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Are you looking to explore a new career opportunity in 2021, one that will allow you to finally fulfil that life-long ambition of becoming your own boss, but without the stress and complexities of building a new business from scratch? Buying into a well-established, thriving business model to become a franchise owner, would be a great pathway into self-employment, and that exact type of franchise opening is now available at Lakeland Verandahs, a decking, fencing and balustrades specialist that...

17 New franchisees join TaxAssist Accountants in 2020 Growth of franchise continues despite pandemic Throughout 2020, TaxAssist Accountants managed to continued its successful recruitment of new franchisees, with 17 new joiners, including two new partners to existing practices and one franchise resale, bringing the total number of franchise areas up to 244 in the UK. It also redesigned and hosted three virtual Initial Training Courses despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus...

As we head towards Brexit, with redundancies rising and an uncertain job market, figures published by the British Franchising Association confirm more and more people are seeking the security of being their own boss. It seems the shock of COVID and its devastating impact on employment figures is igniting many entrepreneurial sparks – and British franchising is fanning the flames. As one of the UK’s top pet industry franchisors, OSCAR Pet Foods know there are clear winners and losers in th...

Papa John’s Introduces Flexible Franchising Formats With 2020 well and truly behind us, going into 2021 Papa Johns the Leading pizza franchise has announced some new flexible franchising formats. Following the continued success of its franchised high street stores, Papa John’s is now aiming to expand its reach by providing even more convenience for customers, by opening in brand new locations such as holiday parks, stadiums, leisure attractions and other ‘non-traditional’ venues. Just...

Finding 'Dymonds' in the COVID environment Paul Dymond launched his Agency Express franchise in June 2020. Following a diverse career ranging from a Business Analyst for a FTSE 250 company to a local courier driver, Paul was ready for a new challenge and set his sights on becoming his own boss. He like many others, Paul had begun his journey in to franchising when the COVID-19 lockdown began, but confident in his decision to buy a franchise business and undeterred he continued on his path....

Meyers Estate Agents, the UK's first 24/7 home-based agency, have recruited three new franchisees as part of its new national recruitment drive.Meyers, which has been voted as in the top 3% of UK estate agencies, is focused on helping property owners sell fast with more affordable costs and was set up as a franchise seven years ago. Since launch, Meyers has instructed more than one billion pounds of properties and is looking to capitalise on the continued growth in the sector through further exp...

Leading business process outsourcing company QX Global Group has been awarded the Master Franchise rights for Canada. TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of small business specialist accountants, and leading tax and accounting franchise, is now launching in Canada. This is following successful expansion to the Republic of Ireland, Australia and the USA. The Master Franchise rights will cover the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, wi...

New Career beginnings in 2021 for you? Hear from our founder about DNS’s plans for the year ahead Its a new year at DNS Accountants Franchise, so what better way to start the year than to hear from our Founder and Managing Partner, Sumit Agarwal. Sumit talks below about lessons learnt and reflections in 2020 and how the team are planning for growth for the Franchise and whole DNS Accountants business group in 2021 and beyond. What business lessons has the DNS Group taken from 2020 and th...

A Coronacoaster Year at Mess Around 2020 was certainly a year for everyone, or a Coronacoaster of year as Kristine Monaghan from Mess Around has called it. Unfortunately in March they had to close their messy doors to the public to protect their team, customers, the NHS and to support the government in the attempt to suppress the virus. Kristine has been running Mess Around Ltd. for over 8 years and of all the things that she thought could possibly put her out of business, a bat in China...

Why I invested in a Virtual Assistant Franchise The Alchemy Virtual Assistance family proudly welcomed on Eloise in the summer. She, like many, witnessed a sharp refocusing of priorities as a result of the pandemic. Eloise’s story is an inspiring and unusual one. Since joining Alchemy VA , she has achieved so much, in such a short space of time and with grit and grace. Eloise’s virtual assistant adventure is one that we’re very proud and delighted to share.. "I ‘fell’ into being a Virtual...

The Best Franchise Awards are based on feedback from the Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark programme, coordinated by survey specialists WorkBuzz. Each year it sees thousands of franchisees answer 32 questions about their franchise ownership experience via a confidential online survey, to generate an overall Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark score. Right at Home’s owners’ feedback resulted in an overall score of 92%, putting it among the best performing franchises and leading to automatic recognit...

TaxAssist Accountants nominated for Best Franchise Award 2020 Based upon feedback from franchisees, the unique awards highlight the best possible franchises on the market. WorkBuzz gathered feedback from franchisees which ended up resulting in a '5 Star Franchise Satisfaction Award', TaxAssist Accountants has been named as a finalist in the 'Best Franchise £10m + Network Turnover' category of The Best Franchise Awards 2020/21, sponsored by Lloyds Bank. Having taken part in the 'Franchise S...