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TaxAssist Accountants, a worldwide accountancy franchise, has grown once more as it now covers 248 areas all around the UK from 409 shops and offices.Following an online onboarding journey, and completion of his virtual Initial Training Course, Robert Miles will shortly be launching his own TaxAssist Accountants practice in Barnstaple.Robert is a CIMA-qualified accountant with a BA in Accounting and Finance. He has a background in distribution, manufacturing, warehousing, margin and cost review,...

Papa John's, one of the leading UK pizza franchises, has presented the Milton Keynes based club £25,000 to make improvements to their clubhouse after an inspiring entry video caught the attention of football legend Jimmy Bullard.As grassroots football clubs all over the UK continue their post-pandemic recovery, Stony Stratford Town FC has received a major boost from pizza delivery brand Papa John’s with a £25,000 donation made to the club as part of its ‘Get on the Pitch’ campaign.From goalposts...

To reach five years of running your own business is an achievement that unfortunately some people never manage to make, however... Alchemy VA, the UK-wide Virtual Assistant franchise with its headquarters in Northamptonshire, is celebrating its fifth business birthday as more people than ever seek flexible career options.The founders of Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) – Suzy and Paul Sanders – are marking their business birthday by welcoming their fifth Virtual Assistant franchise manager, and l...

Love Brownies, a Yorkshire-headquartered business which bakes delicious chocolate brownies and sells them online and in shops and cafes across the UK, has set foot and is now open with a new flagship store in the heart of Leeds as part of a major expansion which has seen the company double in size over the last 18 months.Love Brownies, an award-winning café and gifting brand, which started on owner and head-baker Chantal Teal’s kitchen table in Ilkley in 2009, has opened five brownie shops and c...

With the furlough scheme having come to a conclusion on the 30th September, there is an unsettling fear that some business owners are going to be still unable to invite back their pre-pandemic members of staff and will therefore have to make huge amounts of redundancies, which will in turn leave millions more out of work.  But this isn’t the only scenario seeing people exit their roles. Many have used the forced lockdown to reflect on their careers, leaving them wondering whether posit...

Papa John's, one of the UK's leading pizza franchises, is welcoming its operators to explore new and innovative ways on how they can enhance their food offering and introduce new revenue streams at the Holiday Park and Resort Innovation show on booth 7192 in the Food & Beverage Zone,10-11 November 2021 at the NEC Birmingham.Phil Gaffer, franchise sales and business development manager, Papa John’s UK explains: “Papa John’s has seen tremendous growth since it was founded in the USA in 1984. Known...

Love Fitness, the UK fitness franchise, have just cut in half their franchise royalties for the first 12 months when you join their franchise network!Speaking to Massimo Antinoro, Managing Director of Love Fitness, he had the following to say. "We understand that launching any new business will bring a certain amount of risk, and the first 12 months for a new gym is the most important as you build your membership base month on month. There are other ways that Love Fitness will help to reduce the...

Two new locations are now able to satisfy their taste-buds by visiting their local Love Brownies, an award-winning chocolate brownie and café brand. The locations of their two new franchise stores in St Albans, Hertfordshire and Rochester, Kent. Originating in Yorkshire and established in 2009, the brand has a growing network of owned and franchised brownie shops and cafés, with the latest openings bringing the total number of stores to 15 in the UK. The new shops and cafés offer Love Brow...

The award winning home-based estate agency franchise, Meyers, has recently expanded within in by adding to its sales, support and lettings team for the benefit of its growing number of franchisees across the UK. Leon Firth now joins as franchise sales manager and Charlie Sharp as Meyers’ hub headquarters’ branch manager. These additions to the team follow the recruitment of Jules Arscott as property manager earlier this year to extend the lettings team, and Ella McGrady as office manager.Ma...

The Travel Franchise unique Money-Back Challenge is now available to the next 10 people who join with their Lite package. The Money-Back Challenge is available on The Travel Franchise most popular Pro and Elite packages. This package was created because The Travel Franchise only earn when you earn – so their goal is always to help you sell holidays quickly and make your new business a fast success. It’s a great target to aim for, with new franchisees (like Lindsay & Tom, Reshma and Carla) ac...

Love Fitness and Henley Hawks Rugby Club are working together to provide the rugby team with the perfect training facility for the strength and conditioning sessions. The unique style of the class studio for Love Fitness members is also the perfect set up for the rugby team, with weight training equipment being amongst the more traditional style classes you typically see in a gym, the semi-professional rugby players are able to use the studio twice a week for strength and rehabilitation training...

Love Fitness want to provide the best all round gym experience possible, and to help benefit their gym goers they have teamed up with The Menza Cafe/Bar to help deliver fresh, tasty and nutritious meals to help their customers with their pre and post workouts!Nutrition is a vital part of anyone’s training regime so Love Fitness members receive 10% discount off all food and drink at The Menza Café/Bar, offering delicious meals with fresh ingredients alongside a variety of hot and cold drinks incl...