Opening their showroom (pictured below) in Nottingham’s West Bridgford area in January, Trevor & Anne Conduit have been pleasantly surp... ...Click for full article |
Kevin Shutler has been running his Merry Maids Franchise since 2005. Kevin brings his business know how and high management capabilities from a ... ...Click for full article |
Andy Willmore, a Business Advisor with Ology, the fastest growing business coaching franchise in the UK, has not looked back since joining Ology&helli... ...Click for full article |
"LMI-UK gives me the opportunity and challenge of managing my own business whilst being supported by a professional organisation that shares the ... ...Click for full article |
Mark Fordham (pictured) shares what it is like to be a TaxAssist Accountants franchisee with Select Your Franchise... &quo... ...Click for full article |
After acquiring Perfect Pizza six years ago, Papa John’s sought to show franchisees the massive potential that the leading brand held – an... ...Click for full article |
Based in Sussex, David is one of Auditel’s longest standing franchisees, having become part of the franchise network nine years ago. During 2005... ...Click for full article |
“WSI’s commitment goes well beyond what I know to be true of many other types of franchise operations. It’s as if they are standing ... ...Click for full article |
Oscar Pet Foods in Horsham celebrates its first birthday in October 2005. Oscar was set up in Horsham by Tim and Jane Ives. Tim and Jane Ives ha... ...Click for full article |
Darren Leck" The research I conducted paid dividends with the high earning potential of ChipsAway being reality from the very first day. My Chips... ...Click for full article |
“WSI’s commitment goes well beyond what I know to be true of many other types of franchise operations. It’s as if they are standing ... ...Click for full article |
“WSI’s commitment goes well beyond what I know to be true of many other types of franchise operations. It’s as if they are standing ... ...Click for full article |
“WSI’s commitment goes well beyond what I know to be true of many other types of franchise operations. It’s as if they are standing ... ...Click for full article |
Rich PiersonFriendly Computers Franchise #108Kennewick, WA I realized that my lack of business and sales experience would be a stumbling block to star... ...Click for full article |
Chris Webster (pictured) runs a model Revive! Franchise in St Helens. After a career in the Army, Chris decided to take a change of directi... ...Click for full article |
Dennis Healy started with gas-elec over 9 years ago. Since this time Dennis has seen the company develop into the success it is today, as gas-elec app... ...Click for full article |
David Lowe (ex MD Manufacturing)“My clients have already paid me a million……My business has developed further than I had ima... ...Click for full article |
Introducing John Heslop....John Heslop started his career as a mining engineering apprentice in the early 70s and worked his way up to senior positio... ...Click for full article |
Kevin and Stephanie Darnell – Dunvant, SwanseaSeptember 2003After fifteen years of working in a factory environment I was ready for a change, an... ...Click for full article |
Sue Watkins – Baltonsborough, GlastonburyFebruary 2005My voluntary work for Greyhound rescue set the scene for my future, although working on th... ...Click for full article |
Daryn Dodge (ex Manager Telecoms)“Because we receive 50% of any savings over a fixed period of time, I can easily calculate my minimum income fo... ...Click for full article |
Chris Baker (ex Banker):“I love the freedom of being able to be close to my wife and children and avoid the commute.”... ...Click for full article |
Delivering to a remote location can be a problem for some suppliers but this is all part of the Chemex service. Martyn turns up every Thursday lunchti... ...Click for full article |
Ology Coaching Coaching is the largest growth area in training and development in the UK, making the delivery of coaching itself a quickly growing, ex... ...Click for full article |
Ray was successful in his previous occupation as a production supervisor but, like most proactive people, he always knew he had it in him to run his o... ...Click for full article |
Family man Lee Draycott is reasonably new to the ChipsAway network, but knows that he has finally found“I was bored to death at the bank and I c... ...Click for full article |
TaxAssist Accountants – sixth franchisee opens 2nd Shop Front So successful I bought a bank! (well... a former bank premises!) TaxAssist Account... ...Click for full article |
Frank was 45 when he joined us and had been working as a regional Operations Manager for Co-op stores, with 20 stores in his area. Whilst working for ... ...Click for full article |
Rob joined the Autosmart network in 2005 as the Franchisee for Taunton. He had bags of sales experience, having previously worked as an Area Sales Man... ...Click for full article |
Two TaxAssist Accountants working in partnership have now built their presence to two shops and three offices with plans for a further office in their... ...Click for full article |
Over five years with ChipsAway Matthew Knight was the first ChipsAway franchi... ...Click for full article |
Testimonial from our first franchisee!My name is Richard and I have been running a building company for 15 years. I always seemed to have a struggle g... ...Click for full article |
“I have never felt so excited, enthusiastic or inspired by work as I have in the last 6 months.” – Helen Mahon, Dream Doors Norfolk ... ...Click for full article |
"I started CityLocal Camden 9 months ago and from the training through to today, I have been assisted and helped throughout the whole time. I fee... ...Click for full article |
Trophy Stafford is owned and operated by myself John Thurley with the help of my family. I have lived in Stafford for over 20 years having settled the... ...Click for full article |
ChipsAway benefits as ‘credit crunch’ bites!ChipsAway franchisees like David Reckitt are finding that their businesses are proving to be s... ...Click for full article |
Paul Reilly joined Oscar determined to make it work. He knew it was not going to be a piece of cake starting a new business in a new area but he was p... ...Click for full article |
CityLocal is the most exciting and dynamic home based franchise that presents a distinct and ground breaking opportunity for just one entrepreneur in ... ...Click for full article |
When Bevan Mayall went to work for an existing franchisee, little did he know that within two years he would be a franchise owner himself. Now, ... ...Click for full article |
Jim Thomas, 40 it’seeze Consultant Fareham Region Coming from a Regional Operations Manager role with a national tyre company, I was looking fo... ...Click for full article |
Oliver Brock, 36it’seeze ConsultantColchester RegionI'm a graphic-design graduate who worked in sales and marketing for Pepsi and Britvic, altho... ...Click for full article |
Successful businessman Kevin Blissett is launching a second Business Doctors office in Hertfordshire to provide advice and assistance to small and med... ...Click for full article |
WHY CHOOSE FRANCHISING? Having worked in the family business for over 15 years, working for myself was in my blood and franchising allowed me to set u... ...Click for full article |
When others are thinking of retirement the former hotel maintenance manager has switched careers by launching a new business venture supplying cleanin... ...Click for full article |
Award Win for Small Business Champions!TaxAssist Accountant, Bruce Burrowes, has won the Kingston Business Champions Award for ‘Best New Busines... ...Click for full article |
“I recently bought one of my original customers a large bouquet of flowers to thank her, not only for all the work she’s given me but also... ...Click for full article |
Lee Rixon and Carol Green took the CityLocal Breckland Franchise at the beginning of April 2009. Lee was previously working in construction and ... ...Click for full article |
“I originally purchased my unit in 1994 from where I have sustained a very lucrative business both in domestic and commercial kerbing. It has be... ...Click for full article |
Providing the antidote to the credit crunchWith many small businesses casting about for a strategy to survive the downturn, Business Doctors is well p... ...Click for full article |
”A simple franchise system to follow, with great leadership and support where there is no sky limiting my success! Now not only has my fut... ...Click for full article |
“Giving myself more leisure time will be one of the greatest measures of the success of this business, and is one of the main reasons I chose a ... ...Click for full article |
Sheree Parker is one of Ovenclean’s longest operating franchisees. She joined the network in 2001 and over eight years has built a highly succes... ...Click for full article |
A HANDY FRANCHISE THAT’S ALWAYS IN DEMAND0800 Handyman is pleased to announce the launch of its first new franchise operation outside the Greate... ...Click for full article |
John Savage launched his PC PAL Franchise in September 2009, serving the East Bristol area.After being self-employed in the building and construction ... ...Click for full article |
“I have held a UK WSI Franchise for nearly 2 years and was attracted to it because it has great opportunities to grow the business and profit.&r... ...Click for full article |
Shine on!Domestic oven cleaning servicesThe Watts’ family power towards a bright future with OvencleanMike and Janeane Watts’ Ovenclean fr... ...Click for full article |
Local entrepreneur finds product to ease his daughter’s asthma suffering. Stuart Wright, of Harrogate, started two successful businesses but wa... ...Click for full article |
As a welder and fabricator, Paul Bloxham from Nuneaton had no experience of the automotive or tools sectors, but after a colleague of his built up a s... ...Click for full article |
Billy Milton, the new franchisee for the territory of Hemel Hempstead, worked in corporate training before he came across the excellent business oppor... ...Click for full article |
Following years of wanting to be his own boss, William Briggs-Price, 29, finally began trading as a Mac Tools franchisee in January 2009. As he ... ...Click for full article |
One time management consultant Ian Fidge has declared the launch of his new Ovenclean franchise “a spectacular success.” Praise ind... ...Click for full article |
I was born in London but my home is between Mansfield and Chesterfield and my working career has always been in and around North Notts. I worked in t... ...Click for full article |
When Linda Mannion, franchisee for the South Gloucester, Wiltshire – North , East & West area, set off for her recent holiday in Denver she ... ...Click for full article |
Yale Security Point, the safety and security franchise, are delighted to announce th... ...Click for full article |
ChipsAway franchisee Clive Lawrence is celebrating ten successful and highly satisfying years with the UK’s leading specialist in minor automot... ...Click for full article |
Lee Freeman joined Auditel in March 2010. He had qualified as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton in 1992 and stayed for a further 6 years.&nbs... ...Click for full article |
Case Study: Mark Baker, part of the Green Assess property surveyor networkLocation: MidlandsMark worked in the automotive industry and saw a great opp... ...Click for full article |
Prior to becoming an Auditel Cost & Purchase Management Consultant in August 2005, Charles was European Director of a tier-1 automotive components... ...Click for full article |
This time last year former telecoms research and development support manager Cliff Wilton was facing redundancy and worried about his future. Now, jus... ...Click for full article |
Young businessman has got a Mac-nificent future ahead of himHe may still only be in his mid-twenties, but Phil Edwards has already had a successful ca... ...Click for full article |
Join Mac Tools to be part of successful business and to be your own bossIt was the draw of being his own boss and still working in the industry that h... ...Click for full article |
Hugh Allam from Woking in Surrey purchased his OSCAR franchise in 2005 and with over sixteen years experience in franchising at management level he ha... ...Click for full article |
Alan Ford joined the Auditel cost and purchase management franchise in July 2004. He had trained as a Chartered Engineer with a first class honours de... ...Click for full article |
Local man and former Chef Phil Dawson, is set to be your computer’s new best friend as he launches PC PAL, which provides mobile computer repair... ...Click for full article |
Few companies can claim that they provide services of such exclusive quality that customers based overseas will bring their vehicles into the country ... ...Click for full article |
A fantastic new polishing and paint rectification technique that leaves car paintwork with a flawless mirror shine is proving highly popular with Auto... ...Click for full article |
Be Your Own Boss With SureLetSeven years ago two cousins in London, tired of the rat race decided to give up their careers working in the City and put... ...Click for full article |
Lucy Jane Titterton passionately believes that strong relationships are crucial to a child’s development. As a new Creation Station franchisee s... ...Click for full article |
Tom Cartmale from Stoke-on-Trent decided that he wanted to control his future career after working for almost 30 years as a chef. Redundancy forced th... ...Click for full article |
Jeremy Smith heard about a new puncture prevention treatment, he realised there was a hole in the market... and he was the man to fill it! Puncturesaf... ...Click for full article |
East Anglia-based Daryn Dodge has been an Auditel consultant since 2001. He has never regretted his decision to give up a top job with a US software ... ...Click for full article |
After a successful career in the automotive industry, Ian Beasleigh was searching for a new challenge. He found what he was looking for in the Just Sh... ...Click for full article |
LOCAL Classic car enthusiast and self confessed ‘tool-head’ Jonathan Whiskerd, 49, is bringing world leading Mac Tools products to garage... ...Click for full article |
Michael Crilly in Belfast has over 70 jobs on the go all received in the last two to 3 weeks. Values of the claims range from a couple of thousa... ...Click for full article |
Having joined in 1995, David Lowe is the longest-established member of the Auditel cost and purchase management franchise. In 2005, he reached the lan... ...Click for full article |
Peter Young has been an Autosmart franchisee for 15 years. “Before becoming a franchisee I was a parts manager for an automotive company. The ... ...Click for full article |
Steve Keen, local fitness enthusiast and charity runner,is launching his own Oven Cleaning Business as part of the Oven Wizards Franchise. Steve of Wi... ...Click for full article |
Michael Cameron and OSCAR were destined to meet – eventually. Within in a year of selling his printing company in Paisley, Michael became anxiou... ...Click for full article |
Before starting her X-Press Legal Services business Suzanne Allen spent her working days trading with manufacturers locally, nationally and internatio... ...Click for full article |
Andrew started his Just Shutters business, covering Exeter and the South West, back in April 2011. He had been running a car body repair business in H... ...Click for full article |
Farnham-based Martin Wiles, now 50, is one of Auditel’s most senior franchisees, having joined their cost and purchase management network in 200... ...Click for full article |
Redundancy - it happens and sometimes it might be for the better. When you think all is lost – don’t give up! It could be your chance to m... ...Click for full article |
Phil Jaggers, 46it’seeze consultantPreston RegionI left my training course in Torquay on the Friday and sold my first website the following Mond... ...Click for full article |
“We couldn't have asked for a better launch to the business. Everything has worked out exactly how we wanted.” Partners, Clive Coldwell an... ...Click for full article |
“It’s great to feel part of CardGroup Greetings’ growing business and sustain the lifestyle you want to sustain.”I was in a se... ...Click for full article |
Adept's First Franchisee celebrates a 4-year milestone!Michael Holt has been an Adept Cleaning Services franchisee since mid-2007. H... ...Click for full article |
Running her business for five years Clare Muir, from Hampshire, took up a new OSCAR marketing initiative that has helped her to see the bigger picture... ...Click for full article |
Adam Osmond has just become the youngest Mac Tools franchise holder in the country.The 26-year-old has taken on the Mac Tools franchise for the Cambri... ...Click for full article |
Investment bankers Roz Hartley and Geoff Syme decided to join forces in July 2011 and operate an Auditel Cost and Purchase Management Franchise. Prior... ...Click for full article |
Mark Frost (52) purchased his Wilkins Chimney Sweep – Brighton and Worthing franchise after meeting owners Peter and Louise Harris at a franchis... ...Click for full article |
Running her business for four years Jean Ware, from Basingstoke in Hampshire, took up a new OSCAR marketing initiative that has helped her to see the ... ...Click for full article |
A great deal can happen in a year, as ChipsAway franchisee Alistair Hoy can testify. Last year, Ali opened a ChipsAway CarCare Centre (a fixed-base wo... ...Click for full article |
"I was feeling stuck in a rut before I bought my store from YourOwnStore six months ago. I had looked into various franchise business and t... ...Click for full article |
Howard Lomas, from Lancashire, was looking for a venture that gave him more than repeat business, excellent products and a reliable service &nda... ...Click for full article |
A great blend of coffee and excellent service take Café2U into award finals for the 4th year in a rowCafé2U celebrated with their Aberde... ...Click for full article |
Kate Gaitt has been a Tatty Bumpkin Franchisee, running yoga-inspired classes for little ones in the Richmond area since January 2009. This is he... ...Click for full article |
SALES OF £187,000 IN A SINGLE MONTH FOR OXFORD-BASED DREAM DOORS FRANCHISEESEx-IT director, Mike Hurley, and his wife, Elaine, a former Open Uni... ...Click for full article |
Mike Andrews, with a BSc (Hons) in Construction Management, joined Auditel in February 2005. Prior to this he was Business Development Manager for Lai... ...Click for full article |
Suzy Perryit’seeze consultantBristol Region (South & West)Prior to starting my family I worked as a teacher and an Educational Consultant in... ...Click for full article |
Zoe Patmore has been a Tatty Bumpkin Franchisee, running yoga-inspired classes for little ones in the Oxford area since January 2009. This is her stor... ...Click for full article |
Successful Enfield businessman Peter Willett has opened a Business Doctors office in Enfield to help small and medium-sized businesses in the area to ... ...Click for full article |
A change of direction and continent for this LawnTender franchiseeWe arrived in the UK from Zimbabwe in 2003, suitcase in hand and having to start all... ...Click for full article |
Jamie Hickson felt inspired to work in the care industry after a close relative developed a terminal illness and this prompted him to want to give som... ...Click for full article |
Tom Frame ServiceMaster Contract Cleaning East Strathclyde and Glasgow.Before I bought the franchise. I worked in the Electronics Industry for 20 year... ...Click for full article |
Nick Howes, Leadership Management UK (LMI UK) Franchisee, CoventryWhy did you go down the franchise route? And why did you choose your franchise? What... ...Click for full article |
Biothecare Estetika is proud to announce the opening of its centre in East AngliaGrowing rapidly, this is centre number 168 in Europe, the second in t... ...Click for full article |
Wilkins Chimney Sweep Franchisee: Dave ConnollyTrading Area: Black CountryWhat made you buy a franchise business?I’d been reading about the succ... ...Click for full article |
"Having decided to start my own business I knew that I wanted to utilise my existing skill set and knowledge. I had some experience in proper... ...Click for full article |
Mark Watson- BrightonAs the first franchisee, I have been very pleased with the way Hometyre works, and how the guys that run it are willing to listen... ...Click for full article |
Until last year, Manchester-based Stephen Sowerby was an Assistant Manager in KPMG’s Risk Advisory Department where he qualified as a chartered ... ...Click for full article |
From Pizza Dough to the ‘Real Money’Manj Singh has been self-employed since 2000, when he purchased his first retail business in Liverpool... ...Click for full article |
Clean up to cash inSpring is the perfect time of year for cleaning, and franchisees who run cleaning businesses are cashing in.But running a successfu... ...Click for full article |
Ian has a background in the commercial cleaning industry. He dreamed of one day being his own boss and running his own business. He came across the Be... ...Click for full article |
When recruitment consultant Nick Moran decided to change careers, he made a complete switch. He decided to take on a Drain Doctor franchise - and ende... ...Click for full article |
Gloucestershire born and bred Vince Mitchell, 50, purchased his Alex Clark Lettings Franchise in August 2011. He had previously worked in a vari... ...Click for full article |
Dean Caldon is not your typical franchise owner having gained a BA(Hons) degree in Accountancy in 1995, he began his professional career training to b... ...Click for full article |
Mum to three Amrit Bedi didn’t want to return to a full time career as a maths teacher and she decided to take the steps into running her own b... ...Click for full article |
Biothecare Estetika is proud to announce the openingof its first centre in the West Midlands territory.Franchisee Mike Jordan explains why this was th... ...Click for full article |
Lisa Abel and Zoe Inman - from a single branch to a multi office territory. Zoe Inman loved the company she worked for so much, she bought a ... ...Click for full article |
Turnaround at TruckstopUnique Recruitment Franchise OpportunityAfter placement of Gary Richards as Branch Manager shifts have grown and have topped th... ...Click for full article |
Steve Roy Hi my name is Steve Roy and I am the Franchisee for Rotherham, I joined PTC Sports over 5 Years ago and have never looked back since. PTC Sp... ...Click for full article |
“First class – one of the very best training courses that I have ever attended. It is well structured and focused on enabling me to start... ...Click for full article |