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Drain Doctor®, the UK’s leading full service combined commercial and domestic plumbing and drainage franchise network, has welcomed it’s first solo female franchisee, Rachael Parry, with the launch of her Drain Doctor drainage franchise within the exclusive Edinburgh franchise territory. Prior to the launch of her new plumbing and drainage franchise territory, Rachael spent 14 years working in Financial Services where she held the position of Product Manager at several blue-chip organisations,...

Christine Kelly has come a long way since launching her Little Kickers business in 2002. Now in over 30 countries and teaching over 65,000 children a week, Franchise Supermarket finds out more from the entrepreneur herself. It’s not hard to see in 2019 just how popular not only the Little Kickers service is to thousands of parents, but also the business model, that has helped over 300 people become business owners, across 6 continents. But when was it obvious to Christine that the demand for...

Quality homecare franchise Right at Home have been awarded Five Star Franchisee Satisfaction status. What does this mean to someone thinking about joining the UK network. Deciding to leave employment and start your own business is a huge step. The desire to build something for yourself seems to grow, the more frustrated you become… But how can you feel secure in your potential for success with your chosen business model? Whilst we can’t see into the future, we can help you to feel con...

Driver Hire – the leading transport & logistics recruitment franchise network – has won ‘Best Website’ at the Franchise Marketing Awards for 2019. This recognition for the franchsie recruitment giants website was based on builds on investment in the website and a project to redesign it. The new website was launched in May 2018 following its ground-up redevelopment. Driver Hire made it paramount that franchisees from within the network were fully involved during the process.. A key focus of the...

The retail franchise giant, Ableworld are extremely proud to have been voted the winner of the Dealer of the Year UK at the 2019 Access & Mobility Professional Awards.  Ableworld are the leading mobility and stairlift retailer in the UK and this prestigious accolade was awarded for their continued dedication to helping our ageing population and people living with disabilities.Ableworld are the largest mobility retailer in the UK, providing quality products and services to the ever-growing e...

ColourFence, one of the UK’s leading storm proof franchise, has added to its already extensive training programme for new franchisees.The fencing franchise has always offered its franchisees a thorough training programme but have decided to give new franchisees more valuable information by increasing head office training from 2 to 3 weeks.Designed to cover all aspects of the business, from marketing through sales and from quoting to overseeing installations, the new course equips franchisees wit...

Driver Hire, the UK’s leading recruitment franchisor, has added a new franchisee to its expanding and successful nationwide network – Andrew Partridge. Earlier this year he acquired the franchise rights for Driver Hire’s Hereford & Worcester franchise territory and recently completed his first five month’s trading as a Driver Hire recruitment franchisee. Andrew has got away to a flying start, increasing monthly turnover by 200%. Several things attracted Andrew to the business, not least th...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s has opened its latest store within the Wollaton, Nottingham franchise territory.  Kam Bains and Husband Sukhy, first joined the Papa John’s fast food franchise network as franchisees nine years ago and Wollaton is their fifth franchise store within the region. Kam confirms: “Nottingham is clearly ‘hot’ for Papa John’s!  Enquiries from residents in Wollaton, plus numerous customers coming for collection showed us now was the time to open a new s...

Drain Doctor, the Darlington based domestic and commercial pluming and drainage franchise, has signed a new sponsorship deal with Darlington Rugby Football Club for the 2019/20 season. Drain Doctor’s deal with the rugby club will see it become on of the club’s sponsors, which includes advertisement of its service within Darlington RFC and sponsorship for the 2nd team shirts. “The partnership between Drain Doctor and Darlington Rugby Club is a natural fit and we are delighted to be able to...

Franchise Accountancy group TaxAssist moves up one place in Accountancy Age Top 50 + 50 surveyTaxAssist Accountants’ continual growth has seen the network of small business franchise specialists rise one place to 21st in the highly regarded industry league table with a 5% increase in fee income, up from £39.6m to £41.5m.The latest survey reveals that growth across the sector has accelerated despite the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit and new regulations. The top UK accountancy firms record...

James Vincent has been a key member of the UK support team at ActionCOACH since 2014, leading the way on high-performance coaching as their UK Performance Director. When ActionCOACH’s new Firm Builder model was released in late 2018, he immediately invested in the exclusive territory for Sheffield, with no intention of leaving his existing position in the support team. How could he possibly manage all that?“At first glance, it may sound like a huge challenge to keep what appears to be more than...

Charmaine Nicolson, franchisee for the Bright & Beautiful franchise network within the Wolverhampton franchise territory, an award-winning professional domestic housekeeping franchise, has been shortlisted in the ‘Start-Up Business of the Year’ category at the Black Country Chamber Awards 2019.Recognised for exceeding expectations within the first two years of trade, Charmaine joins five other finalist companies all in the running to win the award. The winner will be revealed on 15th November at...