Case Studies

As part of The Travel Franchise’s campaign to promote the opportunities that franchising can offer women, the UK’s fastest-growing franchise tells the story of one busy mum who effectively started her homeworking travel business for free.Mum of two, Becky, made her first holiday booking in her first week after training with The Travel Franchise in December 2021. Within four months she’d taken an £80k holiday booking. By seven months she’d achieved the Travel Franchise’s unique Money-Back Chall...

Owner of ChipsAway Exeter and Torbay, Brandon Akerman, has made it to the finals of the prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards, in the ‘Next Generation’ category.Fighting for his position amongst two other entrants, Brandon is a finalist in the category which is showcasing the younger generation – specifically looking to highlight those who’ve achieved so much before even reaching 30 years old.Brandon invested in his ChipsAway franchise in 2020, aged just 21, after completing univers...

OSCAR Pet Foods are delighted to welcome their newest franchisees that have recently joined the OSCAR Network. Vincent & Christine Fry – OSCAR Pet Foods Weymouth “With years of dog training and small animal pet care behind us, we moved from South Africa in search of a more exciting work/life balance. “When OSCAR Pet Foods popped up on social media with its carefully selected British ingredients and unmistakably honest approach to pet nutrition, we were struck by the company’s 30-year succes...

Meet some of GoCruise & Travels current franchisees. With a network of over 60 franchisees and the backing of our parent company, Fred. Olsen Travel, GoCruise & Travel is one of the UK’s premier travel agents. “Garry and I bought our franchise 7 years ago after thinking about it for quite a while. We spoke to some good friends of ours, who are also Franchisees, and they told us all about the company and how GoCruise & Travel feels like a family. We were a bit dubious about this but it’s tru...

UK Prestige Car Brokers franchisees Steve Jewel explains why he would recommend them to any one looking at a franchise opportunity within the motoring sector.“From a Regional Director’s perspective I cannot recommend UK Prestige Car Brokers highly enough. Having come on board not long before the country was locked down and industries ground to a halt; the support, teamwork and advice I have received is second to none. The hard work over the past 7 months is now starting to pay off and I’m confid...

As we all know (or can only imagine), being a single parent is tough. When Chris Scoble’s wife, Jo, died at the young age of just 38, Chris suddenly found himself in this very position – the sole carer for his son Alfie, just three years old at the time.Returning to work in the City and commuting daily from his home in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, was not only unsustainable, it was no longer feasible – who was going to take Alfie to school; be there for pick ups and the school holidays? Who would be...

Female entrepreneur Sharon Thandi opened her first Anytime Fitness gym earlier this year in what has been a successful return to the world of franchising. Having previously been a franchisee with Dominos, Sharon wanted to pursue her passion of health and wellbeing by starting her own independent food brand. With the launch of this brand being a long-term project, as well as unfortunately coinciding with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sharon turned back to franchising to run a second bus...

Dan Cholewinski & Luke Curtis of VAST Commercial Finance joined the Brokerplan Academy network in November 2021 under our ‘Professional’ commercial finance package. We spoke to Dan Cholewinski to find out how they have found the first year and a half of being in the network. 1. What was the deciding factor when you originally joined the Brokerplan Academy? We were looking to invest in a long-term venture. When we first made contact with Brokerplan we were very impressed with the camarade...

All new franchise owners undertake thorough and wide-ranging training that ensures they are well equipped with essential knowledge, facts, and comprehension to maximise the opportunities for their businesses. The all-inclusive programme focuses on understanding the market, selling Betterclean services and covers all sales and marketing and administrative systems. Betterclean Services Dudley is now being operated by our new Franchisees Tom and Humera! "The support on offer was a huge appeal,...

Banana Moon Nunhead became a reality after I first came in contact with Banana Moon in 2012, as I was looking for an investment opportunity. I had no background in childcare but have a great passion for it. I strongly believed that, for a sector as sensitive and as regulated as childcare, franchising is the right way forward. My 9 years’ experience in the sector has only confirmed that belief beyond doubt.I had a great impression meeting Mark and Mike, where they explain the whole process o...

With commissions being among the highest in the industry, selling a cruise can be big business for a travel agent.But did you know you could be a travel agent in your spare time, and specialise in cruise, by simply investing in a franchise?Robert Craig joined The Travel Franchise in 2021 and runs his home-based Not Just Travel agency in Scotland alongside his full-time job as a sales and marketing director.“My travel agency business supplements my main income so that I can use what I get from se...

On April 3rd 2023, Acacia Homecare Franchise signed another franchisee into its ever expanding network. Husband and wife team Reena Samuel and Samuel Matthews are now the proud business owners of Acacia Homecare Southampton. Reena has been a care work and then a nurse for the NHS for over 20 years and Samuel has been in the healthcare management industry for over 10 years. With their background and experience and the desire to do something for themselves as well as the community,...