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.
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.
Build-A-Bear will be creating yet more memories at its next charity event. To help raise funds for a local teen centre, Build-A-Bear is holding a pop-up workshop event in May. It is the first pop-up event that Build-A-Bear has held in the US, and it is taking place in Brick Township, New Jersey.
Gym and fitness franchise énergie has announced that it is launching a new training concept that the group believes will help bolster its rebranding efforts. The new signature training regime, named ‘thé Yard’ is aimed at increasing an already diverse offering to its members.
Kitchen Franchise Dream Doors has announced record breaking success with the franchise brand opening 2 new showroom outlets in a single day. The new two outlets are based in Exeter and South Glasgow and are ran by two passionate kitchen designers, Mike Maughan-Brown and Ian McLachan.
A Fastsign franchise in Bolton has seen rapid success after owner David Hiney took control in July 2016. The outlet has its eyes firmly set on its plans for expansion in its second year.
The retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has said it has started discussions with its franchise partner, Dubai-based Al-Futtaim, over the potential sale of its outlets in Hong Kong and Macau.
The Pizza giant, Pizza Hut UK, has announced a 3% sales increase on the previous year. The group, however, saw pre-tax profits fall 40% which was blamed in part to increased franchising and staffing costs.
Popular chicken franchise restaurant, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) has opened its first outlet at a UK airport. The new outlet will serve customers breakfast from 4am to 10am from the departures lounge in Terminal 3.
Sign franchise giant, Signarama UK, has announced that it’s launching a new franchising model which will allow existing business to bolt on their franchise services. The franchise bolt on will be offered to small to medium sized businesses in the print sector.
Domino’s Pizza group, also known as DPG, has announced that it has signed a deal worth £24 million to partner up with it’s largest London Franchise business.
Driver Hire franchisee, Jayne O’Flynn, who is director at Driver Hire Grimsby & Scunthorpe has won the ‘Business Woman of the Year” award from the Work Wise Women (WWW) networking group. The group aims to improve opportunities and help expand knowledge for women in the Grimsby area.
The international gym and fitness group, Anytime Fitness, has said that it’s committed to an aggressive expansion strategy that will see over 400 clubs opening within the next 3 years. The UK franchisor currently has over 120 clubs and have planned to have 150 by the end of the year.
Bright & Beautiful has teamed up with a local recycling company to help its customers get rid of waste in an eco-friendly way. We all know we should be doing our bit to keep the planet clean and minimize how much pollution we’re causing, but it can be trickier than it seems on paper.
Bright & Beautiful has welcomed a brave cancer survivor who was looking for a new career following his battle with the disease. Anyone who has battled a horrible illness like cancer knows that you’re given a new outlook on life if you’re lucky enough to fight it off.
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