur Sarah Reeves has been named as one of only three franchisees to be shortlisted for a national award which recognizes franchise owners going above and beyond for their customers. Sarah owns the Buckinghamshire Bright & Beautiful franchise territory professional housekeeping franchise, which delivers eco-friendly cleaning, tidying, ironing and laundry services with the highest standards of security and service across the region. She is now one of only three franchisee...

Franchise SuperMatch is extremely proud to partner with Inleaf during the relaunch of its fantastic franchise offering. Inleaf have a proven concept that really works, as demonstrated through successful trading from franchisees based in Manchester and Milton Keynes. Inleaf franchisees design, supply and maintain plant displays – and related products and services – to client’s business and homes.  Key products include: Office plants – interior plants for workplaces, receptions and...

A strong performance, ahead of expectations, as we start to unlock Metro Rod’s potential  Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), an international multi-brand franchisor, is pleased to announce its full year audited results for the year ended 31 December 2018.   Financial highlights  Revenue increased by 43% to £35.5m (2017: £24.9m). Fee income increased by 41% to £17.9m (2017: £12.7m).  Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 37% to £3.7m (2017: £2.7m). Ad...