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Our franchisor interviews have been designed to give you an insight into specific franchise businesses and how they were started. By interviewing the franchisor, we can arm you with their perspective on areas such as the business itself, why they chose to go down the franchising route, their achievements and challenges, and what they look for in a successful franchisee - vital information for those considering franchising their own business or becoming a franchisee themselves.
Stephen Hopper is the CEO and Founder of Plan Burrito, the fastest growing multi-award winning Tex-Mex franchise operation in the UK. Plan Burrito opened their first store in 2015 in Loughborough. Due to phenomenal success, Stephen realised there was a huge demand for this type of food and that the only way to achieve national coverage was to franchise. In 2022, the first franchise opened. Plan Burrito is now expanding rapidly but controlled, with plans to expand internationally too by way of master licence agreements.
Kamila Khan is the Founder of Dolce Desserts. Kamila graduated at 21 years old and sought inspiration via the hearty cafes seen in and around the hotspots of Europe. In 2014, Kamila created Dolce Desserts, which embodies the sweet touch of Italy now found in the UK. Kamila has built the brand to 9 stores with plans to have 15 open by the end of the year.
Freddie St George MBE realised very early on that he was not “good employee” material and so since leaving university, he has always been in business for himself. In 2006, he bought Raring2go! franchise, a low cost, mature and proven franchise business that produces a magazine and website that connects local businesses with local families. It was already an existing franchise but Freddie stripped it back and rebuild it so that it was a far more robust, sustainable and profitable franchise business. Outside of work and business, Freddie’s passion is for classic Minis and an annual fundraising motoring event he organises called ‘The Italian Job’, which since 1990, the event has raised over £3 million for children’s charities. Read more about Freddie and the Raring2go! opportunity...
Firoz Hafeji is one three friends who founded Wingtrapp in 2018. They opened their first Wingtrapp store in Leicester. They spent the next 4 years solidifying their concept and setting up the right foundations and infrastructure to allow them to franchise. They now have 3 franchisees in Birmingham, Nottingham and Coventry sites with a number of franchisees in the pipeline set to open over the next 12 months. Their mission is simple, to be recognised as the best Gourmet chicken offering in the UK.
Amrit Dhaliwal, CEO and Founder of Walfinch homecare talks about his background, why entrepreneurialism has always been in his blood (from running his own Italian restaurant to becoming a care franchisee), setting up Walfinch and ultimately franchising it, to the support they offer franchisees and his plans for the growth of Walfinch.
Ty Clarke’s passion for fitness first started from a very young age. “I started training because I suffered a lot with my self-confidence as throughout my adolescent years, I was a lot smaller than most of my contemporaries. I became obsessed with bettering myself which came from having a sporting background. I was often told I was ‘too weak’ or ‘too small’ to play my chosen sport. In 2020, during the Pandemic, I had the opportunity to purchase Paragon Gym and I have not looked back since.”
Chris Rocker is the Founder and CEO of Just Shutters. It was a 25 year career working for fitted furniture companies, that led Chris to start his own shutter business in 2006. Chris built Just Shutters to become a successful and strong regional brand, but it was listening to Duncan Bannatyne talk about franchising that gave him his lightbulb moment. In 2009, Chris launched his Just Shutters franchise. There are now 18 successful businesses across the UK and Just Shutters is now the largest independent retail specialist in the country.
Garry Brown is the franchisor of PHC Service, a vacuum repair and service franchise. PHC is the first of its kind in franchising. Whilst this unique business is new to franchising, PHC has been running successfully in the South East for over 34 years. Demand from beyond the South East has led Garry to look at franchising as a means of expanding his already successful repair business. Read more about Garry journey and this unique opportunity that is now looking for franchisees across the UK.
Before starting The Drain Guys, Gavin Dimmock was a franchisee for another drainage franchise. During this time, Gavin learned a lot about being a franchisee and being part of a franchise network. He has also learned everything he needed to know about drainage! In 2015, Gavin decided to start his own drainage business, The Drain Guys. The business has become so successful in the South East that demand for their services in areas they currently can’t cover, has led them to franchising. Gavin is now looking to share his knowledge of running a successful drainage business with likeminded individuals across the UK.
Syeda Kayanath has a lot of experience in hospitality as well as working with brands to develop their business and identity, so much so that she decided to use that experience to create a business of her own, Mowchi. “Mowchi was everything that represented me but also related to many consumers in this generation, a clean, sleek and minimal bubble tea brand with a unique USP of food and frozen yoghurt making Mowchi an entire experience.”
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