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Marla Franchisee helps Becky become more independent Steve Hartland, the franchisee for Marla Custom blinds has made a difference to a particular customers life. Steve owns the franchise territory for Sidmouth in Devon and was approached by Becky, a lady confined to a wheelchair and who has had her home customised to permit her to become more independent.Steve contributed to making her life a little easier by installing 3 electrically operated vertical blinds in an angled bay that are controlled...

Lucky number 13 for Abdul and Papa John's Abdul Sattar Karami already had a portfolio that consisted of an impressive 12 Papa John's franchised locations before he recently acquired his latest location in Hatfield. Abdul has been a franchisee for Papa John's for many years and his key franchise territories include locations such as Harpenden, Leighton Buzzard, St Albans, Watford and Hemel Hempstead. Abdul comments on his latest acquisition: "Hatfield is the perfect setting for a Papa John's...

2016 sees the launch of a new organisation providing support and services in an alliance to franchisors, franchisees and franchise industry service providers.The Franchise Alliance is to deliver a combination of services to the franchise industry, offering independent advice on franchise purchasing and simplifying communication between franchisor and franchisee.The organisation’s aim is to ‘Unite the Franchise industry’ by combining over 50 years of experience within the sector with a practical...

The West Midlands TaxAssist Accountant franchise celebrates a 56 per cent increase in businessLloyd Evans and his team based at the West Midlands TaxAssist Accounts franchise are celebrating an encouraging start to the year after witnessing a rise in business on the previous year. Lloyd, purchased his TaxAssist franchise back in 2012, and he currently services over 700 individuals and small businesses from the two shops he currently operates within. Lloyds two premises cover the franchise terri...

Thanks to everyone we met at the Olympia Franchise ExhibitionThe successful home care franchise Right at Home was in attendance as an exhibitor at the recent British and International Franchise Exhibition that took place at Olympia in London. Right at Home had an exceptional two days during the franchise exhibition where they thoroughly enjoyed communicating with potential entrepreneurs. They met and discussed the quality of the home care sector to dozens of prospective franchisees who were all...

EWIF (Encouraging Women into Franchising) is an organisation that aims to celebrate and promote the success of all women across the franchising network within the UK. EWIF are seeking women in franchising to share their respective successes and achievements over the past twelve months. The theme for the 2016 NatWest EWIF Awards is 'Making it Happen' and EWIF are inviting all franchisees, franchisors and franchise employees and franchise service providers to be part of this momentous evening. Tho...

As microchipping becomes a compulsory procedure for all dogs, Oscar Franchise has also been 'chipping away' at its franchisee expansion programme during March, proudly welcoming another five new franchisees to the Oscar Pet Food franchise and all will enjoy the numerous benefits available to its Nutritional Advisors. Oscar Pet Foods Franchise prides itself on always being ahead of the times when offering solutions to all forms of pet care. And in providing opportunities for franchisees to fulfil...

Driver Hire, the leading recruitment franchise is proud to announce that it's Grimsby office has new owners - Michael and Jayne O'Flynn. The Grimsby based Driver Hire franchise office specialises in the supply of staff to the road transport and logistics industry. Prior to purchasing their Driver Hire franchise, Michael was an Operations Director for gas and electrical safety company, gas-elec Safety Systems Ltd. Jayne has worked in facilities and event management and, most recently, in the prop...

TaxAssist Accountants Franchise is a proud full bfa member, which means that we fully endorse the bfa's code of ethics and operate in accordance within them. To become full members, franchisors must prove a sustained trading, financial and franchising record over a period of time. TaxAssist Accountants was subject to an initial assessment and we are happy to announce that we have recently undergone and passed a routine re-accreditation. All full members of the bfa must meet four key criteria: th...

The founder of the successful domestic housekeeping franchise Bright & Beautiful was named Outstanding Entrepreneur at the inaugural Northern Power Women Awards. The award ceremony that was hosted by BBC Newsround presenter Leah Boleto, aimed to showcase and recognise role models across the Northern Powerhouse region that are actively supporting gender equality. in total, 51 names were shortlisted in the 9 categories that had been selected from 700 nominations. The inaugural awards ceremony was...

Welcome to our new franchise owners!Right at Home UK Franchise is delighted to announce the launch of three new UK Franchises. The new franchisees, Bryan McMorrine who will be working in Central London, Joe Morgan in our Portsmouth Franchise territory and Matt Gillie will hold the Franchise rights for Hereford. All three franchisees have begun their Right at Home training this month and all three will launch their businesses in the coming months. The excited new business owners all have somethin...

Papa John's Tops Record for Store Openings One of the leading pizza franchise, Papa John's, has announced it has topped its record for new UK store openings last year. The increasingly popular 'Better Ingredients, Better Pizza' concept encouraged both existing and new franchisees to taste success in 2015 with a record of 44 new store openings across the UK. "We now have well over 300 Papa John's outlets in England, Scotland and Wales," confirms Anthony Round, business development manager, Papa J...