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TaxAssist Accountants wins 5-Star Employer status again

TaxAssist Accountants' support centre has achieved 5-Star Employer status for the third year running. The bookkeeping and accounting franchise won the award after receiving above-average results in an anonymous Support Centre Staff survey by the independent research agency WorkBuzz. Compared to other businesses of a similar size, TaxAssist Accountants continues to [...]

Schmidt’s Norwich branch thrives during pandemic

Schmidt Norwich has managed to continue to record positive performance during the pandemic. While the kitchen franchise may not be achieving as many sales as it would without the challenges of the Covid-19 outbreak, it has discovered some unexpected benefits of the pandemic. Scott Hardy, who became Director of Schmidt Norwich back in May 2019, [...]

Platinum Property Partners encourages market investment

Platinum Property Partners has released a blog explaining why it’s a great time to invest in an HMO.  According to the property franchise, which supports investors as they build their own portfolio of houses in multiple occupancy, the sector has largely “defied the effect of the coronavirus pandemic”. In the business’s blog post, it explained [...]

Platinum Property Partners hosts HMO webinar

Platinum Property Partners is running a 90-minute webinar to show how investing in HMOs could enhance your career.  The property franchise, which supports investors to develop their own portfolio of lucrative houses in multiple occupation (HMO), is on the lookout for new franchisees. If you’d like to earn between £50,000 and £150,000 a year from [...]

New HSBC fund offers a huge boost for future franchisees

In a landmark move set to help those interested in joining top franchises like Granite & TREND Transformations, HSBC announces new measures to help you finance that career change you have been waiting for.  As the bank described in its press release earlier this week: HSBC UK has today launched its first ever £500 million fund for franchise businesses as [...]

Camile Thai releases 10-step business test

Camile Thai has released a 10-step test to find out whether a business concept is viable.  The restaurant franchise is supporting budding entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into real-life ventures. Brody Sweeney, who founded Camile Thai, has come up with 10 key indicators of a great business concept.  Here’s his 10-point [...]

Minster Cleaning reveals challenges of commercial cleaning

Minster Cleaning has spoken to some of its franchisees to find out the three top challenges of running a commercial cleaning business. According to business owners in the cleaning franchise, one of the toughest aspects of the work is delivering a consistently high-quality service. As you build up your client base, it can be difficult to stop standards [...]

TaxAssist Accountants franchisee opens second branch

TaxAssist Accountants’ Beverley franchisee will take on a second franchise unit in a neighbouring territory. Tony Hall, who already owns a branch of the bookkeeping and accounting franchise in Beverley, East Yorkshire, has expanded into Hull, to the south. He’s bought his second location at 623 Spring Bank West from its previous owner, Darren [...]

The Fine Cleaning Company joins Point Franchise

The Fine Cleaning Company is proud to unveil its exciting franchise opportunity as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past year, the coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated just how important cleanliness and hygiene is. Businesses offering cleaning services have proven to be incredibly valuable, and should continue to benefit from the recession-resistant [...]

Auntie Anne’s celebrates basketball season

Auntie Anne’s will give away a number of freebies to mark the basketball tournament season in the US. For people across America, the start of spring is all about the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which is known as March Madness. Auntie Anne’s is celebrating the annual event with several exciting new products, including limited-edition pretzel [...]

Simply Ice Cream rolls out franchise opportunity

Simply Ice Cream is rolling out its tempting franchise opportunity as it expands across the UK. The award-winning ice cream franchise was born out of a concept developed by founder Sally Newall. She’s run her own catering business for over two decades, and began creating handmade ice cream and sorbets in the heart of Kent.  Although the company started [...]

Signs Express provides free Covid-19 signage

Signs Express’s Portsmouth branch has been supporting its local community by providing free signage products.  The business, which is part of a national signage franchise with 65 UK branches and almost three decades of industry expertise, created the products to help local companies. From its premises in Walton Road, in the Farlington area of Portsmouth, the [...]

Business Sales Plus comes to Point Franchise

Business Sales Plus has launched its exciting investment opportunity here at Point Franchise. Since 2016, the B2B franchise has been combining refined sales techniques with the latest technology to provide a high-quality service for entrepreneurs looking to sell their business. The company describes itself as part of a “new generation of business brokers”, [...]

No Letting Go records high recruitment figures

No Letting Go has proved it has a highly attractive investment opportunity, as budding business owners have rushed to sign up. In spite of the challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic, the property franchise saw recruitment figures surge in 2020. The business is a leading supplier to the UK lettings industry and supports franchisees to develop units capable of [...]

Business Partnership teams up with Business Doctors

Business Partnership has collaborated with coaching specialists Business Doctors to support SMEs across the UK.  Business Doctors can support struggling SME owners in a number of areas, including strategic planning, fundraising and building business value. These services go hand-in-hand with those offered by sales experts and B2B franchise Business Partnership, [...]

PlumbProud relocates to bigger premises

PlumbProud has announced it will move into a new head office in the centre of Northampton to reflect its growing network. The plumbing franchise will leave its current offices in Moulton Park and move into the former Bathstore premises in St James.  In the past year, PlumbProud has become a national firm; impressively, it launched seven new UK franchise units [...]

Radfield Home Care makes Elite Franchise Top 100

Radfield Home Care has been recognised in the Elite Franchise Top 100 for the fourth year running. The company has been consistently ranked one of the best 100 franchises operating in the UK. The Elite Franchise magazine assesses the UK’s network of over 900 franchisors based on the success of their franchisees, their support systems and their ongoing commitment [...]

PlumbProud welcomes a host of new franchisees

PlumbProud has celebrated successful network growth after welcoming five brand-new franchisees into the business.  The new investors all joined the plumbing franchise within the past eight months, and have managed to see success, despite the challenges of the pandemic.  The start of autumn 2020 marked the launch of the franchise’s Dunstable and Luton [...]

Ovenclean reveals shiny new logo

Ovenclean has released its new logo, which was created to better reflect the brand’s franchisees and customers. While the previous logo was entirely blue and featured the strapline, “The original oven cleaning specialists”, the new design introduces a pink tone, as well as a new slogan. “Less grime, more time” was first introduced as a [...]

TaxAssist Accountants opens new London location

TaxAssist Accountants has announced the opening of its latest business branch.  The bookkeeping and accounting franchise unit will be based at 262 High Road, Wood Green in London. It’s run by Sanjay Parekh FCCA, an experienced accountant, who invested in the business just as the pandemic struck in March 2020.  With the ambition of launching his own [...]

Shuttercraft encourages people to consider franchising

Shuttercraft has promoted its investment opportunity as a chance to change careers as we emerge from lockdown.  In a recent blog post published on LinkedIn, Clarissa Hearn, Shuttercraft’s Franchise Marketing Executive called out the benefits of becoming your own boss. At a time when many people are dreading going back to the office, facing a commute, endless [...]

No Letting Go’s Plymouth franchisee shares all

No Letting Go has revealed the story behind the business’s Plymouth franchise unit and its owner, Sue Cooper.   Sue joined No Letting Go back in 2020 and is pleased to have launched a profitable business under the property franchise brand. When a prospective franchisee wanted to find out more about becoming a No Letting Go franchisee during the [...]

A Spring in our step! Why we’re feeling so positive about...

Innovation, support and resilience is key to our Kitchen and Bathroom Franchise’s bright future, according to Chief Operating Officer. In a recent webinar, COO Danny Hanlon discussed how Granite & TREND Transformations has coped with the COVID-19 pandemic and how business is booming for this Elite 100 franchise. In discussion with franchising expert, Robert [...]

Barking Mad encourages women to join pet franchises

Barking Mad has showcased data revealing women in the pet care industry feel more empowered than they have in other jobs. According to the franchise’s survey, 55 percent of women in pet care have a better work/life balance than before and 52 percent like their job more than previous roles. What’s more, 48 percent say they have increased flexibility in their [...]

ChipsAway celebrates International Women’s Day

ChipsAway celebrated International Women’s Day by shining a light on one of its newest female franchisees.  Despite being a van-based franchise in the male-dominated automotive industry, ChipsAway is proud to welcome investors from all walks of life. Carolyn Kett invested in the franchise at the start of the year after spending five years working in [...]

Endura Roses reveals its latest collection

Endura Roses’ founder has described the brand’s latest collection and spoken about why customers love it.  The retail franchise sells a variety of different floral arrangements designed to last a lifetime. While fresh, cut flowers only last a week or two, Endura Roses products can be kept for decades.  The company’s latest offering, [...]

Crepe Delicious anticipates Nova Scotia branch opening

Crepe Delicious is continuing its expansion across the US and Canada with the launch of a new store in Nova Scotia.  The new branch will be based inside Atlantic Canada’s biggest enclosed shopping centre, Mic Mac Mall, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The site is in a high-profile spot and can be seen from the Circumferential Highway, a key road linking Dartmouth [...]

Snappy Tomato Pizza and Papa John’s support school

Snappy Tomato Pizza and Papa John’s have joined forces with a school in Ohio to spread kindness. Monroe Elementary School, which is based in New Richmond, a village in the South West of Ohio, puts compassion and friendliness at the heart of everything it does. In February, the educational facility celebrated Kindness Week, which was launched several years ago to [...]

No Letting Go advises landlords on pet ownership

No Letting Go has provided some guidance to help landlords keep their properties in tip-top condition.  As momentum builds for landlords to start allowing tenants to keep cats, dogs and other pets inside rental properties, estate agency franchises are preparing for changes in the industry. The Dogs and Domestic Animals Accommodation Protection Bill, which should [...]

Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon launch new locations

Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon have excited fans in Lynchburg, Virginia, by announcing the launch of new branches. The sites will be situated in the River Ridge Mall, which has been a popular spot for shoppers since 1980. The announcement came on Wednesday 3rd March, and fans of the brands will have to wait until the summer to get their hands on the two [...]