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As we enter not only a new year, but a new decade, it’s natural for people to reflect on achievements and look ahead at how they can build a better future for themselves and their families. A move from employee to business owner is seen by many as the key to that improvement. Hesitation to take the plunge is, however, understandable. Based on data from Company House, roughly 80% of UK companies fail within their first year[1]. This level of risk can prevent would-be business owners from taking...

The recruitment franchise team at Driver Hire’s Stoke franchise territory are league leaders. And we’re not just talking locally; this is on a national franchise scale. They beat over 100 other Driver Hire dedicated franchise offices to top the table in a nationwide sales and recruitment competition. As a result, Driver Hire within the Stoke franchise territory franchisee, Paul Crossley, recently collected Driver Hire’s National Sales Day winners’ award for recruiting the most new clients and n...

Stuart Davis, Mayor of Solihull has opened a brand-new Papa John’s pizza franchise store located on Stretford Road within the dedicated franchise territory of Shirley, Solihull.   The fast food franchise store which was officially launched on 14 December 2019, now employs 20 local staff to make and delivery its top-quality pizza.  On the opening day, 200 pizzas were given away customers hungry to try Papa John’s, plus further special offers are available for a limited period: incl...

Neighbourly®, part of the world’s largest franchisor of home service brands, celebrates another milestone year in 2019 with five of its UK brands announced in Elite Franchise’s Top 100 franchises 2020. For the third consecutive year, Neighbourly’s brands have featured in the Elite Franchise 100 rankings in recognition of their growth and support they offer to 250+ franchisees across the UK and achieved the top ranking of any home services franchisor.  It also reinforces why the organisatio...

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....