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New Franchisee for Pet Food Franchise Group The Trophy Pet Food Franchise network continues to grow in 2016 as they welcome another new franchisee to the team. David Godding is now covering the Cotswolds area as his Franchise Territory, having received his franchise training last week, bringing more pet owners the chance to benefit from David’s free nutritional advice and free home delivery. David, an accountant by trade, is also very passionate about dogs and wanted to leave accountancy behind...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced Planet Ice, the largest ice leisure brand in Europe, has added a new Papa John’s in its Peterborough ice rink. Now Planet Ice’s coolest customers can enjoy the tasty combination of skating plus fresh, hot pizza in venues around the UK including: Milton Keynes, Uttoxeter, Coventry, Basingstoke and now Peterborough.Andreas Petrakas, brand business development manager, Planet Ice explains: “Planet Ice now serves one million customers a year across...

Scottish TaxAssist Accountants franchisees Renee Mackay and Janet Mclean celebrate successful year and shop openingCorstorphine, Edinburgh based TaxAssist Accountants franchise, is celebrating a great business year with strong client and team growth. The 12 strong team, which has been providing tax and accountancy advice and services to local businesses for six years, has seen a 38% growth year-on-year and now serves 875 small business clients across the region.As the flourishing accountancy fra...

Busy ‘Bs’‘A’ might be the first letter in the alphabet, but when it comes to selling franchises at the recruitment specialists Driver Hire, the letter ‘B’ is number one. Summer 2016 has seen three new franchisees snapping up opportunities in Barnsley, Blackburn and Bournemouth.Joining Driver Hire’s franchise network are Matt Robinson (Barnsley), Gary Pugh (Blackburn) and James Craven (Bournemouth). Matt previously worked in recruitment; Gary has a wealth of experience in parcel delivery gained w...

Seller Success Franchise benefits from Amazon Prime Day The second annual Prime Day was the biggest day ever for Amazon. Amazon today announced customer orders surpassed Prime Day 2015 by more than 60% worldwide and more than 50% in the U.S. It was also the biggest day ever for Amazon devices globally and record Prime Day for each Amazon device category including Fire TV, Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers and Alexa-enabled devices. Prime Day was a great savings day too - members globally saved more...

Oven Wizards are pleased to report that one of their franchisees has recently successfully realised his investment by selling his oven cleaning franchise business to another well-established franchisee within the franchises groups network. Kevin Brown, formerly the franchise business owner of the Oven Wizards franchise territory within Colchester, has sold his oven cleaning franchise to Ian Keddie, a fellow franchise business owner of Oven Wizards Dartford. Kevin said of his time with Oven Wiza...

Brokerplan Franchise NewsBridging lender Funding 365 has saved a borrowers buy-to-let portfolio from being sold at auction after delivering an £8.5m loan in just three working days.The borrower required a quick refinance to avoid a number of properties being sold as their high street lender had appointed an LPA receiver following a dispute.Mike Strange, Managing Director of Funding 365, said: “We are very pleased that we were able to help the borrower retain ownership of their property portfolio...

EnviroVent Ltd, the UK franchise market leaders and manufacturers of Domestic Ventilation systems has become the first, and currently the only, national dedicated ventilation manufacturing company to receive Which? Trusted trader accreditation, an endorsement scheme that helps consumers find reputable traders. Head of Domestic Sales, Phil Harrison said: “The assessment process for this sought after recognition has been the most stringent we have come across and so we are particularly pleased to...

Two More Franchise Locations for Coffee-Bike Coffee is uncomplicated, enjoys great popularity worldwide and possesses a promising profit margin. These are some of the reasons why Ramona Rücker was positive about the product coffee for a long time. But opening her own local café was bearing too many risks and costs. The Coffee-Bike franchise concept has caught her attention whist she was undertaking some franchise research on the internet and it was love at first sight: “The nostalgic design of t...

Driver Hire appoints new Area Development ManagersDriver Hire, the leading specialist transport & logistics recruitment franchise, has announced the appointments of two new Area Development Managers, one for Scotland and one for its South West region.Linda Glen will be responsible for all 16 Driver Hire offices in Scotland and the North East. Before joining Driver Hire, Linda worked for a number of multi-national companies, developing extensive experience in sales and business development. She m...

Oscar Pet Food Franchise Re-Sales:As a well established franchise company (since 1993), from time to time re-sale opportunities become available. This may be due to retirement or that a return on investment is required and offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a business with an established customer base and an income from day one.Benefits to buying an existing business:- Customer base established. - Immediate business and cash flow.- Performance data.- Name and Brand awareness in the area....

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee Steve Mullarkey has opened his latest fast food franchise store within the franchise territory of Rochdale. Steve who runs eight Papa John’s franchises in the North of England, including Southport which opened in March, has taken advantage of the Company’s franchisee incentive scheme designed to help in the early stages of set-up. Steve Mullarkey explains: “The incentive scheme is particularly helpful as it means we can get deals...