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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...

Quality homecare franchise Right at Home has welcomed five new members of staff to its national support team, ensuring its franchisees benefit from an industry-leading support ratio. The Right at Home UK care franchise network is now approaching 70 franchise territories territories, operated by 63 franchisees, who are supported in all aspects of their franchise care business operation by a one to three ratio of National franchise support Office team. Between them they offer a wealth of experti...

OSCAR, the Pet Food Delivery franchise explain why teamwork and staying local promises continued success for 2021 and beyond for the leading pet franchise group. As lockdown continues, Leading pet franchise, OSCAR Pet Foods reflect on why the challenges of 2020 present its current network of franchisees with confidence for a bright and successful future with their respective franchise business.A winning combination of pet care being an essential business and franchising maintaining its long-hel...

To cater for demand, Lloyd Evans has moved to a larger and more prominent shop at 1-3 Moss Grove within the franchise territory of Kingswinford. Lloyd Evans joined TaxAssist Accountants franchise in 2012, and has, since then, gone on to build up a practice with more than 730 small business clients around the franchise territory that includes Halesowen, Wolverhampton and Kingswinford, alongside his team of eight staff. As part of his plans to expand his services in Kingswinford and surrounding...

Business for Sale - Honiton There is an opportunity to purchase a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. This job like more and more job roles these days is home based, OSCAR provides a pet care service that covers a wide range of benefits to pet owners, from British-made nutritious pet food, a comprehensive range of accessories and healthcare products to advice in nutrition and behaviour. Buying into a successful OSCAR franchise is an opportunity not to be missed,...

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...