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TaxAssist Accountants, the UK’s largest network of independent business specialist accountants is celebrating another landmark in its success story – the opening of its 250th shop. Karthik shares his story and how he feels helping his local community. While many brands have been forced to close stores over the past year, TaxAssist Accountants has continued to grow its network by opening 20 new tax and accounting shops across the UK between July and December 2020, and seven so far in 2021.A...

The prestigious Global Franchise Awards showcases all the best franchises around the world in a multitude of categories. This year, TaxAssist Accountants has been shortlisted in the Best White Collar Franchise category and it's no surprise why. The Global Franchise Awards 2021 recognise excellence in the franchise industry and celebrate the brands that are working hardest to advance the cause of international franchising.Karl Sandall, Group Chief Executive, said: “Being shortlisted as the B...

There has never been a better time to consider a franchise opportunity with OSCAR!The pet industry is a vibrant growth market and provides an excellent business opportunity. It's no surprise it attracts significant interest when there is a growing tendency for individuals wanting to work with pets.Since the start of the pandemic, a total of 3.2 million households have acquired a pet, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association. With the boom in pet ownership, there are now 34 million pe...

Jaime Hilario, Franchisor of Screen Rescue, is delighted to announce a collective record-breaking team result in April 2021. We are delighted to have broken a new record in Screen Rescue for April month end results. As a collective team we have achieved an all-time new trading record and there have been some individual stand-out achievements too. Discounting last April’s trading, when the country entered lockdown for the first time, we compared our 2019 results in order to gain a like-for-lik...

The National Franchise Exhibition is taking place, albeit virtually, on the 21st and 22nd May and will help provide useful insight and information for those aspiring business owners so that they can make more informed decisions about their future in franchising. Whatever your motivations for wanting to be your own boss, it certainly is an event you do not want to miss. This free, online event will allow attendees to get to grips with the franchise model, discover a wide range of investment oppo...

Amanda Hilario, franchisor of Screen Rescue Commercial Windscreen & Glass Repairs multi-van franchise used her time wisely in lockdown to design and plan a new website that aided and benefited the continuously growing network of franchisees.  Our primary goal was to produce a website that showcased each active franchisee in their localised territory locations with informative business pages promoting the full range of windscreen and glass repair services they offer. The website need...

Throughout a year of unprecedented difficulties, the UK is slowly but surely making it's way back to some kind of normality. Poppies is staying increasingly optimistic about the future of domestic cleaning, as the cleaning franchise recorded a 170% increase in client demand across its franchise network of 22 franchisees since the end of March when COVID restrictions began easing. Compared to the ‘old normal’, the franchisees have collectively doubled the number of new enquiries for their prof...

Right at Home UK, a National homecare franchise can be delighted with their achievements in order to gain the incredible recognition of being a 5* Employer Award for a third consecutive year. This comes from the results of a network-wide anonymised CareGiver Satisfaction Survey, run annually by the independent research company, WorkBuzz. In addition to the network’s national award, 27 individual Right at Home offices also achieved local 5* Employer status. A total of 1,821 CareGivers took...

Both Richmond and Twickenham are about to gain an outstanding home care provider, with Right at Home GF currently set to lay down some foundations in the area and deliver their top quality service for the local communities. Alastair Shanks, the Managing Director of Right at Home GF, is delighted with the expansion and says: “I’m extremely proud to take on Right at Home Richmond and Twickenham - previously known as Right at Home Twickenham to Weybridge - as Michelle Apostol, the former owner...

From a survey in 2020, there has been some movement in the Accountancy Daily's Top 75 firms, with TaxAssist Accountants moving from 23rd to 21st. A key factor behind the continued growth of the TaxAssist Accountants franchise network was its 9.2% increase in fee income, up from £41.5m at Year End in December 2018 to £45.3m in 2019. Karl Sandall, Group Chief Executive Director, said: “It was pleasing to see TaxAssist Accountants move up two places in this league table, reflecting our networ...

After a turbulent year, we’ve noted before how proud we are to be in a situation where all franchise branches remain trading, with a steady uptake in key metrics which signify a very prosperous year ahead for The Wheel Specialist franchisees.Resilience seems to have been the theme across the board for 2020: it’s something our network have shown in abundance in managing the many challenges that the pandemic has brought.To celebrate this resilience, we have decided to make it easier to join our fa...

Mathnasium are delighted to have employed Louise Harris as their Franchise Operations Manager, as she is a one-woman whirlwind in the franchising world. She’ll be helping our franchisees increase their student numbers by mentoring them, sharing best practice, and developing marketing strategies.  “My role is to support franchisee growth,” says Louise, a former Board member of the British Franchise Association. "I’ll be developing training opportunities to ensure franchisees’ centres a...