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Auntie Anne’s pretzels diversify Cambodia’s food scene

Pretzel franchise Auntie Anne’s has plans to build its brand in Cambodia. The chain, which bakes and sells authentic American pretzels for customers to take away, has already launched four outlets in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, and intends to open a minimum of two more in 2019. The takeaway franchise boasts a menu which features 32 different pastries, [...]

Fastsigns to open new store in York

York will be the location of the latest Fastsigns outlet. Fastsigns will add to its franchise with its 22nd UK branch due to open in the coming months. The newest addition will be launched in York and offer signage and visual communications to customers, overseeing projects from planning to completion. The brand provides signage in all its forms including banners, [...]

Richard Greenwood marks 10 years with Ovenu

An Ovenu franchise owner, Richard Greenwood, is celebrating a decade with the business. As the owner of three branches of the oven cleaning franchise Ovenu, Greenwood has returned more than 25,000 ovens to their original, sparkling condition. His teams aim to restore 50 ovens a week, spending three to four hours on each job. With a thorough approach, Ovenu [...]

Travelodge encourages parents to fill vacant roles

Travelodge’s new recruitment campaign targets unemployed British parents in preparation for Brexit.   The hotel chain Travelodge hopes to increase the number of job applications it receives from workers within the UK and is particularly targeting parents who are finding it difficult to return to work. The hiring campaign is a preventative measure aiming to [...]

Las Iguanas rethinks its approach in pursuit of innovation

Las Iguanas aims to invigorate its food offerings without compromising its straightforward cooking techniques. As a restaurant that already initiates at least two major menu alterations every year, Las Iguanas is continuing its search for culinary inspiration across Latin America. In a bid to ensure innovation in its food offering, team members last year visited Rio [...]

Barking Mad searches for new dog-sitters

Dog lovers can apply to look after dogs while their owners are away as part of Barking Mad’s dog-sitting service. Barking Mad is appealing to people who are interested in getting fit and becoming part of a dog-loving community to join their body of registered dog-sitters. The pet franchise is searching for true dog lovers who are “genuinely passionate about working [...]

Bella Italia introduces new low-calorie menu

Low-calorie menu brings healthy meals to Bella Italia. Customers who hope to stick to healthy New Year’s resolutions this January will be happy to hear that the Italian restaurant franchise Bella Italia has curated an entire menu of low-calorie meals for the new year. The new menu, which has been named ‘Less is Amore’, features two categories of main meals, with [...]

Mary Berry joins classes at Smart Raspberry Cookery School

A new Smart Raspberry Cookery School in Henley-On-Thames welcomed Mary Berry to its opening cookery class.   The school, located at the Christ Church Centre on Reading Road, aims to teach young children the skills needed to sustain a healthy diet by offering hands-on cookery activities. The opening sessions were the first of a twice-weekly class for two to five [...]

Build-A-Bear celebrates success with charitable donation

Build-A-Bear has revealed plans to celebrate a decade of recognition as a leading workplace. The retail franchise has decided to mark ten years of being listed as a ‘good place to work’ by numerous institutions by making a charitable donation to a cause of the workforce’s choice. The cuddly-toy store is proud to have been recognised in The Sunday Times 100 Best [...]

BP celebrates 12 years of Azerbaijan success

Azerbaijan’s enormous gas field, Shah Deniz, has provided 12 years of gas supplies for BP. The petrol station franchise has extracted around 100 billion cubic metres of gas from the huge gas reservoir in the South Caspian sea, just off the coast of Azerbaijan. Discovered in 1999, Shah Deniz represents BP’s largest gas resource at around 860 square kilometres. [...]

Belvoir buys mortgage advice service for £3.6 million

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) Gloucester has been bought by national lettings and estate agency Belvoir in a deal worth £3.6 million. Previously working alongside estate agency the Property Centre, the MAB Gloucester have joined property franchise Belvoir. The mortgage advice service was bought through Belvoir’s subsidiary Brook, whose Managing Director, [...]

Snap Fitness holds “Quitters’ Day” exercise class

Gym-goers were encouraged to stick to their New Year’s resolutions at Snap Fitness with a targeted workout class. It is a well-known fact that few people manage to sustain their New Year’s resolutions. But research has shown that many people have abandoned their good intentions by just 12th January, a day which has now been dubbed “Quitters’ Day”. Snap Fitness were [...]

Subway searches for new Chief Marketing Officer

Subway is looking to appoint a new CMO after Joseph Tripodi announces plans to retire. After three years with the sandwich franchise Subway, during which he has made a substantial impact on the company, Subway’s CMO, Joseph Tripodi, has decided to retire, leaving behind an impressive legacy. >> Read more: Subway Franchise: Get Your Teeth Into A Great [...]

ComputerXplorers to run free programming workshops in...

School children in and around Manchester will get the opportunity to learn computer programming skills in ComputerXplorers workshops later this month. The fun ‘Jukebox Joy’ workshops will be available to primary school children in Manchester, Salford, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Macclesfield as part of British Science Week, which runs from 8th to17th March 2019. [...]

OSCAR named best pet franchise for 2nd year running

OSCAR celebrates success after being ranked top pet franchise in the Elite Franchise Top 100. The pet product delivery service, OSCAR, is proud to have been recognised as the best UK pet franchise for the second year running in Elite Franchise Magazine’s Top 100 poll. The league table identifies the best 100 British franchises, taking into account their financial [...]

Café Rouge offers celebratory £2 breakfast

Café Rouge celebrates 30 years of business by encouraging its customers to “breakfast like it’s 1989”. Customers at Café Rouge can banish that Monday feeling by starting the day with a delicious and warming breakfast for just £2. The deal, promoted by the French-themed coffee franchise, entitles customers to a hot drink and a pastry before 11:30am every Monday in [...]

Baskin Robbins launches monthly flavours for the new year

Baskin Robbins fans have two new ice cream flavours to enjoy in the coming months.   Ice cream franchise Baskin Robbins isn’t holding back this year when it comes to its new flavours of the month. Chocoholics will be excited to discover the Brownie Bar Mashup currently on sale across Baskin Robbins outlets, an exclusive ice cream for January 2019 combining two [...]

Century 21 welcomes new President and CEO

Century 21 has appointed a new President and Chief Executive Officer and thanks predecessor Nick Bailey as he steps down. One of the world’s largest residential property companies saw a leadership reshuffle last week as Nick Bailey relinquished his role as former President and CEO. Bailey’s time at the top of the leadership team came to an end on January 11th, having [...]

Papa John’s introduces controversial new savoury treat

Papa John’s is excited to announce an unusual yet delicious addition to its menu. In an unexpected move which will undoubtedly split its customers, pizza franchise, Papa John’s has taken inspiration from a popular Australian product made with Vegemite to create its latest savoury snack, Marmite and Cheese Scrolls. “We’re excited to be the first to launch this [...]

Radfield Home Care meets its first franchisees of 2019

Matt and Lis Barnes take on a new Radfield Home Care franchise near High Wycombe. Having successfully finished their initial training, Matt, who has experience working in financial services, and his mother Lis, who has held various senior HR positions, are in the final stages of launching Radfield Home Care Wycombe, Beaconsfield & South Bucks. As a mother and [...]

Kim Gubera appointed as new Pirtek USA CEO

Pirtek hires new CEO, Kim Gubera, to develop the franchise across the USA. As the new Chief Executive Officer of Pirtek USA, Gubera will take over from Glenn Duncan, who has worked at the company for over 30 years and is the son of founder, Peter Duncan, who developed the AC franchise in the early 1980s. As Glenn Duncan now holds the title of Pirtek USA’s executive [...]

Dunkin’ Donuts officially shortens its name

Dunkin’ Donuts has dropped ‘donuts’ from its name, but not its menu. The popular franchise Dunkin’ Donuts has changed its brand name to ‘Dunkin’ in a move to reinforce its other offerings and re-establish itself as a food chain with a wide variety of sweet and savoury foodstuffs as well as hot and cold drinks. Keeping the unmistakable pink and orange scheme that has [...]

Wimpy switches to biodegradable paper straws

The American burger franchise Wimpy has replaced plastic straws with eco-friendly paper straws across its network of restaurants. The decision to stock the biodegradable straw will reduce the amount of plastic waste discarded by Wimpy, and follows the company’s decision to introduce menus made from 100 percent recyclable and biodegradable laminate. The general [...]

Travelodge announces expansion plans after opening...

Travelodge will increase budget accommodation options in Cornwall as it opens the doors to its latest branch and prepares for up to eight more. The most recent offering from the low-cost hotel chain Travelodge is a £5-million hotel just off the A30 between Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall. Officially named Camborne Redruth Travelodge, this branch welcomed guests [...]

Third Light helps drive Sixt towards online efficiency

Sixt enlists the help of Cambridge-based software company Third Light to improve its digital performance. In a bid to eliminate complicated and time-consuming digital processes, car rental company Sixt has taken help from the software and internet services company, Third Light. Its web-based product, Chorus, reconciles digital assets in one place to create a searchable [...]

Pigs and cockatoos among belongings left by Travelodge...

Staff at Carlisle Travelodge have described the surprising things visitors have forgotten when checking out. Housekeepers in Carlisle have been left shocked by some of the items they have discovered in visitors’ rooms. After a micro-pig was left at a Travelodge branch located on Cecil Street near Carlisle city centre, hotel staff were forced to use the booking system to [...]

MiCoachee helps motivate Snap Fitness users in Hampden

Snap Fitness is enlisting help from the MiCoachee app to transform gymgoers’ mental attitudes and physical health. Those looking to stick to healthy-living New Year’s resolutions will have a new resource to sample when they sign up to Snap Fitness gyms this year. Created by Jamie Reloj and Tom Mann, MiCoachee aims to increase motivation and physical activity by [...]

FASTSIGNS recognised as a game-changer

FASTSIGNS earns a place on the list of the top 100 game-changing franchises in 2018. FASTSIGNS is sure to be hoping that 2019 is as a good a year as 2018, which saw it named as one of the franchises that’s shaking up the industry for the better. Franchise Dictionary Magazine listed the sign franchise in its annual 100 Game-Changer Franchises for 2018, which recognises [...]

FiltaFry grows its UK operations

FiltaFry’s parent company has acquired a large grease and drain management company to further increase its UK presence. FiltaFry’s parent company, Filta Group, has announced that it’s in the process of acquiring a commercial kitchens grease and drain management firm in the UK following a great year for the company. Watbio Holdings provides grease and drain management [...]

Eddie Rocket’s boss shares humble career beginnings

Eddie Rocket’s founder and CEO Niall Fortune has been sharing the rocky road he took to reach success with his franchise. Although it can seem like those destined for greatness have been so from an early age, the career path of many successful business owners often begins in a decidedly unglamorous way. Often, their hunger to begin their careers and start earning money [...]