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Bright & Beautiful, a North Tyneside ethical and eco-friendly professional housekeeping franchise business has been named ‘Employer of the Year’ for the North East at the Federation of Small Business (FSB) Excellence Awards 2019. Celebrating the win at last week’s annual awards, Helen Ross, business owner of Bright & Beautiful North Tyneside, set up her franchise business in October 2017 and now has a trusted team of nine professional housekeepers. Recognised for being an ethical employer, Hel...

The city of Manchester hosted Neighbourly’s third European Reunion from 27-30 March after being chosen over other European mainland destinations and brought together over 350 franchisees across eight brands from four countries, to collaborate, celebrate and have fun as one family. The 2019 theme ‘First Class’ celebrated the goals achieved and announced the new plans for all of the service brands in the year ahead. The convention was also a tribute to the world class service that the franchisees...

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced it is expanding within the Edinburgh franchise territory.  Franchisee, George Eastcroft has now opened his fourth Papa John’s franchise within his franchise territory in Edinburgh, this time in Blackhall, located in the North West of Scotland’s capital city. George Eastcroft confirms: “I joined Papa John’s in 2005.  At the time, Papa John’s was new in Scotland and wasn’t that well known, so our main challenge was brand awareness....

Mr. Electric, the UK’s leading electrical franchise network brand and part of the Neighbourly franchise organisation, has brightened up the Cornwall National Animal Welfare Trust, by powering up a new area for staff and visitors to utilise. Electrical work was also carried out on several broken dog kennels. Having acquired the portable cabin last summer, the space remained empty for over eight months until the fundraising team tasked themselves with getting it up and running. To speed up...

The entries deadline for the industry's most highly coveted accolades, the Franchise Marketing Awards, is approaching quickly. Would you like to give your brand an edge over rival investment opportunity and boost your chance of recruitment success? If so, then start working on your winning entries now! Sponsored by Business Franchise magazine, the awards are designed to acknowledge and celebrate the innovative and effective marketing campaigns and tools provided to franchisees. In this highly...

TWO childhood friends are topping up their pension pots by launching a Dream Doors franchise. Andy Earnshaw and Robert Wood have known each other since they were nine, playing football together as children and running a mobile DJ business in their late teens. After successfully managing their own businesses and franchises for decades, the lifelong friends were looking for a fresh franchise opportunity to keep them busy until they are ready to fully retire. They are now running Dream Do...

As National Pet Month reaches its 30th anniversary thousands of dedicated pet owners will be getting involved in events across the UK to raise awareness of responsible pet ownership. We are just one of many professional franchise businesses that place responsible pet ownership at the heart of everything we do. Fortunately, OSCAR Nutritional Advisors are in the ideal position of being able to keep up-to-date with all that is current in pet care. Expert advice is the key to our fra...

Mr. Electric, the UK’s leading electrical franchise brand and part of Neighbourly, has brightened up the Cornwall National Animal Welfare Trust, by powering up a new area for staff and visitors to utilise. Electrical work was also carried out on several broken dog kennels. Having acquired the portable cabin last summer, the space remained empty for over eight months until the fundraising team tasked themselves with getting it up and running. To speed up the process, the centre got in touch with...

Announcing the NatWest EWIF Award 2019 Finalists Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWIF) is an organisation focusing their time and energy on supporting women who are looking for a route into the franchising industry. Each year EWIF hosts an Annual Awards Ceremony celebrating the achievements of women across the franchising industry. We are proud to announce the finalists for this year’s NatWest EWIF awards, and would like to thank everyone who entered! The entries we received were out...

Scamps and Champs are pleased to announce a new branch will be opening in Reigate from November. Simon Ellis, husband, father and proud owner of Bonnie, a 5 month old Cocker Spaniel, will be offering dog walking, pet sitting and dog home boarding services to all pets in the Surrey area. Simon, after losing his two best friends, his Springer Spaniels and then the death of his father, decided to follow his passions and love of animals and this led him to Scamps and Champs. “I love animals and...

Scamps and Champs become members of the Pet Industry Federation! So who are the Pet Industry Federation? The Pet Industry Federation is a professional organisation that are leaders within pet industry. Offering companies specialist support and training in the following areas; dog grooming, pet retail, kennel and cattery management and assistance with pet trade events. The Pet Industry Federation are the top pet-industry specialists in the United Kingdom and therefore we are extremely proud...

Multi-award-winning chartered accountants and financial services organisation,  d&t, has been named as the platinum sponsor of the British Franchise Association’s (bfa) Conference to be held on 27 & 28 June at the Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham. This year, the bfa has redesigned its conference programme to make it more engaging to maximise the value to franchise businesses.  With more expert speakers than ever before, as well as interactive franchising panels, plus educational works...