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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...

Love Brownies, an Award-winning chocolate brownie and café brand with 16 shops scattered across the UK, is celebrating a successful first exhibition at the Franchise Show. The brownie baking franchise managed to secure over 100 new leads over the course of the 2-day event. Originating in Yorkshire and established in 2009, the brand has a growing network of owned and franchised brownie shops and cafés and has recently opened a flagship shop and café in Leeds.The brand attended the Franchise...

STEM based franchise Junior Einstein's Science Club, is a franchise that is future proof investment. In almost every corner of the globe, the focus on education has changed to highlight the exciting innovations in STEM. There is huge demand for students to be educated in science, technology, engineering and maths, especially when combined with learning that is interactive and creative. The growing number of STEM jobs has created a rise in demand for STEM education franchises. The most...

Fantastic Services, one of the leading home services franchise who provide multiple revenue avenues for franchisees, are creating a stand at the Virtual Franchise Show between the 8th and 10th of November. The free virtual event, hosted by the QFA (Quality Franchise Association), will display Fantastic Services and hundreds of other franchisors in various industries.“We encourage all people across the world, interested in joining a franchise, to visit our virtual stand and learn more about the l...

In order to provide the best quality training courses to it's franchisees, the TaxAssist Accountants Training Academy has expanded its provision courses being offered and planned with leading global education provider BPP.To keep its network of franchisees up to date with regulatory changes, continuing professional development (CPD) and technical and business training, The TaxAssist Accountants Training Academy runs year-round face-to-face, virtual courses, webinars and events, which now include...

TaxAssist Accountants are delighted to announce that on the day of the Budget, they are able to provide its franchisees with personalised versions of the Budget 2021 material to share and communicate with clients, prospects and business referral contacts.This summary was delivered via an e-mail newsletter to its clients highlighting the announcements that will affect small businesses and the self-employed.The latter was personalised for franchisees’ individual websites highlighting the changes p...

Colchester have found themselves a new Meyers Estate Agents franchisee, as the rapidly growing, award-winning, home-based estate agency franchise has recruited in Essex. The new owner, Miranda Ngongang, moves back to the UK after 9 years working in Zurich to be closer to friends and family, will now run Meyers in Colchester. Mark Meyer, CEO Meyers Estate Agents, explains: “Meyers continues to expand. Our home-based franchise model represents a new vision of estate agency. Our aim is to cont...

Alchemy Virtual Assistance, the franchise designed to help others manage their workloads and much more, newest franchisee is a multilingual mum of twins who is now embarking on her own journey as her own boss as she strives to help “small business owners recover, rebuild, and thrive”.Magda Bilska-Pereda switched careers and started an Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) franchise Hub from her home office in Hackney, East London last month, offering flexible, remote admin and PA support to ambitious...

Rishi Sunak delivers what appears to be a clear message of investment, rather than doom and austerity. The Autumn Budget 2021 follows the aim of Prime Minister Johnson in levelling up the country, with a “new economic model”. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said his new budget would deliver a stronger economy for British people. People will be given the support they need with the cost of living and levelling up. Rishi Sunak said that while the budget does not draw a line under Covid it does begi...

Now out of lockdown, we need to remember the lessons of how important a complete cleaning regime is. It is not just washing our hands, but also cleaning the touch points at the workplace that improves our wellbeing. The average person is sick 7.7 days per year, this costs UK business £37 billion per year.Consider the following - in the last 30 minutes, you more than likely touched around 300 surfaces. Now think about how that impacts the workplace and the health of your fellow colleagues! Statis...

Following the country’s first lockdown back in March 2020, franchisee, Keith Harrison snapped up his onboarding date the moment lockdown lifted on 13th July and began his training at Screen Rescue head office in Suffolk. Two weeks later, Screen Rescue Stevenage opened its trading doors on 27th July 2021 winning new clients on day one. We ask Keith how he is doing one year on…Q1: How do you feel one year on running your own Screen Rescue franchise business?KH: I’m still very excited, I hon...