High Street Retail Franchises

Prior to operating the OAKA Vending franchise, Guy and Jack were on their way to completing their Master's programme at the University of Edinburgh. They discovered OAKA Vending and decided to take on the Edinburgh territory. Guy and Jack started their OAKA Vending in the midst of COVID in 2020 and have installed 15 machines across Edinburgh in under 2 years. Following the success of Edinburgh, Guy has now decided to partner up with other like-minded individuals to bring OAKA Vending to Manche...

Droitwich Spa is the latest store opening for Papa John’s multi-unit franchisee Atif Maroof Zar. A love of great pizza has united Atif with his brothers Umair Ramay and Amir Maroof who together now run ten Papa John’s including Evesham, Stratford Upon Avon, Redditch, Bromsgrove and now Droitwich Spa, employing over 100 team members. Atif Maroof Zar who previously worked at two rival pizza firms and also managed a Papa John’s, before he became a franchisee in 2017 explains: “Droitwich Spar is a...

Love Brownies, an award-winning chocolate brownie and café brand with operations in 18 UK locations, is set to attend the International Franchise Show on 8-9th April at London’s ExCeL centre.Established in 2009, Love Brownies is a multi-award-winning business focused on high-quality products and exceptional customer service, and it’s looking for like-minded franchisees to grow the brand across the UK.The family-run business, which started on owner and head-baker Chantal Teal’s kitchen table in I...

After 22 successful years in HR, David Walker became a travel consultant with The Travel Franchise and with zero experience just made over a million in commission. David had a highly successful 22 year career working abroad in HR. But, on returning to the UK, he discovered that path was something he was no longer interested in pursuing. After much deliberation, he decided he’d love to open his own travel agency. There were just a few problems: Despite being well travelled, he’d never sold a...

Pizza franchise Papa John’s has unveiled a new look to its branding with the refresh of the Potters Bar store.The updated logo takes out the word "pizza" and removes the green border around "Papa John's." It is replaced simply with: "Papa Johns" in block red letters. The logo also loses the possessive apostrophe resulting in a fresh modern feel.“We are excited to introduce a new look to our branding which will be gradually rolled out across our 500 plus stores in the UK, starting with Potter Bar...

Pizza franchise Papa John’s has opened in Carlton, Nottingham. Multi-unit franchisee Sukhy Bains now makes Carlton his ninth Papa John’s.“I joined Papa John’s in 2010 and with the help of my wife Kam and three daughters have built the business over the years. We live in Nottingham, but no Papa John’s was able to deliver to our own home, so we went about changing that! The new Carlton store is close to our other stores and now means we pretty much have the Nottingham area covered!“The key to our...