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Having successfully established TaxAssist Accountants in Gloucester 11 years ago and expanding into Cheltenham last year, Chris Hutchings has sold his business to Rob Little. This franchise resale is TaxAssist Accountants’ fourth in the last 12 months, highlighting that after more than 20 years of continuous growth, franchisees are starting to retire, or realise the asset they have grown. Rob has taken over the shops on Bristol Road in Gloucester, and Hewlett Road in Cheltenham, and will cont...

Samantha Skyring, previously one of TaxAssist’s Technical Managers, moves to new positionTaxAssist Accountants has strengthened the support for its 200-strong network of accountants with Samantha Skyring joining Steve Mack and Phil Jesse in the Franchise Development Team. Samantha, who is ACCA qualified joined TaxAssist Accountants in 2014, having previously worked as a senior accountant in practice. For the past three years, she has gained an in-depth knowledge of the network, delivered traini...

TaxAssist Accountants delighted to have been named as a finalist in the Business to Business category of The Best Franchise Awards 2017 Following its recent '5 Star Franchise Satisfaction Award' and as a result of feedback from its franchisees gathered by Smith + Henderson, TaxAssist Accountants has been named as a finalist in the 'Business to Business' category of The Best Franchise Awards 2017, sponsored by Lloyds Bank.Having taken part in the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark survey earlier i...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced it has opened a franchise unit within the franchise territory of Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Former pizza delivery driver: Siddhartha Chirumamilla (Sid), became a franchisee five years ago and runs Papa John’s in the South East of England plus the Scottish Rutherglen, Glenrothes and now Kirkcaldy. Sid has plans to open four further Papa John’s franchise units in Scotland over the next few months.Phil Gaffer, QFP, franchise sales & busine...

Signs Express, the UK’s leading signs and graphics franchise, had a lot to celebrate at their annual Convention held recently at the prestigious Hilton Deansgate Hotel in Manchester. Not only is the award-winning franchise celebrating its 25th anniversary of franchising, the first franchisee, Nick Dawes, still with the business today, but also its best-ever turnover in the company’s history. Managing Director and qualified franchise professional (QFP) Craig Brown, used the opportunity of t...

Earlier this month, Transmit exhibited at the Startup Summit in Edinburgh – a hugely successful event that brought together 1,000 entrepreneurs and 40 exhibitors, featuring prestigious speakers across three stages and delivering nine workshops.If you didn’t make it along this year, we’d highly recommend putting this event in your calendar as a must-attend event next year.Transmit has helped 2311 entrepreneurs start their own business with funding over £22.7million.

Barking Mad Dog Care’s Franchisee of the Year, Melissa Sincock, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the pet services’ category of the Pet Industry Federation‘s Pet Industry Awards! Melissa’s 5* dog sitting business, Barking Mad Middlesex, offers dog holidays with excellence in customer service and a thriving, dog loving ‘Host Community’. Lee Dancy, Managing Director and founder of Barking Mad Dog Care franchise group, the UK’s number one dog sitting franchise service (Source: Trustpilot) ex...

The Accreditation Unit (DQSE) recently accredited the Malta branch of the international Helen O’Grady Drama Academy at Level 3 of the Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) for its Development through Drama programme in non-formal education.Registered students aged nine and upwards attending the acclaimed development programme will achieve an award pegged at MQF level 3, which is similar to an O’level, after succeeding in a number of attainable modules. The new Helen O’ Grady credit will be recogn...

Nadeem Iqbal, who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Walthamstow, scooped top honours at the SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards, where he was presented with the Best Personal Accountancy Firm (London) award.The 2017 Greater London Enterprise Awards recognise the accomplishments of businesses from a diverse range of industries, showcasing the best and brightest the region has to offer. Nadeem Iqbal, who set up TaxAssist Accountants in Walthamstow, six years ago at 390 Hoe Street and opened a...

The Futsal Partnership is proud to announce that it has now signed its first two international Areas in India and Eire, with a number of live enquiries from other parts of the world that will be followed up during the next acceptance of franchisees.We are only accepting a further 5 with a January start with over 40 live enquiries already.Both of our latest franchisees in Leeds and Canterbury are flying and beating their budgeted numbers and expectations."After leaving university with a first cla...

What’s been cooking at Oven Wizards Annual Conference? The Wizards got together last month for their Annual Conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, with the theme for the day being “Anything Could Happen”. The Conferences have become bigger and better over the years with lots of sharing of ideas to find better ways of working, during the business meeting in the afternoon and later at the social event in the evening. Clive Perrett who runs the Bristol North Territory said, "Just a quick thank-yo...

Colourfence, the franchise that supplies weatherproof and low-maintenance fencing, has reported a 59 percent increase in visitors to its website. 101 percent of these come from coveted ‘organic searches’. But more importantly, explains Digital Marketing Manager Graham Bowers, these visits are leading to enquiries for the company’s 55 franchisees.“Colourfence’s website ranks 1st on 55 key search terms on Google, Bing and Google Mobile, and it also holds 93 top 3 rankings and 134 top 10 rankings,”...