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A former deputy head teacher who set up a cleaning business just before the pandemic struck has won a major industry award. Alison Chilvers, the owner of Bright & Beautiful Ipswich, has walked away with a Great British Franchisee Award from whichfranchise – one of the greatest honour in the franchising world.
Multi-unit Home Instead franchisee, Fatta Thappa has been named a Great British Franchisee 2023. Fatta stood out to the judges for his combination of strong multi-franchising skills and commitment to the local community. In just seven years Fatta has successfully established two flourishing Home Instead franchises in London employing over 130 members of staff.
A drains expert who put away his tools as an experiment and decided to manage his business instead has more than doubled his turnover to £1 million a year. His spectacular success has won Drain Doctor Oxford owners Jon Parker and his wife Lisa a Great British Franchisee Award – one of the highest honours in the industry.
Petpals’ franchisee, Peter Lea, was announced as a winner of the Great British Franchisee Awards this week in recognition of his ongoing success with his two Petpals businesses: Petpals Bracknell and Petpals Wokingham and Sandhurst. The prestigious national awards consider areas such as business experience, business growth, staff retention, customer satisfaction, community involvement, and inspired leadership to determine worthy winners across the UK.
Mai Nghiem is the latest franchisee to join the growing TaxAssist Accountants network.
The crème de la crème of Britain’s franchisees have been honoured in the industry’s most prestigious awards. Among the 15 recipients of a coveted Great British Franchisee Award from whichfranchise.com are commercial cleaners, a pet-sitting agency, a car paintwork restorer, a dance tutor, and a drain surgeon.
Think Valentine’s Day, think fancy restaurant or home cooked gourmet cuisine, but the team at I am Doner know that’s simply not the reality for the majority of their customers. Between late running Zoom meetings, putting kids to bed and an endless list of domestic chores, the average couple will be lucky to remember the night at all.
Groe Global is celebrating after being recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 SMEs in the UK. We're simply grateful for the opportunity to spread a positive message about the franchise industry and what it can offer to businesses and individuals alike. Our goal has always been to use our platform to inspire others to pursue their dreams and we're so thankful to have the opportunity to do that!” said Sean Goldsmith, Founder of Groe Global.
Despite being in post for only a few weeks, The Travel Franchise’s newly appointed Head of People, Donna Stonehouse has taken on the challenge of recruiting up to 25 team members in the first quarter, including a number of C-suite roles.
The Travel Franchise is adding extra training dates for people waiting to join, as its homeworking consultants celebrate its best January ever.
Its travel agents, which sell holidays under the customer facing Not Just Travel brand, experienced a booming January with company figures revealing 2023 sales up 65% year-on-year with profits increasing by over 80%. The figures indicate the company is over-indexing industry competitors by more than double.
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