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The best in British franchising  The Elite Franchise Top 100 (EF100) is delighted to announce the Top 100 Franchisors list 2023 which celebrates the best franchises in Britain. With the franchising industry continuing to drive economic growth across the nation, over 700,000* people are currently employed in franchising throughout the country. Established in 2017, the EF100 recognises and celebrates the industry’s leading franchises. Entering its sixth year, the annual league table reveals w...

What is a video podcast and why is it important for your business?Podcasts continue to be popular as a source of entertainment and information on a vast range of topics, so it’s no wonder that more and more businesses are starting to use podcasts as an important part of their marketing. These days it’s not just audio podcasts that are attracting attention – video podcasts are becoming more commonplace too.There are numerous benefits to being on a podcast, as well as benefits for the audience. Re...

Want to be your own boss, work from the comfort of your home, create a business worth over a million pounds and learn the secrets of being an entrepreneur while enjoying a free holiday in the sun?The Travel Franchise has some innovative strategies and one of them is that it has trained hundreds of people new to travel to become homeworking agents in less than a week.It also believes it has found the winning formula for taking its travel consultants to the next level and scale up fast: a free tra...

Shropshire-based Andrew Morton has recently celebrated 20 years of success with TaxAssist Accountants.Andrew Morton who operates his practice from four premises in Bridgnorth, Leominster, Craven Arms and Ludlow has reached the milestone anniversary of 20 years with TaxAssist Accountants.“I can’t believe that it’s been 20 years since I shook former Chief Executive, Karl Sandall’s, hand on a freezing cold morning after completing my initial training course,” said Andrew.“It’s been an incredible ti...

Just two years after reaching the milestone of 20,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot, the UK’s leading minor car body repair specialists, ChipsAway, are celebrating again, having now received over 50,000 reviews, with an overall rating of excellent (5-Star). ChipsAway, with specialists nationwide, are the highest ranked minor car body repair service on Trustpilot with over 50,000 reviews, 96% of which are ranked 5-star. The car body repair service also has thousands of 5-star reviews on Google....

Spelthorne Borough host the annual Spelthorne Means Business Awards to showcase all the local businesses and award them recognition for their work in the community. We were lucky enough to be finalists for the categories of Best Business in Sunbury and Halliford Village for which we received 2nd runner up and of course the Best Corporate Social Responsibility category. At Acacia Homecare, although we are a small business we understand we also have a responsibility to the local community and s...

Barking Mad Dog Care: The UK’s Top Rated Pet Care Franchise Four Years RunningBarking Mad Dog Care has been ranked as the top pet sector franchise in the 2022 Elite Franchise Top 100, as well as ranking as number 49 overall in the UK. Barking Mad has been recognised as one of the top 100 franchisors and ranked the top pet care franchise for four years in a row.The Elite Franchise Top 100 celebrates the best and brightest franchises that Britain has to offer, with an expert judging panel ranking...

Barking Mad Dog Care is proud to announce the launch of their new website. The newly designed site features a clean and responsive modern design, enhanced functionality, alongside easy access to essential information around dog care services. The redesign includes aesthetic enhancements to provide a more engaging user experience and enhanced navigation to help visitors easily identify their local dog sitting branch. The site allows users to simply obtain information on key services including do...

Black Friday is traditionally a great time to pick up limited time-only deals, but it’s also the best time to start a travel business in time for the peak holiday booking season early next year.To help wannabe homeworking travel consultants switch careers and quickly make a success of their new business, The Travel Franchise is encouraging budding entrepreneurs to join now, train in December and be ready for the January-March ‘Peaks’ period when typically people book four times more holidays tha...

Australian Made Globally Loved Reformer Pilates franchise Studio Pilates International is continuing its rapid global expansion, with 7 new studios in the pipeline across The UK and Ireland including London and Dublin, which are scheduled to open in early 2023. Since 2019, Studio Pilates has seen a whopping 149% increase in class visits, further cementing demand for the physio-backed reformer Pilates classes that are effective, addictive and completely transformative.The demand for the uniq...

TaxAssist Accountants has been named as a finalist in three categories at The UK Search Awards 2022, which will see it competing with household financial brands including TSB Bank, Virgin Money and Legal and General.The UK Search Awards are regarded as the premiere celebration of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC) and content marketing. TaxAssist has been nominated as a finalist in the following categories for the various digital marketing campaigns aimed at raising the profil...

Bradford-based national recruitment company, Driver Hire, is playing its part in preventing deaths and injuries on UK roads by supporting this year’s ‘Road Safety Week’. Organised by Brake, the national road safety charity, the theme for 2022 is ‘Safe Roads for All’.Figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that in 2021, 1558 people died in road traffic accidents on UK roads. This is a reduction on pre-pandemic levels, but as Covid restrictions were still in place in the first half of...