Case Studies

Marion and her partner Dave Ogilvie from Northants and Milton Keynes joined The Christmas Decorators in 2017. Marion came from a retail and visual merchandising background for a high street chain whilst Dave runs his own roofing business but he has also been very involved in the installation side of the franchise. In the summer as a result taking in a brochure to their office, Marion was offered the opportunity to quote for a job with Milton Keynes Business Improvement district, to decorate some...

Charlotte joined The Christmas Decorators network in 2017 and has just completed her first Christmas season alongside operating with her event management business. Shortly after completing her training, Charlotte was approached by Edinburgh Airport with a request to light up the control tower. This is the first time any such job has been taken on and had to be approved by the CAA. On the day of the sales meeting, Charlotte was supported by a member of head office management who subsequently assi...

Janis became a franchisee for The Christmas Decorators in 2017 having shadowed the head office team on a couple of installations in 2016. In September she was approached by Debenhams to produce a scheme for their Glasgow store as a trial which, if successful would be rolled out across all stores for Christmas 2018. The Manchester store caught wind of what was happening and decided to be art of the experiment. Janis approached head office to come up with three possible schemes that would suit the...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s has named its Plymouth franchise territory store as the record holder, for the highest ‘pizza sales during one week’ in 2017.  The Mutley Plain outlet is run by franchisees Jo and Austin Boland, who joined the Papa John’s franchise network in 2013.  The husband and wife team employ around 60 local staff in Mutley Plain plus their new Papa John’s franchise within the franchise territory of St Budeaux, also located in Plymouth.Jo Boland explains: ...

Two new franchisees delivered via the Franchise SuperMatch lead handling serviceIt's been a fantastic month for the Franchise SuperMatch lead handling service with two recruits for the Mould Doctor franchise for March. Mould Doctor offer the opportunity to run a van based or management franchise territory and offer a unique service that's highly in demand. Mould Doctor franchisees help eradicate the ever increasing issue of mould (residential and commercial) and with new legislation being passed...

Sarah Mclachlan - Go Media Franchisee testimonial Sarah has concentrated on high end, highly profitable deals keeping her client interactions to a minimum. She has closed four large deals in four months, with one of them being the fourth largest deal ever completed by Go Media. “The training course was invaluable and the depth of products that I can provide seems endless, but for me it is the way in which we can tailor the bespoke software solutions to the exact requirements of the client,...

Sonya - Go Media Franchisee within the South East Franchise Territory  Sonya is one of our Go Media franchisees based in the South East of England franchise territory and has taken on the franchise exactly as prescribed, using networking to its maximum potential from the first day after training. Because of this tactic, Sonya has seen a steady growth of recurring income from Google AdWords and Social Media Management contract sales, mixed in with several website, e-commerce and bespoke...

I met Phil around two and a half years ago when he was just starting the UK (London) Franchise and SuperGlass became our repair vendor for the company I was then working for. I bought a franchise in October 2016 because I believe in what SuperGlass stands for, honesty and fairness and they have an excellent glass repair process as well. This is a company that is going places! The week’s franchise training by Phil was amazing, there was plenty of time for hands on franchise training, to ask...

My SuperGlass Experience Having mostly had a desk-bound job, it was a bit of a culture shock to find myself perched aloft a ladder fixing a large bullseye chip bang in the middle of a haulage truck windscreen. It was a career change my partner and I hadn’t taken lightly, but I do admit that as my five feet, one inch frame climbed to the appropriate rung I felt rather nervous as I pointed the drill bit at the screen and set about repairing the glass. It’s not until you are in a rea...

Galston and Kilmarnock-based franchisee Barry McGougan is celebrating 16 years of successBarry McGougan joined TaxAssist Accountants in 2001, having previously worked for 30 years within the public sector. He opened his first franchise shop in Wallace Street, within the franchise territory of Galston in 2004 and then a second franchise shop ten years later in the franchise territory St Marnock Street, Kilmarnock. Since 2001, Barry and his three-strong team have provided specialist tax and accoun...

Business Doctors, the SME support franchise, has launched a new rural franchise territory to cover the Lakes and Dales. Describing its offer as 'somewhere in between consultancy and coaching', the franchisor provides hands on support to owners of small and medium sized companies in every sector. The Lakes and Dales franchise territory has been bought by former FMCG director Steve Howard, who will become the franchisee for Business Doctors.  With a range of expertise from general manageme...

Signs Express, the UK’s leading signs and graphics franchise, is celebrating 25 years of franchising this year and has just welcomed their newest franchisee, Ben Walker on board. The brand-new Bristol centre opened in October and is already off to a flying start.“It’s been a busy month, getting my premises perfect for the launch of the business and I am so excited to get out in the community I love and start making connections.”Ben has a wealth of experience across many industries from diagnosti...