Case Studies

Progressive Sports, South Lancashire franchisee, James Evans tells all about his decision to join the sports coaching franchise.How have you found running your own business? I have loved running my own business. The freedom I now have to make my own decisions and knowing that what I put in on a day-to-day basis shapes the direction the business is going to head. Don’t get me wrong it’s not been all smooth sailing as the running of a business was completely new to me but learning the new skills...

Not Just Travel franchisees Natasha & James Oliphant work on their business part-time, haven’t spent a penny on ads and are still successful. They told us how they do it.Both Natasha and James are busy people. Natasha works part-time for the NHS as well as owning a beauty business. James previously worked full-time in IT. They were looking for something James could thrive in and - with travel being a combined passion of theirs - starting a personal travel consultancy was a natural choice.“We wer...

Louise Trowbridge started her The Travel Franchise agency with husband Lee after being introduced by an existing franchisee in 2017.And it’s that spirit of recommendation that’s helped make her business a success, even though she began part-time and had no prior experience. Previously working in HR and IT respectively, both Louise and Lee were fed up with their careers.“Both of us were fed up with the corporate life and the nine to five. I was making people redundant and holding disciplinaries,”...

Huge congratulations to Eve Aston, franchisee of Razzamataz Tonbridge, who is celebrating her fifth anniversary. Eve joined the Razzamataz network after a successful career as a seamstress and role within the gaming industry. With two grown up daughters, Eve has reinvented her working life to become a successful business owner. This is her story.In the beginningI was a busy mum with daughters at stage schools, which meant taking them to lots of auditions, classes and shows. I helped on the front...

Not Just Travel franchisee Jenifer Compton shares how her travel business has given her more freedom and flexibility.After a 20 year corporate career, Jenifer was self-described as burnt out by the lifestyle. She came across The Travel Franchise by Not Just Travel and immediately saw how it could help her make a change.“I’d just had enough of it,” she says. “But I didn’t want to work for anyone else. I was looking for something that I enjoyed doing or something that I was really interested in an...

Since starting her business in 2017, she’s gone from a career as a police officer to a highly trusted travel consultant. Here are her top 3 tips for following in her footsteps. 1. Don’t think of yourself as ‘just a travel agent’ Sarah explains that running a successful travel business isn’t about just booking a holiday. “If you just view it as being a travel agent and booking a holiday, it’s very two dimensional,” she says. “View your business – and what you do – as helping people have ama...

OSCAR Pet Foods County Down, Michael & Lesley Cairnduff For Michael & Lesley Cairnduff of OSCAR Pet Foods within the Co Down franchise territory, celebrating their 5th anniversary is an opportunity to recall how they have helped improve the quality of life for so many pets.“It all started back in 2017. We already knew the OSCAR brand as we had been giving it to our dogs for 20 years or so! We received a letter from our local advisors in Jan 2017 explaining that they were selling the busine...

An innovative and industry-leading development has seen in-home tutoring brand, Tutor Doctor, make significant impact in the UK school’s market. Franchisees are reaping the benefits of the new revenue stream, increasing turnover for the first half of the year by almost 30% compared to 2021. The revolutionary route to market is a result of a collaboration between the team at Tutor Doctor head office and a focus group of its franchisees. Together they created a bespoke suite of marketing collat...

Jo runs her own successful Creation Station franchise in Petersfield, Midhurst, Liss and Liphook.Since leaving a career in optics Jo has launched a successful Creation Station franchise and now never misses a parent's evening, is more available for her girls, has met many people in my local community and helped to run national events and the kids zone at Camp Bestival!“I have worked in Optics for twenty years and had no way of progressing in my career. I was ready to do something that I was pass...

Hannah changed her career to take control of her life and spend more time with her son George. Hannah not only spends more time with George but also runs her own successful Creation Station franchise and was the joint winner of the prestigious Fantastic Families award at the national Creation Station franchise awards. Hannah Goodrum studied Graphic Design at Uni and went on to enjoy a very successful career in publishing. Returning to work after maternity leave, Hannah decided she wanted more...

Read how Alexis Jervis changed her corporate career to provide arts and crafts creative experiences in South Cheshire. Alixis Jervis provides fabulous award-winning 5-Star rated arts and crafts children’s classes, parties and events in Newcastle-under-Lyme and South Cheshire, covering Newcastle, Alsager, Madeley, Betley, Weston and Woore. Alexis changed her corporate career as she was feeling ‘like a round peg in a square hole’ and she just wasn’t enjoying it anymore. Alexis has always wante...

Anne Crump enjoyed a full and varied career across the globe. Anne decided to harness all her experience, skills and talents to inspire the community where she grew up. I was a teacher for a long time (32 years, yikes!). I taught Design and Technology and Art to 7 year to 18 years. Most of my time has been spent in UK but also taught in Belgium and Malaysia as well as a short stint in Norway. Previous to teaching I gained a degree in Marketing and worked for a blue-chip company for a coupl...