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Leading recruitment franchisor Driver Hire has further proof that it is one of the UK’s top franchise businesses, collecting bronze in the ‘Franchisor of the Year’ category at the 2018 bfa HSBC Franchise Awards.  This was the 12th time in the last 13 years that Driver Hire has been a finalist and an award winner in three out of the last four years. Olympic and world track cycling champion, Sir Chris Hoy, presented the awards which took place at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre....

The Franchising Centre has been named the Team of The Year at the British Franchise Association Conference which took place on Friday the 29th June at the ICC in Birmingham. Following a year of transition, The Franchising Centre has been announced at the winner of the Team of The Year by the British Franchising Association, the UKs voluntary self-accrediting body for the UK franchise sector. The award recognises the company that demonstrates how the development or implementation of strategy hel...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced the opening of its new Sunderland franchise territory store.  It will be run by Sukhbir Gill and his business partner Lakhwinder Singh (Lucky) who also now also manage four other Papa John’s franchises including the franchise territory in Skegness. “I joined Papa John’s franchise network from a rival pizza firm where worked for eight years,” explains Sukhbir Gill.  “The Papa John’s franchise was attractive because it is growing s...

The Massage Company (TMC) is set to expand their UK store base and launch their second centre with a £500,000 investment in Tunbridge Wells. Massages available in the 14 treatment rooms are  Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports & Maternity massage all available 7 days a week, 12 hours a day (except Sunday, 10am – 6pm). There is also a duo treatment room which allows couples or friends to experience a massage together which is very popular for birthdays and special occasions. TMC believe in offerin...

In celebration of Armed Forces Day 2018 on 30 June, Dwyer Group, one of the world’s largest parent companies of home service brands, is launching VetFran in the UK, a new franchising program that offers military veterans a new pathway to business ownership and civilian life.  VetFran, which was originated by the Dwyer Group in the United States over 27 years ago, is a program to thank the men and women for their service to our country and assist those interested in franchising to make a sm...

Why not join a franchise which offers the ability to create that balance! Take the example of Louise, our Christmas Decorator's Birmingham franchisee: Four years ago, Louise had a very demanding and stressful events management job at Birmingham University. Louise had reached a point where she was looking for a career change where she could run her own business but more importantly provide the work/lifestyle balance she was looking for. It helps to be passionate about Christmas and that passio...

With the World Cup 2018 now underway and England two games in, Drain Doctor, the UK's leading full service combined commercial and domestic plumbing and drainage organisation, recently launched a ‘World Cup’ marketing campaign for its network of over 50 franchise locations across the UK.  Drain Doctor, which is part of the Dwyer Group UK’s family of brands, has made a significant marketing investment to push its brand story and core values since the master licence in the UK was reacquired...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee, Amit Abhol (Rana), plans to open 20 Papa John’s by 2020. “These are ambitious goals but realistic ones,” confirms Rana who is no stranger to the pizza industry. Rana was previously employed at a rival firm, based out of Northern Ireland, working his way up from taking phone orders to regional operations director over 15 years. “Our latest opening in Solihull is just the start!” he explains. “We have completely re-fitted the store a...

Farrah Rose, Director of International Franchise Development with The Franchising Centre, travelled to Malta last month to join Her Excellency, Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca, the President of Malta, before flying to Lisbon to join the President for a state visit at the Hotel Corinthia. The purpose of the Presidential visit to Lisbon was primarily to re-establish Portuguese-Maltese trade proposals and re-establish a commitment to work towards improved economic, political and cultural relations bet...

Whilst the football world’s attention is on Russia right now, sneaking in just ahead of the big kick-off in Moscow, was leading transport & logistics’ recruitment franchise, Driver Hire’s own football tournament. However, rather than Volgograd, this one was played out in Tamworth. Organised by Driver Hire Gatwick’s franchisee, Nic Chaviaris, and his office team, along with 90 minutes of non-stop goalmouth action, the aim of the day was to raise money for Driver Hire’s Benevolent Fund. It undoub...

Kaspa’s - Ones to watch “Horizons’ biannual Ones to Watch research tracks the emergence and growth of new eating out brands once they reach five units through their period of critical growth to 25 outlets. Brands qualify for inclusion if they’ve shown growth of at least 20% over the previous three years combined.” “Dessert café Kaspa’s emerged as one of the fastest growing brands in Ones To Watch. The franchise concept, specialising in ice creams, waffles and milkshakes grew from two sites in...

The University of Winchester recently invited the Dwyer Group, one of the world’s largest franchise organisations, to an event organised by its Business School to allow final year business students to present their pitch projects to a panel of industry experts. One of the experts on the judging panel was Joshua Barker of the Dwyer Group, who also took the opportunity to speak to many of the students about the importance of values in the business world and the advantages of franchising as a pote...