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More than 100 brands and a goldmine of expert advice will be at The National Franchise Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC on 4 and 5 October. Aspiring and existing franchisees can explore franchise opportunities across all investment levels and a large spectrum of sectors at the UK's flagship franchise exhibition this autumn. The National Franchise Exhibition will also offer visitors inspiration, education and practical advice via the event's programme of more than 60 seminars. Exhibiting brand...

Robert Leek and Ian Leadbeater, owners of Driver Hire within the Sheffield franchise territory, have completed the renewal of their franchise agreement with national recruitment franchisors Driver Hire for a further five years. Robert and Ian initially bought the recruitment franchise business in 2009. Prior to that they both worked at Driver Hire’s Bradford recruitment franchise territory office. Since taking over the business they’ve grown annual turnover to in excess of £1m. Along the way th...

Two more sporting NGBs have joined forces with Premier Education - the UK’s biggest sport franchisor in school-based activities. Premier Education have worked with many of Britain’s biggest National Governing Bodies since their establishment in 1999. Their current partnerships include the likes of British Gymnastics, England Hockey and England Lacrosse. These partnerships allow Premier to offer a wide range of activities to primary school aged children across the UK. Impressively, the last 12...

Featuring brands from a broad range of business sectors – from children’s activities to pet care, business consultancy to healthcare providers – the announcement of the Franchise Marketing Awards 2019 finalists celebrates exemplary marketing support being provided to franchisees across the country. The winners of the awards, sponsored by Business Franchise magazine, will be announced at The National Franchise Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham, on Friday 4 October. Competition for these highly...

With over 90 exclusive franchise territories in the UK alone and expanding internationally, our approach to colour and style is in great demand and growing by the day. We're actively seeking to add to our successful franchise network and we'll be holding Discovery Day events to better explain our franchise offering to potential franchisees.  VenueDate TimeHoliday Inn, Ashford Central, Canterbury RoadAshford, TN24 8QQ11th October 2019 From 11:00 am - 2:30 PMHouse of Colour...

Right at Home UK has been recognised as one of the top 20 homecare franchise providers in the UK by the leading independent review website, homecare.co.uk. The award was based on the homecare group’s reviews from the people they cared for, their friends and relatives. Right at Home UK currently has an impressive recommendation score on homecare.co.uk of 9.8 out of 10, with more than 1,000 reviews across its network of offices in England and Wales. Right at Home offers highly personalised...

When it comes to sales calls, the franchise recruitment team at Driver Hire within the Crewe franchise territory are leaders. And we’re not just talking locally; this is on a national scale. They recently collected Driver Hire’s National Sales & Recruitment winners’ award for topping the second (of three) 8-week competitions. “It’s all part of an annual incentive across the whole of the Driver Hire network designed to help each of us grow our business,” says joint franchisee, Lee Statham....

What is the end goal?The goal for any established business owner when considering franchising their pre-existing business is ‘expansion’. Franchising your business allows you to expand without incurring any risk of unnecessary debt or you won’t be using the cost of expansion against the equity of your business. In essence, any new recruited franchisees will in the first instance provide all of the required capital (franchise fee) to ensure they can adequately launch and operate one of your franc...

Newbury-based franchise owner, Mike Sheene, marked his three-year anniversary of running his professional domestic housekeeping franchise business, Bright & Beautiful, by celebrating the business’ expansion into Marlborough.Since taking over the successful franchise in 2016, Mike has doubled his workforce and now employs 30 local professional housekeepers, all DBS checked and working in teams of two and three to ensure reliability and client peace of mind. They provide a bespoke and tailored ser...

DREAM Doors’ six newest franchisees sold over £20,000 worth of kitchens within their first week of trading as Dream Doors Franchisees. Collectively, the franchise group turned over more than £125,000 in their first month with the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover franchise company. The new franchisees have launched territories within the Ayrshire franchise territory, Bolton franchise territory, Telford franchise territory and Dudley franchise territory and have taken over existing franchise resale terri...

With over 900 homes to clean and tidy every month across Cheshire and Greater Manchester, Bright & Beautiful Altrincham, part of the national domestic professional housekeeping franchise, is celebrating a significant milestone this month with its nine-year anniversary and 45% growth in turnover for this financial year. Award-winning franchisee, Faye Roddy, launched her franchise in 2010 and has since built a fully managed professional housekeeping service franchise with three office staff and 2...

Premier Education is the UK’s number 1 franchisor for delivering activities to schools. We’re at the forefront of providing sports, arts and wellbeing programmes to around 240,000 children a year. Since we were first established in 1999, we have a proven track record of building successful, multi-territory franchises throughout the UK. Thanks to our reputation, we have been able to partner with many sporting NGBs, including British Gymnastics and England Hockey. These partnerships mean we can g...