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A couple best known for repairing car bodywork are celebrating after landing a major industry award. Brian and Amanda Palmer, owners of ChipsAway St Albans, have won The Great British Franchisee Award from whichfranchise – one of the highest honours in the franchising world. “They couldn’t be more deserving,” says Rebecca de Chair, Group Marketing Manager of ChipsAway International. “They’ve developed their business from a man-in-a-van operation to a very successful Car Care Centre employing...

"I have never seen so many consultants be successful so quickly". Nurse sells £105k-worth of holidays in first 55 days… working in her spare time.The Travel Franchise has reported “formidable growth” in its membership network over the last few months, with December proving the busiest month of 2022 in terms of recruitment and January figures proving even stronger.Rising demand has been attributed to booming holiday sales with its customer-facing brand Not Just Travel experiencing its best...

Two time Olympic Gold medallist Daley Thompson has agreed to a franchise deal with one of the UKs most exciting fitness brands, Hybrid Fitness.Thompson, one of Britain's greatest athletes with two Olympic gold medals to his name, has agreed a deal to open a number of Hybrid Fitness clubs in the UK.While no locations have been formally announced, Thompson has been actively evaluating areas in London and the suburbs for sites.Thompson said it was the blend of high performance training environment,...

The network were delighted to get back together again for the annual Betterclean Franchise conference and awards evening. The conference was filled with information and upcoming plans for this year, guest speakers, and a fun escape room challenge in the afternoon. At Betterclean Services Franchising we believe its important to recognise our franchise owners strengths, quality of service, and outstanding business results with our annual awards evening.

OSCAR Pet Foods has won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award, an independent seal of excellence, which recognises businesses that consistently deliver a world-class customer experience. Feefo established the Trusted Service Awards in 2014 to recognise brands that use the platform to collect verified reviews and receive exceptional feedback from their customers. The awards are unique because they truly reflect a business's dedication to providing outstanding customer service by analysing feedb...

Join us at Excel London on April 14th & 15th for two days of information-packed events that will help you take your business to new heights. We work with budding entrepreneurs to invest in the perfect franchise and with business owners to create successful franchise networks. If you are interested in either, come and see us at the show, we will be located at stand 152. With over 250+ exhibitors from around the globe and over 60 speakers, there will be something for everyone at this year's...

The start of a new year introduces another exciting development from Preston-based franchise company OSCAR Pet Foods. By attracting new franchise owners from a variety of backgrounds and skill sets, OSCAR has recognised the growing need to introduce a franchise package that is not only structured to suit individual business requirements, but also provides added business support to market the brand locally for maximum impact. When starting a new franchise business, it is essential to be visib...

ActionCOACH franchise partner, Gary Keating, was named a winner of the Great British Franchisee Awards this week in recognition of his ongoing success at his ActionCOACH Bristol firm. The accolade considers areas such as business growth, staff retainment, business experience, customer satisfaction, community involvement, and inspired leadership to determine worthy franchisees across the UK. Gary took home the award in acknowledgement of his continued dedication to transforming business owners’ l...

A couple on a mission to make Portsmouth’s ovens the cleanest in Britain, have won a major industry award.Dean and Amy Wilson’s life of grime with Ovenclean Portsmouth has paid off with an impressive win in the Great British Franchisee Awards – one of the highest honours in the franchising world.“We want to be the biggest franchise Ovenclean have, and we’re fairly sure we’re the biggest oven-cleaning operation locally."“We’d like to grow it further, and I know it’s feasible as there’s such a fan...

A man who went walkies from local government to give dogs holidays worth writing home about, has won a major industry award. Alun Davies, owner of Barking Mad Cotswolds, is the winner of a Great British Franchisee Award, one of the highest honours in the franchising world.Dogs in the Cotswolds would almost certainly have nominated Alun for the award themselves if they could have done, according to a widely-held belief among his customers.His two-legged fans include Rachel Stewart, Managing Direc...

Screen Rescue is announced as VFA23 Award GOLD WINNER for ‘Best Franchisee Support’ as sponsored by Cymphony and Worldpay from FIS!“We are absolutely over the moon with our surprise GOLD win at the VFA23 Awards announced on 31st January. We are so proud to be part of these awards and for the second year running we have collected podium place for ‘Best Franchisee Support’ swapping our last year’s SILVER Award with a GOLD Award in this year’s coveted VFA23 Awards. Franchisor, co-founder and d...

Awesome Chips which launched as a franchise in January 2023, is already on track to hit its target and open five new franchised shops in the UK by the end of this year.“We have seen double the anticipated enquires from potential franchisees in the first month after the franchise launch, with some great applications. We are very comfortable that we will be able to open five new shops by the end of 2023.” Anthony Round, franchise director, Awesome ChipsAwesome Chips which was originally creat...