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Ed Pockney, franchisee of transport & logistics business, Driver Hire Uxbridge, is in line for a national award. He’s one of the finalists in the 2016 Startups.co.uk awards – organised by the UK’s number one service for starting a business. Ed has been nominated for the ‘Franchisee of the Year’ award. Formerly a money broker who had worked in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong, he bought his Driver Hire franchise in Uxbridge in 2014. He’s made an outstanding start to his new career – and that...

First acquisition since IPO, in line with strategy to acquire established franchise businesses that will benefit from Franchise Brands’ central servicesFranchise Brands plc, a multi-brand international franchisor, today announces its acquisition of Barking Mad Limited, a leading pet care franchise, for £900,000 in a combination of cash and shares in Franchise Brands. The deal represents Franchise Brands’ first acquisition since its IPO in August 2016, when it outlined its strategy to build the g...

A former banker and up and coming female entrepreneur has rolled up her sleeves to start out in business as an oven valeting franchise owner in Halifax.Stephanie Horsfall will now operate the oven cleaning franchise Ovenu within the Halifax franchise territory, having previously worked for a major bank for nine years and most recently for Ovenu West Yorkshire, which comprises Ovenu franchises in Bradford, Halifax, Leeds and Wakefield.Richard Greenwood, owner of the Ovenu franchise in West Yorks...

The Trophy Pet Food franchise has continued its 2016 national growth with the announcement that 2 more new Trophy franchisees have joined the Trophy team in October. That makes it 11 new Trophy franchisees so far this year. Trophy Pet Foods' founder and sales director, Sue Reid, said: “2016 is proving to be a really exciting year for us as we have seen continued growth both in demand for our home delivery service and in our franchise opportunity. We are really pleased to welcome such wonderful n...

ActionCOACH’s annual franchise conference was the usual mix of great speakers, friendly sporting competition and recognition of the numerous successes of the network which now exceeds 150 franchise owners.The two-day event kicked off with guest speaker Tosin Ogunnusi, a motivational training and performance improvement specialist. Tosin is a professional fire-walking, board breaking, bar bending, and glass-walking instructor and trainer, hypnotherapist, and trainer of neuro-linguistic programmin...

A fantastic opportunity to become a part of the Signs Express network has become available with a well-established centre up for sale based in Buckinghamshire.Asking Price: £150KThis profitable Signs Express Franchise centre is currently celebrating 10 years of trading and has built up a diverse range of customers made up of clients in the private sector, local council and other organisations in the public sector.Due to its great location, this business would suit those based, or looking to relo...

Richard Chatten International Support Officer at TaxAssist Accountants gains Qualified Franchise Professional (QFP) status.After a years’ study and an interview with a panel of industry experts, Richard Chatten has been awarded the qualification, bolstering the already highly experienced and qualified team at the Norwich based Support Centre. Richard is the third member of staff at TaxAssist along with Karl Sandall CEO and David Paulson Senior Manager UK & International Franchise Development to...

The Sheffield-based oven valeting firm is expecting to double its turnover after driving forward expansion plans by investing in its workforce and infrastructure.Ovenu Sheffield South, which serves Chesterfield, Dronfield and Sheffield, has taken on a sub-contractor, as well as having purchased a new van, to keep up with increased demand, following year-on-year growth of 40%.Paul Paling, who operated Ovenu Sheffield South between 2004 and 2007, has re-joined the firm having worked as a manager o...

Thriving Warrington business is celebrating after being recognised for its customer service and reaching a significant milestone.Oven valeting firm Ovenu Warrington has now received 3,000 glowing reviews and client testimonials from homeowners and business owners in the town, since it was established nine years ago.Its experienced team of oven valeters, comprising Paul and Andrea Clark, has been highly praised for its exemplary level of customer care and premium quality service, which has made t...

September proved to be a month to remember for Driver Hire’s franchisees. The leading transport & logistics recruitment franchise specialist’s nationwide franchise network chalked up turnover of £10.7m – an all time record in the company’s thirty plus years of trading.Individually, across the franchise network, seven offices have already passed £1m turnover for the first half year. In addition nearly half of Driver Hire’s 103 office network have passed £500k, putting them on course to achieve £1...

Does franchising terminology make sense to you? Don’t worry if it doesn’t, the trusted Franchise Supermarket team is here to help. Area Developer – A franchisee that has the rights to expand in a designated franchise region or territory by either hiring sub franchisees or multiple managed franchise outlets. bfa – The British Franchise Association was set up by Business Format Franchisors in an attempt to regulate the franchise industry on an ethical basis. The bfa grant memberships to t...

The Envirovent Franchise is a British Manufacturer and Ventilation specialist, EnviroVent will be launching their new 30 second TV commercial nationally across the UK in October. EnviroVent will be appearing to consumers on major terrestrial channels including More4 and UKTV which broadcasts digitally across 11 TV channels including Dave, Gold, Home, Yesterday and Drama. This year will also see us launching our TV campaign onto Channel 4 which is a signal of the growth and popularity of EnviroV...