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UK based Accentia Franchise Consultants have now opened their first of several offices in the Middle East region. The office run by Accentia’s Middle East Director Khalid Mahdi is in Dubai and covers both the GCC and the Levant.Providing a strategic foothold within the region for those franchisors who are already clients of Accentia along with creating a local infrastructure through which brands home grown within the UAE and the Middle East can expand internationally; Accentia are able to offer...

The diddi dance franchise team are proud of the accolade founder Anne-Marie Martin was awarded the highest accolade at the EWIF awards 2019 – Inspirational Woman Franchisor 2019, sponsored by Little Voices. Anne-Marie, founder of the dancing franchise network was awarded the title at the EWIF ceremony, due to a hugely successful year last year, both as a franchisor, for her brand and franchisee network, and personally. This included delivering talks at local women’s networking events, sharing h...

Husband and wife team Lee and Chantal Teal launched Love Brownies in 2009 and has since grown from a small online gifting business to a rapidly expanding chain of cafes and brownie shops across the UK. Celebrating its tenth birthday in July, their latest venture sees them combine a new bakery, which supplies their increasing number of franchises, with a delightful café. The Brownie Barn is the perfect stop off for walkers, cyclists and those holidaying in the idyllic heart of Yorkshire. It’s al...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its new Lancaster franchise territory Store has opened with record sales!   Business partners and franchisees, Sukhbir Gill and Lakhwinder Singh (Lucky), joined the Papa John’s franchise network back in 2018 and run successful pizza franchise stores within the Skegness, Bebington, Warrington, Liverpool Wallaesy, Liverpool Allerton Road, St Helens and now Lancaster franchise territories.   Lucky comments:  “We chos...

Love Brownies, launched in 2009 by husband and wife team Lee and Chantal Teal, has grown from a small online gifting franchise business to a rapidly expanding chain of cafés and brownie shops across the UK. Celebrating its tenth birthday in July, their latest venture sees them combine a new bakery, which supplies their increasing number of franchises, with a delightful café.  The Brownie Barn is the perfect stop off for walkers, cyclists and those holidaying in the idyllic heart of Yorkshi...

Diddi Dance (Children's Franchise) Founder Anne-Marie Martin was awarded the highest accolade at the EWIF (Encouraging Women in Franchising) awards 2019 – Inspirational Woman Franchisor 2019, sponsored by Little Voices. We are delighted to be celebrating this most prestigious of awards for Anne-Marie at diddi dance franchise HQ. Anne-Marie was awarded the title at the EWIF ceremony, due to a hugely successful year last year, both as a franchisor, for her brand and  franchise network, an...

Mike Williams has purchased the Manchester South franchise territory for leading recruitment franchise Driver Hire.  Before deciding to become his own boss through franchising, over the past 20 years Mike has had an interesting and varied career. He joined the RAF straight from school; back in civvy street, he worked in sales, most recently for a waste management company. Along the way he’s also had previous experience of franchising, operating four highly successful Subway outlets in the...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has been named as the Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food Association (PAPA), pizza delivery chain of the year for 2019.   The award recognises the chain operators who are successfully driving the delivery/takeaway sector.   The award win was announced at a special ceremony which aimed to showcase and recognise the finest pizza, pasta and Italian food businesses across the country, held on 14 November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London....

Being part of a national theatre school franchise, the people working within it acknowledge it is a privilege to be part of the lives of children and their families. Principals of schools across the UK get the opportunity to help shape the future and leave a lasting legacy.     When students come to one of the Razzamataz Theatre franchise Schools, they truly become part of our Razz Family. It is not just about the singing, dancing and drama lessons, it is all the wonderful events...

The Best Franchise Awards announced ActionCOACH as the clear leader in the Best B2B Franchise category on Thursday 28th November, making this the second consecutive year that the world’s largest business coaching franchise took the title. It was after an independent survey of ActionCOACH’s franchise network, benchmarking scores against other franchises, placed them in the top three for franchisee satisfaction. It was then down to a panel of franchise industry experts to interview all three, agre...

FORMER England rugby union coach Sir Clive Woodward spoke about what it takes to create a winner at Dream Doors’ annual conference. Almost 300 franchisees, corporate suppliers and franchise head office support staff were in attendance for the Dream Doors franchise conference that took place at the Hampshire's Ageas Bowl Cricket Ground. Talking to franchisees within the UK's number 1 kitchen makeover franchise business was Sir Clive who said that guding the leading England's rugby union team...

Identifying the way that certain colours and styles complemented her better than others was a pivotal moment for franchisee Helen Venables. Struggling with post-natal depression, she found that a career with House of Colour provided her with a low-cost franchise opportunity that allowed her to improve her own wellbeing. Passionate about the business, Helen quickly worked her way up to become a managing director at House of Colour. Responsible for more than 100 personal stylists in the UK alone,...