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Ashtons Franchise Consulting has recently welcomed a new consultant to their team, Edinburgh based, extending Ashtons full service franchise support to clients in Scotland and beyond. Charlie Dickson, BA; MBA, has an extensive career in franchising, both as a franchisee in his early career with Esso Petroleum and then from working for a variety of franchisors in senior management positions across a number of retail, technology, automotive and E-commerce organisations. Charlie has significant...

Kavan Tankard has expanded his franchise in West Yorkshire with the launch of a new shopfront accountancy franchise office in Wibsey, Bradford. In response to growing demand from existing small businesses and new businesses starting up in the area, Kavan Tankard, along with his wife Emma and team of five decided the time was right to expand with a second shop in Wibsey. Kavan explained:  “With the accountancy franchise business going from strength-to-strength in the franchise territory...

Husband and wife team, Martin and Liz Tapley joined TaxAssist Accountants franchise in 2007, and now look after more than 300 small businesses across the area. They recently made the move to a new shop at 256 Ashley Road, within the Poole franchise opportunity, buying the freehold to ensure long-term growth in the area.Before they joined the TaxAssist franchise, Martin, who has an Accounts and Finance degree, spent 12 years working for a pub retailer as an area manager and senior...

The Massage Company™ (TMC) continues its exciting and ambitious UK category growth with the appointment of CG Funk a 25-year veteran of the massage and spa industries as a consultant adviser to its Board of Directors.CG brings experience from many roles, executive leadership, massage training school administration, massage business owner, and inspirational global speaker and teacher. CG is the former Vice President of Product Development for US based massage franchise Massage Envy. She pl...

The Massage Company has worked with CORE by Premier to launch its innovative massage membership model to the UK market Launched last April, The Massage Company’s driving philosophy is set to change the way the British public views massage treatments. The concept, successful in the US and new to the UK franchise market, brings together the idea of massage treatments fitting into people’s lives with ease of access for town centre workers and the surrounding population. “If you look at the UK, on...

Secondary franchise investment after just 3 months in business endorses SuperGlassfranchise ‘fast start’ support.‘If ever there was a perfect vindication of our commitment to start up support it has to be when afranchisee takes another franchise. Doing it within 3 months of opening their first SuperGlass franchisebusiness is the perfect testimony to indicate that we are doing things right from the get go.Investors owning multiple SuperGlass franchises is nothing new in the USA, where SuperGlasse...

Richard Bradshaw, franchisee within the  Driver Hire Guildford franchise territory, was a ‘Highly commended’ finalist in the ‘Franchisee of the Year’ category at the 2017 ‘Startups’ awards. The results were announced shortly before Christmas. Established in 2004 by ‘Startups.co.uk’, the UK’s number one service for starting a business, the awards celebrate inspiring, exciting new businesses launched within the last four years. 2017 saw a record number of entries with 77 finalists compe...

TaxAssist Accountants has been named fourth best UK franchise in a new league table published by Elite Franchise Magazine. The Elite Franchise 100 rankings were announced on December 8th, and saw TaxAssist Accountants coming ahead of household names such as McDonalds and Subway and ranking 96 places above the next best placed accountancy franchise. A panel of experienced judges including Clive Sawyer, CEO of Encouraging Women Into Franchising, and Paul Clegg, Managing Director of Coconut Cre...

The Elite Franchise 100 highlights the best franchise opportunities in the UK. It's judged by a panel of experts who compare a broad range of criteria varying from longevity and financial performance to network size, growth, support and innovation. “For Elite Franchise to set up a league table which acknowledges a deserving industry that contributes £15.1 billion a year to the British economy and employs 621,000 people (bfa NatWest franchise survey), has been a great privilege,” says Josh Russe...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced a second store opening in Plymouth. Both regional, franchised pizza delivery outlets are run by Jo and Austin Boland who now employ 50 local staff to deliver Papa John’s top quality fresh pizza to residents in the sea-side town. Jo Boland comments: “Our new Papa John’s store in St Budeaux takes over the old KFC site and so is well placed for our staff to deliver to new customers in Saltash, across the bridge into Cornwall. Some of this are...

Three Dwyer Group brands have been named in the top 100 of UK franchise businesses in the inaugural Elite Franchise 100, a league table that recognises and rates the best and brightest franchises in the UK. Countrywide Grounds Maintenance is placed at 37, the highest placed gardening and grounds maintenance business in the list. The company was launched in 1985 to provide grounds maintenance services and today has over 50 franchises and is one of the largest specialist operations of its kind.Br...

OSCAR Pet Foods has brilliant news as it launches into a year of exciting marketing opportunities. The key to being noticed, getting involved and having a presence is generated by great PR and marketing - it is the promotional shop window to any business – and as OSCAR is keen to offer extra support to new franchisees, 2018 begins with even more inspirational marketing solutions. To guide franchisees through the early stages of business development OSCAR has engaged in the services of professi...