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2020 Home Care Awards celebrates 4 Point Franchise...

Four of our franchises are finalists in the prestigious home care awards. The finalists for the 2020 Home Care Awards have recently been announced. The home care businesses will now progress to the final stage of judging. The winners will be announced at a lunch and ceremony at the National Conference Centre on March 17th. The event will be near to the NEC, Birmingham, [...]

EVA’s launch at Paris Games Week goes down a storm

EVA surprised Paris Games Week visitors with its incredible virtual reality e-sports arena. EVA (Esports Virtual Arenas) is a VR franchise pushing the boundaries of technology. It first unveiled its VR e-sports arena to the public at the video games exhibition at the end of October last year. With a total surface area of 1,200sqm (500sqm of which was dedicated to the [...]

Puddle Ducks announces new board

Swimming franchise Puddle Ducks has established a new board of senior executives to drive the brand forward. Puddle Ducks really has been making waves recently. The award-winning baby and child swimming franchise has grown significantly since its launch in 2002 and has delegated a new board of senior executives to take it to new heights. With 32 franchise owners [...]

Auntie Anne’s bags stall at the British & International...

Interested investors will have the chance to meet the Auntie Anne’s team at the leading franchise show. Come the end of January, Auntie Anne’s will be looking for fresh new franchisees at the British & International Franchise Exhibition. The show, which will take place on the 31st January and 1st February at the Olympia London, is set to welcome a host of [...]

Baby Ultrasound Clinic joins the Point Franchise network

Point Franchise is thrilled to welcome Baby Ultrasound Clinic to its portfolio of franchise opportunities. The baby franchise provides private ultrasound scans across the UK. It’s one of the fastest growing businesses of its kind and is looking for more investors to help expand the franchise into new territories. Baby Ultrasound Clinic can offer franchisees the [...]

Subway introduces a ‘Fresh CSR Agenda’

Popular sandwich chain Subway steps up its sustainability and encourages guests to ‘Choose to Refuse’ single-use plastic packaging. On January 20th, Subway released a ‘Fresh CSR Agenda’ across the UK and Ireland. It’s part of its owner-operated franchise business growth strategy and draws on areas where it wants to take positive action. The [...]

FiltaFry plans to visit Stuttgart’s Integastra trade fair

FiltaFry plans to debut its mobile service offering at the hotel and gastronomy fair. For the first time, van-based franchise FiltaFry will travel to Stuttgart in Germany to exhibit its range of service businesses. Integastra is the hotel and gastronomy sector’s leading trade fair, where many industry professionals gather to find out about the latest developments [...]

Lockforce launches in North Nottinghamshire

Locksmith franchise Lockforce expands into North Nottinghamshire with new franchisee Phill Cox. Leaving roles in security and transport behind him, Phill Cox couldn’t wait to join the Lockforce franchise. After relocating from the South of England with his family, Phill settled in the Newark area. He then decided that starting his own Locksmith franchise would be the [...]

US entrepreneur follows wife in becoming Kumon franchisee

Munir Noorali has launched his own Kumon franchise unit, after his wife made the leap. Having spent nearly 30 years working in IT, Munir Noorali decided to look for a career change. He’d always been interested in entrepreneurship, and spent some time learning more about his wife’s business. To help get some insight into the franchise model, he took up a role as Head [...]

Bodystreet has attractive success guarantee for aspiring...

Fitness franchise Bodystreet guarantees franchisees will break even less than six months after opening. Many of us have dreamed about starting our own business at some point or another. But, more often than not, the fear of failing is enough to put us off. It’s thought that between 40 and 60 percent of small businesses fail in their first three years. With figures [...]

Minuteman Press appoints third-generation President

Family business Minuteman Press has celebrated a very special promotion. Having worked at Minuteman Press his whole life, the franchise’s Vice President of Marketing Nick Titus has been promoted to President. This makes him the third generation of his family to become the business’ President. The printing franchise, which is based in Long Island, NY and has just under [...]

FASTSIGNS celebrates its 35th anniversary with top...

FASTSIGNs International, Inc. was awarded #1 ranking on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500. FASTSIGNs International, Inc the franchisor of signage franchise FASTSIGNS, has been recognised as the top franchise opportunity in its category in Entrepreneurs Magazine’s Franchise 500 for the fourth year running. Ranked as #55 overall, it’s the only signs and graphics [...]

Franchisee kicks off new Coffee Blue unit

A Welsh entrepreneur has given his old job the boot and opened up his own Coffee Blue franchise unit. Ricky Malson previously worked as a football coach in South Wales, training players at Risca United and Panteg AFC. But he decided to hang up his football boots when a friend inspired him to start a franchise business. Malson explained: “I've never really had a burning [...]

Point Franchise dishes up food franchise Thai Express

Thai Express is the newest food franchise to join the Point Franchise network. The noodle bar franchise was founded in Canada and has since expanded to over 285 restaurants globally, which serve healthy and authentic Thai food every day. According to statistics, 23 percent of the millennial population choose to eat Thai cuisine on a regular basis, making this franchise [...]

Metro Rod led Franchise Brands’ 2019 growth

Drain care and maintenance franchise Metro Rod spearheaded the multi-brand franchisor’s significant growth last year. Franchise Brands plc is an international multi-brand franchisor with a network of over 450 franchisees in 12 countries. Its four main brands are Metro Rod, Ovenclean, ChipsAway and Barking Mad. In October last year, it acquired Willow Pumps to [...]

Mother Nature Science franchisee tells all

Samira Kashefi has revealed why she loves being a Mother Nature Science franchisee and offers advice to budding entrepreneurs. Samira Kashefi joined Mother Nature Science as a franchisee in the North East London region. Having previously worked as a research scientist in a number of London universities, she decided to take a break from academia to save money on [...]

Veeno supports Action Against Hunger’s Love Food Give...

Italian wine bar franchise Veeno has taken part in a campaign to help raise funds for the humanitarian charity’s life-saving work. In 2019, Veeno was one of the 300 restaurants and diners that supported Action Against Hunger and joined the Love Food Give Food campaign. The bar chain and its customers united to help vulnerable children from across the globe have a [...]

Driver Hire franchise wins sales award

Driver Hire’s Stoke franchise has topped the charts in a nationwide sales and recruitment competition. The league table, called National Sales Days, is an internal contest to encourage business growth among Driver Hire’s franchise locations. The annual competition takes into account the number of new customers and drivers brought on board by individual [...]

Brand new Papa John’s opens in Shirley

The Mayor of Solihull opened a new Papa John’s store in December. Papa John’s fans in Shirley, Solihull can rejoice as a new store opens up on Stretford road. The town’s mayor, Stuart Davies, opened it officially on the 14th December 2019. There are already a team of 20 from the local area that work together to makes its fresh, tasty pizzas. As part of its promotion, [...]

Find the key to success with a Lockforce franchise

Point Franchise is delighted to welcome Lockforce onto its network. The locksmith franchise, which provides door, window and other home security services to residential and commercial properties, is hoping to find new franchisees through Point Franchise. Now part of The Forces Group, Lockforce was set up in 2014 by Paul Smith and Sean Taylor. If you’re interested [...]

Kingsmaid Cleaning joins Point Franchise!

Domestic cleaning franchise Kingsmaid Cleaning is one of the latest exciting opportunities to join our network. Kingsmaid Cleaning launched back in 2013 and experienced a turnover of £500,000 in just 18 months. The brand has been developed over the past 16 years by Sharon and Mark Davies. After a lot of hard work and dedication, it now has a 75-strong team and a [...]

AES’ female franchisees are taking the lead

Recruitment franchise AES is a shining example of women thriving in business when they take risks. It’s often thought that women tend to underestimate their own ability in comparison to men, who do the opposite. This can then result in men undervaluing the extent of a challenging situation. For instance, they may be more inclined to rush into business decisions [...]

EVA battles its way onto the Point Franchise directory

Point Franchise has welcomed VR franchise EVA into its network as it looks to expand. EVA, which stands for Esports Virtual Arenas, was founded in 2018 by Jean Mariotte, Stéphanie Belle, Sarah Tirmarche and William Klein. They wanted to create a virtual reality sports arena where users could engage in fun, competitive games together. Using virtual reality [...]

Heritage Healthcare launches national recruitment campaign

Heritage Healthcare is looking forward to a more stable year for the care sector. As the experts predict more stability for the healthcare industry in 2020, one care franchise is encouraging more professionals to join the sector. Heritage Healthcare has initiated its #DoSomethingAmazing campaign in the North East, before it is taken nationwide next month. This newfound [...]

Promedica24 franchisee celebrates second anniversary

The franchise owner of Promedica24 West Sussex has celebrated his second year in business at The Glamour Club. The social club in Worthing helped Chris White-Smith commemorate his second anniversary as a Promedica24 franchise owner. He started the business three years ago when he noticed the lack of high-quality home care service providers for his parents. Keen for a [...]

Subway launches tasty new Toasted Bites

Subway has expanded its offering once again with a small addition to the menu – Toasted Bites. The new menu options, which are labelled as Toasted Bites, are actually a range of ciabatta bread rolls, measuring three square inches. Customers can choose from four different fillings. Cheese lovers will enjoy the Cheese Toasted Bite, filled with American-style cheese [...]

Radfield Home Care sets its sights on first franchise in...

The home care business has announced its first franchise partners in the East Midlands. Within the next few months, Sam and Jon Adie will launch their very own Radfield Home Care franchise in Derbyshire. It will soon provide premier home care services to residents in Derby, Ashbourne and South Derbyshire. The husband and wife team are formerly an engineering director [...]

Another Minuteman Press franchisee enters the...

Minuteman Press is celebrating the induction of one of its US franchisees into the ‘Million-Dollar Circle’. Andy Kiecker is the latest Minuteman Press franchisee to achieve annual gross sales of over $1 million. Kiecker’s franchise unit, which he took over and started running in 2004, is based in the Osseo/Brooklyn Park area, Northwest of [...]

New Marla Custom Blinds franchisee is thriving

The newest member of the Marla family, Kent franchisee Mike McBryde, is off to a great start. Mike McBryde set up the Marla Kent franchise back in June 2018 and is the latest addition to the franchise network. His launch campaign was received incredibly well by the public, and it resulted in him receiving more than £60,000 of quotes. And you can’t keep the smile [...]

ChipsAway franchisees earn two prestigious awards

ChipsAway Stoke-on-Trent franchisees run the brand’s most successful franchise ever. It’s been a great year for husband-and-wife team Cas and Phil Clifford-Wareham. Since it launched three years ago, ChipsAway Stoke-on-Trent has completed over 3,000 jobs. Cas and Phil invested £250,000 of their savings into setting up the business in 2017 and their [...]