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Congratulations to Trophy Pet Foods Swindon and North Wiltshire, Matthew and Jenny Snell, after being announced finalists in the British Franchise Association of the Year Awards for 2016. This is truly a massive achievement for Trophy Pet Foods, the team, and all our franchisees; and especially for Trophy Pet Foods Swindon & North Wiltshire.It is a true recognition of the outstanding work Matt & Jen have both done over the last 3 years and we are so pleased this has been recognised on a nation...

The Coffee-Bike Franchise group are pleased to announce the opening of our first UK Franchise! Tomasz Podpora was keen on becoming self-employed for quite some time. The mobile concept of the Coffee-Bike franchise attracted his attention whilst he was undertaking research on various franchise systems available within the UK. It mostly appealed to him because he would be operating a franchise business which has already proven successful in other countries:Tomasz comments on his acquisition: “I wa...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has opened its latest franchised store within the franchise territory of Exeter. Former accountant, Harry Dhaliwal, joined the Papa John’s franchise network ten years ago and now adds Exeter to his two existing London franchise outlets plus one franchise territory in Plymouth. Harry comments on his latest acquisition:“I chose the Papa John’s franchise originally as I believed in the quality of the product; it’s simply number one in the food franchise market...

RIGHT AT HOME franchise owner Julie Foote was among the successful and inspiring women who met in London recently for the 2016 EWIF Franchise Awards. Julie was invited to a black-tie reception at the top of London’s famous Gherkin landmark to celebrate being named a finalist in the hotly-contested Franchisee of the Year Award, hosted by the Encouraging Women in Franchising network organisation. The following day, former model turned businesswoman Caprice was the keynote speaker at the event re...

It all started with a visit of the residence market in Weilburg, Central Germany: This is where Kerstin Löber saw a Coffee-Bike for the very first time. She was immediately delighted by its nostalgic charm and delicious coffee specialities. Since then the thought of bringing this concept into her region as well, never released her. Back in her hometown, Herborn, Western Germany, Kerstin dealt in detail with this franchise concept. Promptly she was certain that the Coffee-Bike franchise would be...

With the 2016 UEFA European Championships kicking off next week, leading franchisor, Driver Hire, is ensuring that all its customers are up to speed with all the football action. The company, which has nearly 100 franchised offices nationwide, has supplied them with a Euro 2016 poster covering all the teams, all the rounds, all the way through to the final.“Timely marketing material is all part of the full back-up and support our franchisees receive as part of their franchise fee,” says Graham D...

Clive Shearer, Managing Director of West End Training took the opportunity to officially launch a new training programme for their franchise to reduce costs and maximise income. Clive said that he did not want the programme to merely be about cost cutting and saving day to day bills, but to look at a bigger picture from a franchise business perspective and focus on the following areas:Strategy Mapping- Finance and maximising return on capital and utilisation of assets- Customers – upselling to e...

Pitman Training are delighted to announce the launch of their fresh, bespoke online learning platform, Pitman Campus due later this year.Following extensive research and investment, the UK Business Superbrand™ is extremely pleased with the features and functionality of Pitman Campus and are proud to offer their franchise network an efficient, flexible learning platform to provide to their students.As a leading, global online vocational training provider, Pitman Training’s courses required a powe...

A recent Ipsos MORI poll for the Sutton Trust found that 25% of all young people in the UK have received private tuition at some point; in London, the figure rises to 44% where the number of children receiving five or more A*-C grade GCSE’s has more than doubled in the last decade. In the last few days, the National Audit Office (NAO) issued stark warnings of teacher shortages in the UK. According to a report released on Wednesday, although 33,200 trainees started teacher training last year 14...

Larger premises required due to growing demandAfter three years providing tax and accountancy services to the small business community in Long Eaton, Nottingham, TaxAssist Accountants franchisees Phil Marriott and Carl Whitehead have expanded their practice, moving into a new, larger franchise shop on Derby Road. Phil and Carl set up there TaxAssist Accountants franchise in Long Eaton in 2013 and now look after more than 350 small businesses within their franchise territory. In response to gr...

AWARD WINNING GATWICK RECRUITER SWOOPS INTO GLENEAGLESThe award winning recruitment team at Driver Hire’s Gatwick franchise is on the move – to new premises at Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley. Their ongoing success story – turnover at the franchise is 77% up on same time last year and heading for another all time record – means that a move to larger premises was an essential.“Over the past four years we’ve more than quadrupled our turnover; I now employ two members of staff and we regul...

Three new Right at Home franchisees have moved a big step closer to opening their businesses, after completing an intensive training programme to prepare them for managing a quality home care agency.The new franchisee owners are Gabriela and Elijah Ablorsu, who will be opening his Right at Home franchise in Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan; David Delaney, who will be establishing Right at Home in his Eastbourne franchise territory, and Andy McNiven, whose franchise will cover the Mid Sussex franch...