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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...

Mum Sue Mark is moving on from a 21 year career in the Royal Navy to embark upon a very different career running her own domestic homecare Franchise, Bright & Beautiful, in her franchise territory of Southampton Sue, 43, joined the Royal Navy in 1990 and was one of the first women in the UK to undertake the same training as her male colleagues. She went on to reach the rank of Chief Petty Officer and was responsible for maintaining and fixing a wide range of electrical equipment such as the ship...

We welcomed in the New Year with Judit Folinek joining us having taken over the Canterbury franchise in December. Coming from Hungary, Judit not only had to learn the ropes of our greeting cards franchise but she also had to contend with driving on the left hand side of the road for the first time and figure out the complexities of roundabouts - all whilst driving a van for the first time too! Quite a challenge when you’re trying to merchandise stores and launch your new business. Now we’ve s...

When Ryan first started working, he always had it in the back of his mind that he wanted to have his own business, a venture that he could make something of one day and be proud of. For him, the franchise route seemed like the best option as the business model was already in place. He shares his journey with the Original Poster Company Franchise so far.“I chose the OPC franchise as the greetings card market is still very strong and growing each year. OPC had been around for a long time and that...

Northwood Franchise offers the perfect opportunity for you to unlock your business potential by combining your commercial experience with our proven, established and profitable franchise model.The prospect of starting or buying a new business can be both exciting & daunting and joining a franchise network can be the perfect solution - allowing you to be your own boss but with all of the support of an established and proven business model.With '3 franchises in 1' Northwood is a one-stop residenti...

Property franchise group Northwood has announced the opening of its latest franchise office in Banbury, taking the group to 88 officesThe Banbury office is owned & run by Samantha Linn, who became aware of the Northwood franchise opportunity having been a long term Landlord client and seen for herself the benefits of Northwood’s Guaranteed Rent offering.This is the second Northwood office to open in Oxfordshire within the past 10 months, with independent agency Levick Jones joining the group in...

The Papa John’s franchise network was founded in the USA in 1984 and there are now more than 300 stores across the UK and over 4,800 stores in 40 international markets and franchise territories. Papa John’s is the only branded franchised pizza chain to use only 100% fresh dough, giving a better natural flavour and our unique tomato sauce is made from the best Californian tomatoes, picked and packed from vine to can in just six hoursThe latest franchised store on Commercial Road, Hereford, will n...

Bio-Rite the leading infection control franchise has just been Confirmed as British Franchise Association (bfa) Provisional MemberPip Wilkins, Chief Executive of the bfa commented on their confirmation: “Membership of the British Franchise Association is only open to franchisors and professional advisors to the franchise industry that are able to satisfy our accreditation criteria successfully,” “In joining the bfa, Bio-Rite has undertaken to develop their franchise network from the outset in...

After being named among the top three high investment franchises in the UK, Right at Home can has revealed the full results of its Franchisee Satisfaction Survey. The Best Franchise Awards, run by research experts Smith & Henderson, are based on feedback from thousands of franchisees from all sectors who have completed the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark survey. This asks local franchise owners to anonymously rate their franchisor on everything from training and support to shared goals and ho...