Case Studies

Sahadeo Narine has been a businessman for over 20 years, involved in livestock production, property rental and retail trade, all family owned and managed with the assistance of his wife, both of whom have an accounting background.  “My obvious next choice was my own retail, however, having attended a franchise seminar in the West Midlands and after perusing the BFA website we decided that a franchise will give us a great head start”. He researched franchises both within and outside the...

60 seconds with Get Ahead Berkshire & North Hampshire Regional Directors, Suzanne and Kristy, who will be running the new Get Ahead VA office together. Name: Kristy Roff Area(s) of expertise: Customer relationship management and project management. I am creatively process-driven with a commercially focused media marketing background. When and why did you join Get Ahead VA? Following over a decade in the IT industry, I longed for an opportunity to take total control of the success my career, a...

Amrit Rahi-Deogun launched Tutor Doctor within the Greenwich franchise territory in August 2017. In less than two years, she has over 100 tutors on the books and the number of families she works with has almost doubled year-on-year through her tutoring franchise. The mother-of-two puts her success down to her experience working in education, within both schools and youth services – supporting children with their learning. After realising this passion could become her business, Amrit has never lo...

Unit Franchise Partner Rasa Dzovalaite explains her reasons for joining Entrepreneur Magazines number 1 ranked cleaning brand. 

Nicky’s award is swift recognition of how to make an immense impact as a BforB networking franchisee! If businesswoman Nicky Thomas needed any convincing she had done the right thing by buying a BforB franchise, it came when she was named the networking organisation’s franchisee of the year, beating off fierce competition to secure the award. Nicky was chosen as a reward for her success in setting up successful business networking franchise groups within the franchise territories of Grimsby, D...

The Drain Doctor Plumbing franchise network, part of Neighbourly – the world’s largest franchisor of home service brands, is celebrating 25 years in business, with plans to build on its success across the North West franchise territory.  franchisee Kevin Preston began his career at his grandad’s plumbing business in Blackpool and then went onto run it in 1994.  It was at this point that Kevin had a change in career, not industry, and bought a Drain Doctor franchise for his specific fr...

Right at Home Solent is shortlisted for national Customer Engagement Award Home care franchise provider Right at Home within the Solent franchise territory has been shortlisted for the Customer Engagement Award at the prestigious bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, to be held at the Vox, Birmingham, on 27th June 2019. Right at Home within the franchise territory of Solent, which covers Southampton, Fareham, Gosport and New Forest East, is run by husband and wife duo, Kev and Amy Popat. As well...

“I’ve always loved having pets around and love walking dogs so I knew I wanted a job like this. I was employed by Scamps & Champs for 4 years and loved going out, meeting new people, walking their dogs and taking care of their pets for them while they were at work or on holiday. When Lesley, Scamps & Champs Founder, mentioned she was going to start offering franchises, I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me. I got to become my own boss and fit in my hours around my lifestyle. I took...

If you’re looking to buy an established business for sale in NW Kent & SE London then this is an ideal opportunity for you. This fantastic Signs Express centre has been operating for 14 years and has been built up successfully by the current owners. The business has grown steadily over the years and has a highly skilled team of experienced staff in place. Ideal for any new owner.  Name: Matt Scott Location: Dartford Franchise: NW Kent |& SE London Date launched the franchise:...

Following in the footsteps of several other Autosmart Regional Business Managers, Tom Gerard is making the leap and becoming an independent business owner with Autosmart. Tom spent 14 years of his career supporting the Autosmart network of franchisees grow their own profitable, sustainable and recession-proof businesses. He understands the Autosmart franchise model inside out and jumped at the chance of becoming a franchisee in his home town of Leeds. Tom takes on a very well established bu...

Mike Parker takes the reins on the Cwmbran franchise in South Wales. Mike spent his whole career in engineering, most recently in the position of Projects Director for a lifting and tipping company. Mike tells us, “Becoming a Projects Director gave me just the confidence I needed to believe that I could become my own boss. I wanted to secure my future and be in control of my own destiny and I knew that I was capable of going it alone. I looked around at electrical wholesaling businesses and at...

Matt Stokes takes on the established Autosmart franchise close to where he grew up in Ashford. Working in Telecom Sales for 30 years, Matt wanted to leave the office behind and become his own boss. After carrying out research on van-based franchises, he quickly realised that his stars were aligned with Autosmart’s. Matt comments, “It became apparent that Autosmart were head and shoulders above the rest. They’re an established brand whose franchise offers monthly repeat sales and more importantl...