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Kingswood-based Claire Woodman is celebrating five years working with the local small business community and has recruited two new members to her team after seeing client numbers soar.Claire Woodman set up TaxAssist Accountants in Fishponds in 2012, moving to Kingswood in 2015, she now provides specialist tax and accountancy services to nearly 200 small businesses in and around Bristol, employing a three-strong team.“Celebrating five years is a great achievement for myself and the team. The smal...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its latest franchise store opening in the franchise territory of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Franchisee, Umar Malik, now employs around 200 staff across his ten Papa John’s pizza franchise territories in South Wales including the Swansea franchise territory, Newport franchise territory, Cardiff franchise territory and now the Llanelli franchise territory. “Llanelli is the largest town in Carmarthenshire and so is a fantastic location for us,” c...

Driver Hire, the leading transport & logistics recruitment franchise business, is celebrating a special anniversary. It’s thirty years since Driver Hire recruitment franchise sold its first franchise – in the franchise territory of Newcastle. Since then, its franchise network has grown to 100 offices across the UK. “In the 1980s Driver Hire’s founders wanted to expand. They saw that franchising was a great way to do this,” says Driver Hire’s Chief Executive, Chris Chidley. “Over the past thirt...

Colourfence Cambridge franchisee, Sharone Freed, has just posted a record month with new orders of £81,200. With eight years’ experience under his belt and a two-time Colourfence ‘Franchisee of the Year’, it’s perhaps no surprise Sharone is modest about his achievements, saying: “I’m really not doing anything more than I’ve always done. My marketing is consistent, so I haven’t changed anything there. And once people see our products, and understand their wide-ranging benefits, they tend to go ah...

Driver Hire, the specialist transport and logistics franchise recruiter and leading franchisor, has been named as one of the best workplaces in the UK. It was ranked 51st in the ‘Medium Business’ category of the Great Place to Work® annual list of the best workplace cultures, published in The Guardian on 4th May. With a network of 104 offices in the UK, including franchised recruitment offices, Driver Hire supplies staff – mainly commercial vehicle drivers – to logistics operators. Annually its...

When a customer refers your details to a friend or relative there is no greater feeling of accomplishment – nothing speaks louder than a personal recommendation. The OSCAR network of local Nutritional Advisors values happy customers who appreciate the service and they are thankful for recommendations that enable other pet owners to discover a comprehensive range of products. As a sign of our appreciation, customers who already enjoy the benefits of the OSCAR Pet Foods complete pet care service...

TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of small franchise business specialist accountants is celebrating the opening of its 200th Shop.Franchisee Dave Forrester’s new shop in the franchise territory of Bingley, West Yorkshire, hit the 200th spot. Dave, who runs two other shops in franchise territory Keighley and Ilkley, looks after more than 400 small businesses across the region and with his team decided to open his third shop to meet growing demand from existing small businesses and n...

On Monday 8th May 2017 Trophy pet food franchise group held their annual franchisee conference. This annual conference is all about celebrating our achievements, talking about our plans for the forthcoming year and handing out our franchisee awards to our top achievers across a variety of platforms. This year’s celebrations were full of very interesting new projects and around 50 of our franchisees enjoyed a plant tour to see the new investments being made, a variety of guest speakers and the la...

From the team that brought you Franchise Supermarket – Franchise SuperMatch Franchise Supermarket are pleased to announce the commencement of Franchise SuperMatch, as of week commencing 01st May 2017. Franchise SuperMatch was setup with the aim of easing the franchise recruitment process for franchisors and franchise recruitment managers. We are offering an all in one bundle that will provide the following – Franchise enquiries (through the efforts of Franchise Supermarket)Helping franchise enq...

Are you looking to be your own boss? Want to secure a future for yourself and your family? Then the WaffleDelight food kiosk franchise may just be the answer to your prayers. WaffleDelight is an independent and innovative, not just another outdoor caterer. We offer a unique, flexible, high quality service that can be adapted to the clients and the seasonal needs. WaffleDelight use gorgeous ingredients: After much research, we found our perfect suppliers which truly is the best we have tasted, th...

BHH are proud to announce that it now has two licence partnerships with law firms. Both Stephens Scown LLP, based in Exeter, and MLP Law, based in Cheshire, now offer the BHH Business Growth System to their clients.Commenting on their experience of working with BHH, Mike Rowe of Stephens Scown, believes that:“BHH offer good support and work well in partnership.”For BHH, the Managing Director, Philip Acton welcomed both law firms to the BHH licencee family and said:“We are excited to work with s...

Tom and Fran Maclean, business partners and husband and wife, are celebrating their achievement of running their own Pitman Training franchise businesses for a landmark 30 years. Opening their flagship Pitman Training franchise Centre in 1987, their business based in the franchise territory of Castle Street, Edinburgh, was conducted using manual typewriters, with a move in 1988 to their High Street premises saw the first Pitman Training franchise centre outside of the London franchise territory...