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Franchise Brands plc, a multi-brand franchisor, and today it is pleased to announce the acquisition of Azura Group Ltd (“Azura”), a leading franchise management software system developer, for a gross consideration of £1,000,000 in a combination of cash and shares within the Franchise Brands group.Having worked in partnership with Azura in recent years, this addition enables the Group to consolidate its software development and secure ownership of the related intellectual property (“IP”) created...

With a 3.75% increase in fee income, up from £45.3m to £47m, The TaxAssist Accountants Franchise Group is the 22nd largest accounting provider within the UK, as recorded by the highly regarded Accountancy Age industry league table.Celebrating excellence in accountancy practice, the Accountancy Age Top 50+50 spotlights the top accountancy providers in the UK, ranking them according to UK fee income for the last financial year.Daren Moore FCCA, Group Commercial Director at the TaxAssist Group, sai...

Premier League football club, Burnley F.C. is pleased to announce its new exciting collaboration with global pizza franchise chain, Papa John’s Pizza. The established Premier League outfit has introduced a new mobile food unit to serve up the delicious Papa John’s franchise top-quality pizzas to supporters in attendance at home matches at Turf Moor. Stuart Hunt, director of Burnley Football Club explains: “As president of PJ Restaurants, together with my valued team, we own and operate...

The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is a government-funded programme that provides schools access to high-quality tutoring, at a heavily subsidised rate, to support students whose education has been affected by school closures from the pandemic. With the launch of the NTP to help students catch up from lost learning, it’s clear that tutoring is becoming a critical part of mainstream education. This government tuition funding for schools represents a big opportunity for Tutor Doctor franchis...

The challenges over the past two years have left many with high expectations when it comes to online shopping experiences – so it comes as no surprise to see OSCAR Pet Foods responding with the launch of a newly designed and impressively responsive website.  The industry-leading pet food specialist remains driven when it comes to delivering customer satisfaction and this sleek and efficient new website offers customers much more. Specifically designed to enhance the shopping experience o...

TaxAssist Accountants can reveal that its many business development activities have led to record breaking new client lead numbers in 2021, despite the social and economic disruption caused by COVID-19. Online investment, advertising campaigns, new initiatives and content and promotional materials help to support franchisees’ growth and profitability through the pandemic. The sixteen strong Business Development team at the TaxAssist Accountants Support Centre, assisted by specialist marketing...

Ovenclean puts down its increased influencer marketing and TV advertising in order to achieve its most successful month on record for new customer enquiries.In October, Ovenclean, one of the UK’s original oven cleaning companies, recorded a 36 per cent increase in customer enquiries compared to the same time last year. This also equates to over £5K worth of work per franchisee being generated in just one month.Backed by an influencer campaign encouraging new customers to get their ovens cleaned...

Amazon are celebrating Women's Entrepreneurship Day by encouraging women to look at logistics as a potential career path. By breaking down barriers and removing any fear or doubt associated with the roles or job vacancies within the logistics industry, Amazon are holding a three part series of events that will be showcasing the rewarding and prosperous roles they can have within the logistics sector. They are going to be looking at topics such as 'Imposter Syndrome', 'Active Listening & ...

Husse UK, the global leader in pet food home delivery, have got an exciting opportunity available for you to join their internationally recognisable brand as a sub-master franchise.  Husse UK are hunting for a strong candidate based in England & Scotland to become a sub-master franchise (Mega Franchise) and take over all procedures of Husse in the area. As a Sub-Master you have the exclusive rights to Husse’s brand, system, and product range for your territory you create...

Papa John's, one of the leading pizza franchises in the UK has opened it's doors in its latest store in Evesham, Worcestershire. Atif Maroof Zar, the franchisee who owns the new unit alongside his brothers Umair Ramay and Amir Maroof, now run a total of eight Papa John’s including Evesham, with two more scheduled to open before the end of the year.Atif Maroof Zar explains: “We are hungry to grow our multi-unit franchise operation! As well as increasing profits it means we can offer employment op...

TaxAssist Accountants increases investment in in-house services, sees rising demand and develops their offering to help support franchisees and their clients around the UK. The in-house payroll and tax consultancy services were introduced to the TaxAssist network in 2019 and, since then, both teams have seen their staff numbers swell, providing stability, expertise, additional capacity and income generation for franchisees through the pandemic. Daren Moore FCCA, Group Commercial Director,...

The unique awards are based on feedback from franchisees, highlighting the best franchises on the market. Following its ninth consecutive '5 Star Franchise Satisfaction Award', and as a result of feedback from its franchisees gathered by WorkBuzz, TaxAssist Accountants has again been named as a finalist in the 'Best Franchise Business to Business' category of The Best Franchise Awards 2021, sponsored by Lloyds Bank.Having taken part in the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark survey, franchisees...