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RARING2GO WINNER Helen O’Grady Sussex Drama franchise Academy has been confirmed as the winner of three categories as part of the Raring2Go family-friendly Business Awards. The Academy has been awarded as the Favourite Activity Club, Favourite Family Friendly Business and Favourite Performing Arts Club in the Brighton and Hove area. "Thank you to all of our wonderful parents and supporters for voting for us and Helen and Michael for being such talented teachers!" – Nicola Davin, Sussex Pri...

It is a big step from deciding to buy your dream franchise to actually opening your doors for business and, for many prospective franchisees, one of the biggest challenges is approaching a lender to fiance your dream franchise. Before you prepare a business plan for your franchise or talk to a franchise finance lender about funding, there is a lot of work to be undertaken first. Essentially, a prospective franchisee will need to undertake research on your chosen franchise, making sure that it...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its latest franchise store opening within the franchise territory of Torquay. The seaside town known for its beaches and mild microclimate, attracts around 650,000 visitors each year who can now enjoy Papa John’s renown, top quality pizza as a holiday treat.“Although tourism plays a big part in Torquay’s economy, we are also looking forward to serving-up Papa John’s pizza to our local community,” confirms Papa John’s franchisee, Mo Abid. “Tor...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced the opening of its latest Heswall store, located on the Wirral, Merseyside franchise territory. New franchisee, Vishal Mohanan, who runs the outlet also has plans to open further Papa John’s franchise as the Company continues to expand its franchise network rapidly throughout the UK.Vishal Mohanan explains: “My experience in the fast food industry includes eight years at a well-known high street pizza brand, plus as business manager for anothe...

Colourfence franchise, the weatherproof fencing franchise, has just announced another new addition to its head office team. Just a few months after recruiting Marketing Manager, Helen Hopkins, the company has secured the full-time services of Digital Marketing Manager, Graham Bowers. Until recently, Colourfence outsourced its digital marketing to a third-party partner company, headed up by Bowers himself. And that, says Graham, means a seamless transition of support for Colourfence franchisees:...

Premier were awarded the Franchise Marketing Award for Best PR Campaign for their efforts with The Golden Mile and data surrounding UK children's inactivity. The official awards ceremony, sponsored by Business Franchise magazine, was held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham.Premier's award-winning campaign used extremely compelling data gathered by The Golden Mile that revealed a large number of UK parents are concerned over their children's inactivity. The study showed that 75...

With 30 years experience in operations, learning & development, project management and sales, David O'Brien will launch the new East of England territory. David believes that all businesses, whatever their size or sector, experience similar issues and barriers to growth."People who set up a company usually do so because they are great at doing something or because they have a passion for it, such as hairdressing, photography or health products. Very few people start a business because they are...

For the fifth consecutive year, TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of small business accountants, has been awarded ‘5-star franchisee satisfaction’, based on positive feedback from its network of more than 200 franchisees. TaxAssist Accountants once again received above the average benchmark results for the 6 key areas of the survey which inform Smith + Henderson’s final Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark (FSB) report. The FSB is provided by Smith + Henderson, a leading independent...

When it comes to sales calls, the recruitment team at Driver Hire’s Croydon franchise are leaders. And we’re not just talking locally; this is on a national scale.They recently collected Driver Hire’s National Sales Day winners’ award for booking the most appointments in a single day. “It’s all part of an annual competition across the whole of the Driver Hire network,” says franchisee, Tony Goacher, who has just celebrated his first birthday as the owner of Driver Hire Croydon. “There have been...

After ten years providing tax and accountancy services to the small business community in Sandhurst, Shekh Rao has expanded his franchise accountancy practice, opening a new shop at 55 Ash Road, Aldershot.Shekh, who also runs a TaxAssist Accountants franchise in the Yorktown Road, Sandhurst franchise territory, is a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants and has more than 10 years’ experience in the industry. He opened his second shop in response to growing demand from existing busines...

Franchise Brands plc is pleased to announce the promotion of Peter Molloy to Managing Director of recently acquired Metro Rod, a leading provider of drainage and plumbing services. Peter has a substantial knowledge of the business having been Commercial Director of Metro Rod since 2003, and has really hit the ground running in his new role. One of his first actions has been to expand the sales team to help franchisees grow their businesses by winning new accounts, and to enlarge the franchise n...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced it has opened in the franchise territory of Macclesfield. Dave Foster, who joined pizza franchise network of Papa John’s as a franchisee last year also runs locations within the franchise territory of Ellesmere Port and Chester and has plans to open two further Papa John’s in 2018.“My brother Sam has Papa John’s in the franchise territory of Dundee and my Dad was also in the Pizza business,” explains Dave Foster. “Myself and my wife Rachael w...