Case Studies

Get Ahead Leeds franchisee celebrates the third anniversary of achieving her dream to run her own business.Get Ahead Leeds, led by franchisee Fiona Ibbetson, is celebrating its’ third anniversary after launching in January 2018. Fiona Ibbetson had always wanted to run her own business. After 20 years of managing teams and delivering exceptional customer service across multiple sectors, Fiona discovered the Get Ahead franchise and knew she had met her perfect match. Three years have since fl...

David, the last time we spoke you were undertaking the decision to concentrate on building a new CRM system, rather than franchisee recruitment. How has that experience been for you? 3 years ago, we took the decision to take Optic-Kleer franchise apart and piece it back together. We did this whilst we only had 30 franchisees. When we are ready to do so, which we are now, we can scale up fast, safe in the knowledge that the system is perfect. We tested the software for over 18months. This rem...

We joined Spaghetti Maths in January 2020 with our territory in the Knebworth area. We both loved the idea of working with young people and really enjoyed the activities that David and Andy showed us when we visited them in Nottingham. Alex even joined in with one of the sessions and knew right away it was for us.  After the initial training, which covered everything we needed to know to get started, we were booked into our first schools almost immediately. They are so much fun to delive...

I was looking for new opportunities when Spaghetti Maths popped up! I love working with children and Spaghetti Maths seemed like such fun! The team at Spaghetti Maths supported me through the whole process and delivered a great initial training program. It included everything I needed to know to get started from marketing to activity delivery. By day two I was even contacting my first schools! Although I've only just set up my business I'm really excited about the future. I can't wait to st...

I started operating Spaghetti Maths in the Coventry area in February 2019. Within the first 3 months I achieved 50% of my investment as turnover! The Spaghetti Maths team at head office helped me to set up the business which was crucial for my success, and I am able to seek and get solutions for any issues in running my Spaghetti Maths business. It's my 4th month and I started running 9 clubs for the summer term which is a remarkable achievement. The good thing is that I've had to double some...

Our first few months with Betterclean has gone better than expected given the current circumstances we find ourselves in.We have managed to secure several contracts during the past few months. We were delighted with our first contract which was a Primary school which provides us with 60 hours per week! Followed by 3 x offices, a Warehouse and retail store! We have also started to expand our team and have employed 5 members of staff which are all hard working and reliable.From when we started in...

Franchisee Case Study with John Houghton After 20 years helping build Enterprise Car Rentals into a UK market leader, John Houghton was enjoying a great corporate career with all the perks. What he really wasn’t enjoying however, were the 80-hour weeks, the five-hour daily commute and not spending enough time at home with his family. The 20-year work anniversary seemed like the appropriate time to try and reclaim some balance. “I was confident that I wanted to have my own business, rather than...

Despite the difficulties posed to the lawn care franchise network over the course of 2020, Greensleeves has welcomed two new franchisees to their network of lawn care providers capping off a record-breaking year for the lawn care company. The new franchisees, Dan Anslow and Richard Howell, will be taking over existing franchise territories in this established franchise network. The pair, who are new to the gardening sector, have just completed their initial franchisee training with Greensleeves...

On the face of it, the end of yet another lockdown with an uncertain winter ahead, may not seem like the best time to start your own business. For a franchise opportunity like Granite & TREND Transformations, however, things have never looked more promising! Back when the first lockdown started, we were all uncertain about what would happen and a lot of businesses had to re-evaluate how they worked. None of us knew how this was all going to affect our business. We worked hard to help our franch...

Like every other one of us, Martin Lawton had no idea what lay just around the corner when he launched his Jackson Fire and Security franchise back in September 2019. So how has he got on in what quickly became an exceptional backdrop for anyone starting up a new business? Prior to taking on the franchise, Martin had a varied career background working for over 20 years in building services both in the public and private sector and then more recently as an Asset Manager for Heathrow Airport. But...

After over 20 years as a head teacher and schools inspector in North Wales, Welsh speaker Eifion Watkins is putting his management skills to good use in a whole new career as owner of Revive! Gogledd Cymru. He had always planned to retire from teaching at the age of 55, so with retirement from Ysgol Gynradd Bodern looming, two years ago he set about planning the next phase of his life. Retiring completely wasn’t an option. He didn’t want to become one of those men who, as he puts it ‘just wa...

Choosing the right franchise isn’t something that can be rushed. Ian Scott, owner of Revive! Glasgow took eight months to look carefully at all of the franchise opportunities of interest to him before deciding that Revive! was THE one. He said: “ From initial conversations and dialogue with Revive! I got a feel for the culture, ethos and values within the business and that really attracted me. There’s a real team there with openness, trust and transparency, and that’s what drove my decisi...