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Sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, these unique awards are based on feedback from thousands of actual franchisees. To be considered as a finalist, the company must previously have taken part in the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark survey; in the survey, franchisees are asked to anonymously score the franchisor on qualities such as initial training, ongoing support, relationship with their franchisor and whether they would recommend their franchise to a prospective franchisee. Director of S...

A successful Bolton businessman is driving his ambitious growth plans with job creation in the area.Jonathan Fry, who has owned oven valeting firm Ovenu Bolton since 2002, has taken on Steven Torrance as a sub-contractor to cope with increased demand.He is now aiming to take on even more sub-contractors and invest in a fleet of vehicles, over the next 12 months.The firm averages more than 600 oven valets per year, with 70% of jobs coming from existing customers and recommendations.Following the...

CNA International Executive Search continues to expand and provides global support to businesses in search for greater talents and skills. Within a few months apart CNA managed to open 2 franchise offices in Singapore and we continue to grow worldwide! Singapore is a cosmopolitan country at the crossroads of Asia where people from the region feel right at home and those from beyond feel welcome. In fact, one in three persons here comes from abroad, constantly adding to the nation's unique herita...

OSCAR Pet Food Franchise, the first and only pet food franchise company to introduce a Certcan Ofqual course in Companion Animal Nutrition, has, once again, a very good cause to celebrate franchisee success.On launching the course in September 2015, OSCAR pet food franchise was highly delighted when the first intake consisted of over 20% of its network. The results are now in and they are pleased to announce that 100% passed, with 99% of the franchisees qualifying with a distinction.Simon Bartho...

Right at Home’s franchise owners have again reported excellent levels of satisfaction in an independent nationwide survey. The quality homecare franchise, which has 33 trading offices, received an overall feedback score of 93% within the annual franchise benchmark survey. This means it retains its Five Star Franchise status and will be a strong contender for the upcoming Best Franchise Awards. The confidential survey managed independently by franchise specialists Smith + Henderson allows franc...

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...