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Deal adds more than 50 franchise units and grows Dwyer Group to £1.2B in system-wide sales. The Dwyer Group, Inc., one of the world’s largest parent companies of trade service brands, has completed the add-on acquisition of the Bright & Beautiful residential cleaning franchise, a home cleaning service with it's franchise headquarters based Manchester. The deal marks the ninth franchise acquisition for Dwyer Group in the last few years and grows the organisation to £1.2 billion in system-wide sa...

New partnership will help small businesses access finance to growTaxAssist Accountants franchise group has entered into an exclusive partnership with RateSetter’s Business Finance division to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the country access the appropriate finance they need to run their businesses more efficiently.TaxAssist Accountants, which provides accountancy services and advice to small businesses through its 290 outlets, including it's franchise network across the UK, wil...

Franchising is a ‘joint venture’ between an independent person (the franchise owner) and a business owner (the franchisor) who want to expand their activities and franchise network. The venture is governed by a franchise legal agreement (or contract). This gives the franchise owner the right to operate using the franchisor’s trade name/trademark, in accordance with their business format for a specific period of time. All aspects of the franchise owner’s business are strictly controlled includin...

Have you ever wanted to start a business but struggled to raise the finances required? Well want no more as national award-winning property franchise HomeXperts have secured 100% funding for new franchisees with government-backed StartupDirect. StartupDirect can offer you up to £25,000 of funding for your franchise which can cover your initial franchise fee and first years working capital with HomeXperts.If you are planning to start your entrepreneurial career as a couple, you can get up to £50,...

lading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee Umar Malik has delivered on his promise to open a second Newport store following strong customer demand. Umar who now runs ten franchised Papa John’s across South Wales, has created 30 new full and part-time jobs at the new outlet based on Chepstow Road, within the franchise territory of Newport.“We now have the whole city covered!” confirms Umar. “Our original Cardiff Road Papa John’s, which looks after the East side of Newport, w...

TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of tax and accountancy franchise advisors for small companies has joined forces with APS financial, to offer instantly approved, online business accounts.Thanks to the real-time APS technology platform and its award winning Cashplus business account, TaxAssist Accountants franchisees will be able to register companies and get instant approval for online business current accounts, all during the first customer contact. They will also have the abilit...

ChipsAway Automotive Repair Franchisees Show Off Their Favourite JobsChipsAway is the UK's leading automotive repair franchise network of minor car body repair specialists. Many of their franchisees join the network because they are already so passionate about cars, and see the franchise as a great opportunity to turn their career into their hobby. ChipsAway is rated very highly amongst their customers for their high-quality repair work (8.9 on Trustpilot in fact), so it’s no wonder they are reg...

Where do I begin? If you can find something you love to do, you do it well, and you can make money doing it through being your own boss, you've found the sweet spot. That;s easier said then done, the challenges you may face are as follows: How do i exit my current job? Do I have enough funds/backing to set this up?Do I have the motivation to make that leap? For once, this is one of those articles where it's not just a case of me advising you what to do purely based on common sense and what I...

A transformational step in Franchise Brands’ buy and build strategy Franchise Brands plc, a multi-brand international franchisor, today announces its proposed Acquisition of Metro Rod Limited, a leading provider of drain clearance and maintenance services, for a total consideration of £28 million.The deal represents Franchise Brands’ second acquisition since its IPO in August 2016 and is in line with its strategy to acquire franchise businesses that could benefit from the Company’s central servi...

CNA International Age Positive leads the way in promoting age diverse workforcesCNA International, part of the Pertemps Network Group, have launched one of the UK's first executive search firms for the over 50s. CNA International Age Positive is taking bold steps to tackle age bias and answer skills gaps by offering a unique retained executive search model with a particular focus on people aged in their 50s, 60s and beyond.News of the venture follows calls from Andy Briggs, the government’s Busi...

As you begin your franchise journey, entrepreneurship looms large like a mountain, intimidating and tempting you at once with its many roads and challenges to be climbed and conquered. The first step is always the hardest. A mixture of fear and trepidation stop many in their tracks. After all, entrepreneurship is a risky journey. But, as Seth Godin, founder of Squidoo, author and blogger says, “the only thing worse than starting something and failing…is not starting something.” To kick...

There is a revolution going on in the fashion industry, finally after many years of fast (throwaway) fashion, consumers are catching on to the notion that this is not only wasteful of their money, but their shopping habit is exploiting cheap labour, whilst cheap man-made oil-based fabrics are literally costing the Earth.After all the discussion about slow food – enjoying quality food and considering the environment, the talk on the street is now about ‘slow fashion’. Investing in high quality, b...