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When it comes to celebrating women within the franchising sector, what could be better than an illustrious awards ceremony to recognise all those achievements? Although we can’t do it in person this year, there’s nothing to stop us from honouring the woman who have overcome the challenges of the past year and achieved great things for their respective franchise business through adversity – especially as the NatWest EWiF Awards will take place three days after International Women’s Day. Encour...

Right at Home, the UK franchise providing premium quality homecare and companionship services, is celebrating winning its fourth Best Franchise Award. The national franchise awards, which took place virtually on the 10th February 2021, recognise the leading franchise networks across all business sectors and are a highlight of the UK franchising calendar. Right at Home, the leading care franchise - which has 65+ franchise territory locations across the UK - was named a finalist after achieving...

Fantastic Services, property maintenance franchise, gathered all their franchise family members to discuss the growth opportunities and the strategy for the rest of the year.  Apart from being entirely virtual, due to the pandemic, there was another big difference in this year’s conference – during the first day, Fantastic Services brought together not only existing but also prospective franchisees, interested in joining the company. Thе first day was open to the public and revealed how...

Two more awards for leading franchise dance school class diddi dance We are ecstatic to celebrate TWO Franchise awards.The Best Franchise Award for continuous improvement in 2020, means so much to us, we are proud to have supported our franchisees in this unprecedented year and our second award fills us with pride that for the 7th year running, based on anonymous feedback from our Franchisees, we have received the 5 Star Franchisee Satisfaction Award It means the world to us to know that they r...

Tax Assist Accountants, the Leading tax and accounting franchise opportunity promoted in the UK, Canada, USA and Australia as franchise expansion continues apace.In a first for the established small business accounting franchise, TaxAssist Accountants hosted multiple franchisee Discovery Sessions in the same month across the globe, as it continues with its ambitious expansion plans.  For David Paulson QFP, Senior Vice President, Franchise Development, it is milestone moment, and the r...

Prior to the launch of its new franchise network, UPVC decking and fencing specialists,Lakeland Verandahs, decided to undergo its first brand refresh for several years.The investment in a brand refresh was made for a number of reasons.Lakeland Verandahs has enjoyed incredible and sustained growth over the past few years, and its management team believed it was time that the company image evolved to reflect this.There was widespread agreement that the old branding had an outdated look and didn’t...

March 2020, everything was turned on its head by the pandemic, and it has impacted all walks of life, including the business world.Lakeland Verandahs, however, a market-leading specialist in the design, supply and installation of maintenance-free decking and fencing, has managed to ride the storm.Following a landmark sales year in 2019, it broke £4m turnover in 2020, a record sales figure for the company, founded in 2008.Exceptionally high sales volumes so far in January, and encouraging sales f...

As well as delivering to local residents within the designated franchise territory seven days a week, the recently launched Papa John’s franchise will also be serving up freshy-cooked pizza to MK Dons supporters from a dedicated Papa John’s franchise kiosk from within the stadium, once fans are permitted to attend football matches, concerts and other events once again. The agreement will see the leading food & beverage franchise giant Papa John’s - known for its “BETTER INGREDIENTS. BETTER...

2020 was a year of growth for the Total Clean franchise network who, despite numerous lock downs, saw their annualised turnover increase by over 50%. In part this was due, understandably, to the increased requirement for cleaning from our existing customers. It was also due to Total Clean’s swift response to the pandemic: ensuring we could provide a covid secure, and uninterrupted service to our existing and new customersdeveloping new Covid related services, to offer our customers and new...

Caring For Your Pet’s Teeth Throughout February the leading pet franchise, OSCAR Pet Foods will be waving their pet's toothbrushes to help raise awareness for Pet Dental Health Month. Approximately 80% of dogs and cats over 3 years old have a form of dental disease, so it is important we look after our pet’s oral health. There are many things we can do to look after our pet’s teeth but the most effective way of reducing plaque is through regular brushing and cleaning.Veterinary Dental CareDent...

TaxAssist Accountants Franchisee Barry McGougan reflects on 20 years of successfully building his franchise accountancy practice with TaxAssist Accountants. For accountancy franchisee Barry McGougan, franchising has been a real success story, enabling him to build a substantial franchise accountancy practice, close to his home in Galston in Western Scotland, which his daughter Lisa Foster has joined, with the aim of taking over later in the year. “When I look back to 2001, starting out as a fr...

Quality homecare franchise giant Right at Home has celebrated the launch of an additional three new franchise offices becoming fully operational, after they successfully completed the CQC registration process. UK care providers can only start to deliver personal care services once the industry regulator has completed a rigorous series of checks, to ensure they can deliver services safely and effectively. Right at Home has a dedicated franchise support team that coaches new franchisee and their...