Great British Franchisee Award Winners 2024 Announced
20-September-2024
Some of the best franchisees in the UK have been honoured in one of the industry’s most prestigious awards, the whichfranchise Great British Franchisee Awards.
The coveted awards, now in their fourth year, celebrate business success and reflect the winners’ achievements in stability, growth, staff retention, customer satisfaction, community involvement, inspired leadership and their involvement in the franchise network.
"The calibre of candidates was outstanding again this year. It is great that this exceptional group of franchisees are being recognised for going above and beyond “the norm”. Their passion and commitment to their brand really shown through in their applications. They are true ambassadors for franchising." says Suzanne Melville, Head of Marketing, whichfranchise.
The winners are:
The awards are lucky to have such amazing judges who bring a different perspective to each entry: Kate Pullen, NatWest, Euan Fraser, Amo Consulting; Carl Reder, D&T; Derrick Simpson; Suki Dehal, Lloyds Bank and Jane Masih, IBB Law LLP. The awards are also supported by leading franchise marketing agency, Chanty Group.
Kate Pullen, Head of Franchising at NatWest said, “The variety of sectors and sizes of our winners really highlights why good franchising works, with an increase in community engagement across a number of brands coming through very clearly. These business owners had to navigate tough conditions both through and beyond the pandemic, and it’s really impressive how many of them are showing a stronger, bigger business as a result.”
“It’s been fascinating hearing about the challenges faced by these franchisees, and how they have addressed them. These franchisees have pushed through the tricky last few years, still managing to accelerate their growth. It’s a very strong group of inspiring leaders,” commented Euan Fraser, AMO Consulting.
Derrick Simpson, retired franchise professional and ex co-Founder of Franchise Resales added, “Such a privilege to be part of the judging process for this year’s Great British Franchisee Awards and to assess such a strong cohort of entries. All sizes and shapes of franchises from multi million pound businesses to sole trader home based ones the quality of entries shines out illustrating the strength of UK franchising. Many congratulations to the very worthy recipients of the GBFA awards for 2024,”
Jane Masih, IBB Law commented "I have loved reading the applications from some of the UK's most exciting franchisees. It is interesting to hear about their journeys so far, and whilst all very different, they have a number of common traits that makes them stand out as exceptional franchisees. They were all worthy of Great British Franchisee status"