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Metro Rod Helps Boost Franchise Brands’ Growth

Since Metro Rod acquisition, multi-brand franchiser Franchise Brands PLC profits for 2017 have hit the roof. Ever since Franchise Brands PLC took over Metro Rod, its revenue has up surged fivefold with profits for 2017 hitting GBP784,000. In a recent report Franchise Brands reported an upswing from a pre-tax loss in 2017 of GBP65,000 to a profit of GBP784,000 the [...]

New Skechers Concept Store Pops Up In Regent Arcade

Skechers has opened the doors to its new concept store in Regent Arcade in Chelthenham. The new concept store Skechers has popped up in Regent Arcade will stock the newest styles three months before they are sold in other stores. The swanky new Skechers concept store is one of six in the UK to stock the brands latest arrivals, where customers can pull out vouchers up [...]

Tutor Doctor Presents Its New Look For 2018

Tutor Doctor, the world-leading tutoring franchise bares an exciting new look for its global brand. Tutor Doctor kicks off 2018 with a striking new look for the company’s new global branding. With a boldcolour palette, canny imagery and thought-provoking messaging, Tutor Doctor’s new look promises to turn heads and reel in the lure. Tutor Doctor’s director of global [...]

Luton Driver Hire Welcomes New Franchisee

The Driver Hire franchise group extends a warm welcome to newcomer in Luton. Driver Hire’s growing franchise network is happy to welcome a new member to its family. Charanpreet Singh Parhar – Chaz for short – will be taking over the Driver Hire Luton branch. Prior to embarking on this exciting new business venture, Chaz worked in customer services for Paypoint [...]

Stagecoach Theatre School Nominated For Top Business Award

Stagecoach theatre franchise school prepares its song and dance for the finals in upcoming top business award. The leading performance arts franchise school renowned for teaching and nurturing dancing, singing and acting skills to children ages 4-18 is preparing it biggest production yet – the Brand Awareness business prize by the British Franchise [...]

Creams Café Presents The UK’s Largest Dessert-Only...

The UK’s leading dessert specialist café franchise has opened the UK’s very first dessert-only restaurant. Debenhams at Stevenage Roaring Meg retail park will house Creams Café largest dessert-only restaurant in the UK. With over 100 choices of ice cream, gelato, crepes and waffles, the new and largest Creams Café restaurant is located on the ground floor of Debenhams [...]

Choice Hotels Shoots For The Stars

In 2018 the International hotel franchise, Choice Hotels will focus on the upscale market. After a successful and highly profitable quarter 4 in 2017, Choice Hotels not only nailed its projections, it realised it could aim even higher and shoot for the stars. With its highly profitable quarter, record occupancy levels and generous tax reforms, the International hotel [...]

Anytime Fitness Launches Its Sprawling Shanghai Gym In Style

The world’s fastest-growing gym franchise group, Anytime Fitness celebrates the launch of its 4,000th new fitness centre in Shanghai, China. The fastest-growing gym franchise group in the world has recently celebrated the launch of its Shanghai gym, an impressive 4,000th state of the art fitness centre and plans on taking over the world. With gyms opening soon in [...]

Countrywide Grounds Comes To The Rescue

‘Countrywide Grounds’, a Dwyer Group franchise brand, comes to the rescue during recent ‘Beast from the East’. As the ‘Beast from the East’ wreaked havoc across the UK last week, Countrywide Grounds gritters were out in force 24/7 clearing footpaths, access roads and motorways. As a member of the Dwyer Group family of brands, Countrywide Grounds is a long-established [...]

Radfield Home Care franchise doubling targets after only...

Home care franchise, Radfield Home Care, announces rapid success. After just nine months of trading, franchisees from one of the UK’s top 100 franchises, Radfield Home Care are already outperforming their business plan. Essex-based Radfield Home Care Havering only began trading in July last year and has already seen a peak of almost 500 hours of care delivered in a [...]

A New Café Launch In Putney For Esquires Coffee Uk

Esquires Coffee, the Internationally renowned ethical coffee chain franchise opens its 52nd UK shop in Putney. The ethical coffee franchise wildly known for its excellent coffee and sustainable business practices recently opened its first UK test kitchen in Putney and is now finishing the final touches for its 52nd coffee shop in the UK. Esquires Coffee’s 52nd shop is [...]

Wagging Tails Kicks Off 2018 With Record-Breaking Bookings

The UK’s leading dog boarding franchise business kick-off 2018 with a big bang. Wagging Tails network started 2018 with over £100,000 worth of dog holiday bookings in January alone which adds up to an increase of over 20% year on year. The UK’s leading dog boarding franchise business leaves 2017 with a record-breaking of over £500,000 worth of bookings, an [...]

Baskin-Robbins Takes Its Sweet Course Across Canada

Baskin-Robbins recently announced its expansion plans in Canada with four new locations in Toronto, Ontario. The world’s largest ice cream speciality shops franchise chain has announced it is heading up north to explore Canadian markets. Baskin-Robbins kicks off its expansion programme in the Toronto, Ontario market with the signing of four new shop development [...]

Agency Express Makes It To BFA’s Franchisor Of The Year...

The award-winning estate agency franchise Agency Express, is gearing up for yet another accolade – bfa’s Franchisor of the Year. Agency Express, the UK’s largest award-winning estate agency board franchise has been nominated as finalists for the ‘bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year’ awards. Running up against 900+ franchise brands in the UK, Agency Express has made it to [...]

Choice Hotels Adds Four More Properties To Its Uk...

The acquisition of four more properties is part of the UK’s expansion programme of Choice Hotels’ four-star Clarion Collection brand and the Ascend Hotel Collection portfolio. The leading hotel franchise group Choice Hotels is rapidly expanding throughout the UK and across Europe, with brands that include Comfort, Quality, Clarion and Ascend Hotel Collection. The [...]

Agency Express Recognised Once Again

Agency Express has for a fifth consecutive year been recognised for its outstanding customer service by The ESTAS, the UK’s largest residential property industry award scheme. The ESTAS ‘Supplier of the Year’ category sponsored by Zoopla determines the UK’s best estate industry suppliers through research carried out amongst customers. This year saw a record amount of [...]

ActionCoach To Show How To Make A Good Business Great At...

At this years’ Growth Summit, ActionCOACH, the world’s top business coaching franchise company promises to help business reach the next level. The award-winning and world’s number one business coaching franchise company that specialises in helping small and medium-sized enterprises take their businesses to the next level, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Growth [...]

Las Iguanas Coming Soon To South Africa

The award-winning South American cuisine restaurant franchise, Las Iguanas prepares the launch of sprawling 200-seater restaurant in South Africa. Las Iguanas, part of one of the largest independent restaurant companies in the UK – Casual Dining Group- is gearing up for the launch of its sprawling 200-seater restaurant in South Africa’s Irene Mall, Centurian on 7th [...]

Café Rouge Turns To Deliveries To Boost Business

Café Rouge franchise owner hopes to expand in transport hubs and overseas markets by keeping an eye on deliveries. Casual Dining Group, the owner of Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia franchises, intends to make its high-street presence stand out by expanding its transport hubs and overseas markets. Additionally, the group that also runs the Las Iguanas franchise chain will [...]

Bagel Corner’s Makeover Is Just The Beginning

Bagel Corner’s redecoration is the first of many changes the famous bagel franchise business has in store. To keep up with the exponential growth that comes with a successful bagel franchise business, Bagel Corner is setting in motion big plans for its 22nd store located at 19, rue de la Boétie, in the très chic Parisian neighbourhood known as ‘Le Carré D’Or”. Bagel [...]

Dream Doors Crown Husband And Wife Franchise Owners...

This year’s Franchise of the Year award has gone to husband and wife Dream Doors franchise team, Lesley and Adrian Wallace. Dream Doors power franchisee couple have been crowned Franchise of the Year at the company’s annual conference. After celebrating a record-breaking year, Lesley and Adrian Wallace reaped the rewards for their Basingstoke and Newbury Dream Doors [...]

Wimpy Prepares Big UK Comeback

Wimpy, the fast food franchise giant is kicking off UK comeback in Shrewsbury. Why Shrewsbury? Over a decade ago, Wimpy moved out of Shrewsbury and now with its big UK comeback, the multinational hamburger chain plans to take off from where it left. The owners of UK’s Wimpy franchise are Famous Brands, a South African based group. The agent from Towler Shaw Roberts [...]

Belvoir Lettings Jacks Up Its Property Portfolio

Belvoir Lettings franchise group has added 624 new properties to its growing portfolio. Belvoir Lettings’ recent acquisition of 624 new properties to its portfolio promises to boost its networks global income by almost £1m per year. The AIM-listed firm confirmed that the properties located within Welwyn Garden City and St Albans, will upsurge group management [...]

Radfield Care Will Be Starring In Upcoming British &...

Award-winning Radfield Home Care is preparing for its starring role in upcoming British Franchise Exhibition. As one of the UK’s top 100 franchises, Radfield Home Care’s franchisors and franchisees will be playing a starring role at the British & International Franchise Exhibition. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch Radfield Home Care franchisee, Jennie [...]

Devon Oscar Pet Foods Franchisees Fete 20 Years Of...

Husband and wife team are happy to celebrate their 20-year anniversary of franchise business bliss with Oscars Pet Foods. When Neil and Lorraine launched their Oscar Pet Foods shop in Devon 20 years ago, they hoped it would be for a long haul but never suspected it would be so much fun to build a successful business that continues to blossom with each passing [...]

The Creation Station Bromsgrove Mum Sweeps Away With A...

The Creation Station franchise owner in Bromsgrove wins another prestigious award for helping children through arts and crafts. Owner of The Creation station franchise in Bromsgrove and surrounding areas, Sarah Burnett has received the award for Best Retailers 2018 for making it her business to inspire and help children through arts and crafts.Whilst Sarah was also [...]

BFA ‘Franchisor Of The Year’ Nominee Driver Hire Does It...

Award winning transport logistics recruitment franchise, Driver Hire is nominated for yet another 2018 bfa HSBC ‘Franchisor of the Year’ award. The British Franchise Association HSBC ‘Franchisor of the Year’ award is up there with the Academy Awards, recognising and celebrating the most outstanding franchisors in the UK. The ‘Franchisor of the Year awards are granted [...]

Highgate Café Rouge Is London’s New Celebrity Hot Spot

Celebrities are flocking to new Café Rouge franchise in Highgate. British celebrities are trading the Ivy and Soho House for Highgates Café Rouge. Come by any given late morning to the ‘Trés Parisian’ bistro style café chain in Highgate, order a demi with a croissant or a full English breakfast with a cup of tea, and sit back to watch celebrities like Liam Gallagher, [...]

Brokerplan Offers Flexible And Lucrative Commercial...

Brokerplan franchisee’s commercial finance broking success story is more than inspirational. Brokerplan franchisee Karen Kent made a lifelong dream come true when her Pure Funding generated £33k of fees on her first Property Development case with an additional £21k in the pipeline. Karen had achieved the perfect work-life balance thanks to Brokerplan Pure [...]

Subway Franchise Opeator Announces Ambitious Gulf Expansion

Subway Franchise operator in Bahrain announced ambitious Gulf retail expansion programme is in full throttle. Subway franchise operator YYT Food Corporation is speeding past the starting line targeting 19 new GCC retail locations in the Gulf region by the end of 2018. YYT Food Corporation is the F&B franchise operator for the US sandwich giant Subway in Bahrain and [...]