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Brokerplan are delighted to announce that they have launched their new and improved Academy website!The launch reflects the expansion of their partner packages, which were developed and launched late last year in response to growing demand for these services. They are now able to offer packages covering an even wider range of financial services including:• Commercial Mortgages• Cashflow Solutions and Business Loans• Asset & Invoice Finance• Residential and Buy-to-Let Mortgages• Insurances and Pr...

An Alchemy Virtual Assistant franchisee despite starting her business during COVID, has managed to buck the trend in her first year of trading by supporting more than double the number of clients than the industry average Eloise Robb set-up an Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) franchise hub from her home office in Chorley in July 2020 when she realised that virtual ways of working were here to stay and she sought more freedom and flexibility in her career.The former assistant headteacher is o...

Nationwide SMART (small to medium area repair technology) car scratches and bodywork repair specialists ChipsAway branches, in Telford & Wolverhampton, have become the first of the 200-strong franchise network to achieve a Carbon Neutral Status.  ECA Business Energy awarded the ChipsAway Car Care Centre at Queensway Business Park with the PAS 2060 Carbon Neutrality certification following an extensive assessment of its operations, and after it agreed to achieve a further two per cen...

If you are someone who loves working with animals and people, then an OSCAR pet food franchise opens the door and allows you to reap the benefits of self-employment.This is a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. Working from home, OSCAR provides a pet care service that covers a wide range of benefits to pet owners, from British-made nutritious pet food, a comprehensive range of accessories and healthcare products to advice in nutrition and behaviour. Having your own bu...

An OSCAR pet food franchise opens the door to anyone who loves pets and working with people, while reaping the benefits of self-employment. This is a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. Working from home, OSCAR provides a pet care service that covers a wide range of benefits to pet owners, from British-made nutritious pet food, a comprehensive range of accessories and healthcare products to advice in nutrition and behaviour. Having your own business with customer...

In the popular tourist town of Grassington situated in the Yorkshire Dales, Love Brownies, a chocolate brownie and café franchise whose headquarters are in Ilkley, has opened a new shop to serve their delicious treats to even more customers! Originating in Yorkshire, the brand has a growing network of owned and franchised brownie shops and cafés, with the Grassington shop being the fourteenth to open in the UK.The shop and café will offer Love Brownies products alongside a range of premium, f...

In light of the delayed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo this Summer, Papa John's, the pizza delivery brand announces a brand-new fundraising initiative for the month of July, as David Weir looks to collect Gold!Papa John’s, an official partner of ParalympicsGB, has this week announced its ‘Weirwolf Challenge’. The fully immersive virtual race event will aim to raise funds for ParalympicsGB throughout the month of July, with wheelchair athlete and Paralympic legend David Weir leading the wa...

Poppies, the domestic cleaning franchise, is very excited to celebrate among its UK wide network, as multiple franchisees are marking significant milestones this month.At Poppies Doncaster, husband and wife Gill and Terry Winmill are now entering their third decade of running their own business having launched their franchise in 2000. Looking for a career that gave them a good work-life balance with a family-feel culture, they chose to purchase the franchise and have never looked back. Their str...

Agency Express are delighted to announce that as of July 2021 were certified as a carbon neutral business. Congratulations! Working in partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain Agency Express met all standards in measuring and calculating carbon emissions generated by the business and will now be offsetting organisational emissions via Carbon Neutral Britain’s Woodland Fund™ portfolio of certified carbon reduction projects around the world. Naomi Wood, Marketing Manager at Agency Expre...

TaxAssist Accountants are pleased to continue their successful recruitment of new franchisees despite the ongoing pandemic, by holding regular virtual discovery days and training courses, with the two newest recruits completing their course in July.The two new TaxAssist Accountants who will shortly be launching their practices are: Adam Badi, who will operate from Hertford and Monika Joshi, who will be operating a practice in Gerrard Cross with her husband Amit, who already runs successful pract...

Chrysalis Partners have been upgraded to Associate Members of the bfa after recently winning an award for ‘Best SME Business Coaching Franchise’ by Corporate Vision. This is based on the performance of Chrysalis’ franchisees and also the support from Head Office. Potential franchisees can have full confidence that when they invest in Chrysalis Partners, they know that not only are they run ethically and professionally, but that the franchisees are satisfied with the systems and support from Chr...

With everything that has gone on the last 16 months, right now the events industry and the franchise industry are both poised to boom. Because of the limited occurrences of weddings and birthday parties, event engagement needs are at an all time high creating the perfect storm for event franchise Smiley Booth Ltd. It’s been wild ride. 2020 saw our business nearly destroyed thanks to the overnight closure of events across the globe but we have a strong foundation, a core and loyal team of ex...