Case Studies

Lakeland Verandahs Cumbria is fronted by franchisee Colin Wanley and one of the many geographical territories covered by the Lakeland Verandahs franchise network. Colin is on very different duties now to his duties of old because for 27 years he worked overseas, serving in the British Army, until he decided it was time to finally settle back down in the UK. Upon his return to Blighty, he established his own company, which specialises in cleaning driveways, patios and decking, and rejuvenatin...

The number of franchise operations Lakeland Verandahs has throughout the UK is now well into double figures and continuously climbing, and Leicestershire is amongst many regions where the decking and fencing business enjoys a well-established presence.Lakeland Verandahs Leicestershire franchisee is Davidson Knight, who spent 25 years working within a food manufacturing environment, and then for the following six years operated a family-run ecommerce floral design business.Just like so many other...

"To be honest, when I first started looking into franchises it was mainly due to curiosity. I felt stagnant within my career and had been in my current position working Part-Time for nearly 16 years with no real progression route whilst I was bringing a young family up. I researched countless franchises over an eight-month period all in different areas but kept getting drawn back to Husse."Husse ended up being a no brainer for me as I have always loved Animals and they have always been such a bi...

"It may seem a slightly mad idea to start a new business venture in the middle of a pandemic but after 30 years of working with Children in education and childcare I felt the time was right to try something new."After much searching for the right opportunity I decided to take the plunge to start a Husse Pet Supplies Franchise with my Husband Andy.Why did we choose Husse to start our business? Well, we’ve always loved owning animals of some sort (no choice when you have 4 kids!), currently we hav...

Following the country’s first lockdown back in March 2020, franchisee, Keith Harrison snapped up his onboarding date the moment lockdown lifted on 13th July and began his training at Screen Rescue head office in Suffolk. Two weeks later, Screen Rescue Stevenage opened its trading doors on 27th July 2021 winning new clients on day one. We ask Keith how he is doing one year on…Q1: How do you feel one year on running your own Screen Rescue franchise business?KH: I’m still very excited, I hon...

“No two days are the same, it’s a really good combination of office based and people based work. I have always enjoyed getting out and meeting people, and delivering excellent customer service, so this business is perfect for me”. Garry Lockwood invested in a No Letting Go franchise in 2015, and the following year won the No Letting Go Newcomer of The Year Award. Following a long career in PR and then redundancy in his early 50’s, Garry wanted a change of lifestyle.  Garry comments “Tra...

Despite the average age of franchise owners in the UK being 49, age is just a number when it comes to launching a business and certainly shouldn't be a barrier against you. At No Letting Go we have very successful branches who far exceed this age, and those who start their business with us at a much younger age. In 2016 at the age of just 21, Daniel Procter from our Gravesend and Dartford office bought his first franchise, closely followed by a second a year later. Whilst Daniel did not pla...

With lockdown and restrictions lifting over the last few months, things have started moving and changing within the business. Over the last quarter I have had to change my activity to work with the new enquiries and demands of the clients within the cleaning industry.Organic enquiries have increased and to make sure I can catch any opportunities available I will contact the customer immediately. Promptness is always noticed and appreciated by the client. The web enquiries have become noticeably...

Love Fitness, a fitness franchise with its headquarters in Henley-on-Thames, is a fan favourite of Personal Trainers who work out of the gym. Callum Johnson, a personal trainer who uses Love Fitness as his base of operations had this to say: "A key reason to being a successful Personal trainer is having the right structure at a gym so it allows the trainer to be integrated with members, demonstrate their skills and provide client leads. Out of all the previous gyms I have worked w...

With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the UK, Sheffield-based cleaning business, Poppies cleaning service, has shown how it has survived, thrived and continued to support its local community over the past 18 months. Launched 26 years ago, owner Nigel Bayliss has seen his business’s revenue grow by 160% compared to the same period in 2019. Taking advantage of the government’s flexi-furlough scheme, Nigel has not only retained the majority of his original team during the lockdowns, but he has...

Love Fitness receive some great feedback from a personal trainer who was able to grow their business thanks to the help and backing of the gym franchise. Josh Lewis has been using Love Fitness as his base of operations in order to kickstart his personal training business and had some very kind words to say about his hub."Love Fitness provided me not only with the support, but also the guidance to build a successful Personal Training Business. Their 3 free session model allowed me to meet a...

Starting with the positives from today, I have just been reconciling bank accounts and seeing payments of invoices and a healthy profit, finishing the day feeling secure that business is going well, and it has been worth the hard work. The rest of the day was a whirlwind, but that is a combination of the challenges of managing large teams of people, the problems of COVID and other sickness and absence, and our own fault in being successful in winning new contracts. We are excited to have two new...