Case Studies

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...

For business graduate and serial-trip-planner Paul Mellor, 31, starting his own part-time travel agency with The Travel Franchise was an absolute no-brainer.As someone who loves planning trips, it was an easy way to get paid for doing something he already enjoys doing in his spare time.“In lockdown I satisfied my urge for travel by planning a few trips to Costa Rica and America,” he says. “It was only when I returned from another trip to Sri Lanka that I realised I didn’t want to go back to a no...

Since taking the step in October 2021 to join dns accountants, Vishal Ballee has found the support he’s received from the Franchise to be even better than he’d imagined.Vishal worked for a number of large companies before franchising with dns accountants. For several years he’d nurtured the dream of running his own practice, but knew if something was worth doing it needed to be done right.Understanding the value found within the franchise industry, Vishal wanted the kind of head start on success...

Demand for holidays is massive - so why are more people coming back to travel agents instead of just booking online?Not Just Travel franchisee Andy Richardson shares his top 4 reasons travel agents are back in fashion… and why business is booming.Right now, bookings are so high it would take Andy three days to book all his clients onto their flights.There are lots of reasons so many people are back using his services, but here are just 4 of the main ones.1/ Reassurance: Customers know we’...

Not Just Travel franchisee Lloydie Gardiner shares his 3 top tips if you’re thinking about using networking to grow your business.In the middle of 2020 the pandemic was in full swing. While many businesses had to survive, travel agents had a particularly difficult time. They had to be available to refund or reschedule customer’s holidays, all while making no new revenue.It’s at times like these that support networks were vital.Thankfully, Lloydie was a member of his local BNI chapter. They conti...

Card Group is Sweden’s largest franchise export company with Master Franchisees in 45 countries worldwide. An award-winning company with 25 years of success in setting people up in business. Testimonials from the franchisees at Card Group: Card Group is a true partner that offers a fantastic business model. A fantastic opportunity for franchisees whilst delivering a reliable and profitable business for our customers. Card Group is innovative and different; its products deliver the true value o...