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From redundancy to entrepreneurship, Julie Dunne, award winning franchisee, has come a long way since losing her job twice to the recession, as she celebrates five years of running her professional domestic housekeeping franchise business, Bright & Beautiful Enfield.Before launching the business, Julie held a successful 20-year-long career in sales management, however, was made redundant twice as the Great Recession devasted businesses throughout the UK. With the future looking uncertain, Julie...

Fareham based Marla Custom Blinds recently completed the manufacture and installation of sixty-one custom roller blinds for hair products distributor Salon Success Ltd. The £5,000 contract was a critical part of a more extensive redesign and refurbishment for Salon Success’s new head office in Aylesbury coordinated by Atorie Design of Southampton.“Atorie approached us based on our reputation for quality, reliability and value,” said Marla Custom Blinds MD Martin Froud. “We were able to submit an...

Award-winning franchisee, Faye Roddy, is celebrating a milestone year in 2020 as she commemorates her tenth-year anniversary of Bright & Beautiful within the franchise territory of Altrincham, the first ever pilot franchisee in the Bright & Beautiful franchise network. The franchise territory within Altrincham has seen significant growth; just last year, the cleaning franchise witnessed a 45% growth in turnover which enabled Faye to invest in her growing workforce of 30 by hiring an additional...

DREAM Doors, the UK's largest and most successful kitchen makeover franchise specialist, with almost 100 franchise showrooms throughout the country has got off to a fantastic start to 2020, with ten franchisees turning over more than £100k this January. These figures were achieved by franchisee owners throughout the country, including Brighton, Cheshire, Croydon, Derby, Poole, Stoke, Swansea, Wakefield, West Nottingham and Worcester. franchise territories. This income contributed to Dream Doo...

Right at Home, are excited to announce the launch of their new podcast, Focused on Franchising. Hosted by Right at Home’s Franchise Recruitment Manager, Kate Dilworth, the podcast is aimed at anyone who is thinking about starting their own business, to help them make informed decisions. It will cover why franchising offers a fantastic way to reduce risk, as well as bust some myths around franchising. Right at Home is a franchise which has supported over 60 franchise owners to build successfu...

How was your day? If you're like millions of other parents around the world, you kissed your children and left the house to spend hours in traffic. At the end of the day, when they rushed out of school to proudly show off their latest drawing, you weren't there in the playground to see it.  You missed out on a family dinner. Did you even make it home in time for a bedtime story? Parents are missing out on family time because they need to make ends meet. They're constantly try...

DREAM Door. the kitchen face lift franchise network has surpassed a monthly turnover figure of £5.5million this January, setting a record for the franchisor. Previously, the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover franchise company’s highest monthly turnover was £4.79million, which was achieved last October. Managing director Ed Brewer said the increase in turnover is down to the dedication of the network in following Dream Doors’ ever-evolving franchise model. He added: “Our main focus at head off...

Katrina Melling is the Principal franchisee for Razzamataz within the High Wycombe franchise territory. She took the leap from being a freelance vocal coach to owning a theatre school franchise and is enjoying this next challenge in her career. Background I got my first job playing piano at a ballet class when I was a teenager and spent my whole career in music and teaching. I worked at Razzamataz within the Marlow franchise territory as a singing and drama teacher and have worked professi...

Within the International Franchise community the Global Franchise awards are fondly regarded as the ‘Golden Snitch’ of discerning franchise accolades, a truly international award where votes are cast by the leading lights of the German, Canadian, American & British franchise associations. So winning not one but two awards, (Best Children’s Educational Franchise & Global Franchise Supreme Champion) at the 2020 franchise awards will undoubtedly go down as a pivotal moment for a British born franc...

Leading pizza franchise network, Papa John’s, has announced franchisees Sukhbir Gill and Lakhwinder Singh (Lucky), have opened a new franchised Papa John’s pizza store within the franchise territory of  Runcorn, Cheshire and taken over a further store within their franchise territory region.  This brings the number of Papa John’s pizza franchises they run up to 12 stores in the North West now including Runcorn.  Lucky explains:  “Being multi-unit operators has always be...

Building on from her 15 year career in Dubai, local Cheltenham businesswoman Claire Alves has swapped her life in the middle east for a new eco-friendly professional housekeeping franchise business, Bright & Beautiful®, covering the Cheltenham franchise territory and its surrounds.    Raised in the Cotswolds, Claire has chosen to return to her roots and start her own business in the heart of the local community, as well as creating a number of housekeeping jobs for local people. ...

A Labrador called Star, who has been described as a little boy’s ‘light in his darkest times’, was just one of the deserving doggy winners to be discovered in the Barking Mad UK Dog Awards, which celebrated canine companions and the difference they make to our lives.   Proud owner, Denise Meir, entered Star in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category because of the transformational effect the dog has had on her son’s life. She said:  ...