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The sun is finally out, it’s a royal baby boy and the Trophy Pet Foods franchise group are delighted to welcome two new husband & wife teams as new Trophy franchisees. Mark & Justine from Trophy Pet Foods franchise territory within the Isle of Wight and Sean & Julie from the Trophy Pet Foods franchise territory in North Warwickshire.  All 4 have completed their franchise training at Trophy Pet Foods H.O. and will be on the road from this week! They join Trophy’s growing franchise team of...

Phil Gaffer, QFP, Papa John’s franchise sales and business development manager explains: “Our latest franchisee incentive deals are out most exciting to-date!  Because we know success in the first year’s trading is critical to long-term business development we have totally tailored support for franchisees setting-up.  We have come up with an incentive package specifically designed to offer as much help as possible for franchisees’ business growth during those critical early stages.” “F...

Mr Electric, the UK’s leading electrical franchise brand, is proud to announce that it has been recognised as a Government-approved installer of electric car charging points, enabling its network of franchised electrical businesses to now install and manage electrical vehicle car charging points for homes, workplaces and public areas throughout the UK.  As an authorised installer from the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and the increase in demand for electric vehicles,...

“We’ve spent years perfecting the systems, support and advice we give to our franchisees.”James Mattam has spent his entire full-time career with TaxAssist Accountants, working his way up from managing the IT and Business Development teams to his current role on the Board of Directors.With a solid track record delivering results, James joined the Board of Directors in September 2016 and is responsible for generating new business, brand development, shop fronts, marketing, practice management and...

Ableworld Colchester and Ableworld Bridgend were the two main winners at the Ableworld Franchise of the Year Awards Dinner in March. The Awards Dinner was the high point of Ableworld’s two day Annual Franchise Conference held at Wychwood Park Hotel and Golf Club, Crewe. There were speakers from the industry as well as internal presentations from key Ableworld personnel. Ableworld has recently been awarded the prestigious Which Trusted Traders endorsement and representatives from Which wer...

After just three months of trading franchisees reveal impressive results. Franchisees from  the franchise territories in Aberdeen, Barking, Cheltenham, Montrose and York recently returned to the TaxAssist Accountants franchise Support Centre in Norwich as part of their training course nurture programme to reveal solid performance figures for their practices. The franchisees all reported good results, with one franchisee matching their plan, and four franchisees forging ahead of their b...

The finalists for the Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWIF) awards have been announced, and we are so proud to have not one, but two of our franchisees make it through to the shortlist!  On Wednesday 11th April, along with many franchises who nominated their women in franchising for the annual EWIF Awards, we waited with bated breath to find out whether we had made the shortlist. We were elated to learn that we had not one, but two women listed in the EWIF prestigious list of finalists...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has opened within the franchise territory of Wrexham.  The newest high street franchise store will now employ more than 20 local staff to deliver Papa John’s top quality pizza to residents in Wrexham and the surrounding area.  “Papa John’s continues to grow in popularity and we now have well over 350 stores across the UK,” confirms Phil Gaffer, franchise sales and business development manager, Papa John’s.  “Our: “BETTER INGREDIENTS.  BET...

Shakeaway's global expansion continues again with a new store location in Citymall, El Bauchrieh, Lebanon; this is the second branch to open in Lebanon with the first branch located at Beirut Souks, Beirut.  At our amazing grand opening on Friday 30th March, the response from customers was fantastic with the first 50 lucky customers in the queue receiving a free milkshake!  Our amazing shakettes served the best hand made to order milkshakes, real fruit smoothies, fit & healthy s...

Upon consulting with the industry and key partners we have taken the decision to move the dates of the annual International Franchise show, ExCeL to April 5th and 6th, 2019.  As the industry is already aware our competitors have, for the past several years, taken the decision to move their dates to conflict with ours. To avoid limiting franchisors recruitment opportunities and causing numerous issues both financially and logistically for brands attending both events; we have decided to m...

Driver Hire franchisees have plenty to celebrate right now. The transport & logistics recruitment franchise business is celebrating another record breaking year. Turnover for the twelve months to the end of March 2018 increased by £8m to £108.5m – an 8% increase on 2016/17. Driver Hire’s 92 franchised offices contributed to the record-breaking figures with some outstanding individual performances; just short of half the network passing £1m turnover and 13 Driver Hire franchisees hitting £2m+...

Smoothie Factory International, a leader it today's juice bar industry, today announced the opening of its latest store in Sydney's eastern suburb, Bondi Beach. The new store opened Friday and is located at the iconic Westfield Bondi Junction Mall situated in one of the city's most desirable areas. The mall is only 6 kilometers from the Sydney Central Business District and home to Australia's leading retailers.The new store is 50sm in size and features a unique design in the shape of an apple wh...