The bfa HSBC franchising awards have been setting the diamond standard in franchising for decades. This year marks the 32nd year of these leading awards - a flagship event for the UK franchising industry.
While the pandemic has been a turbulent time for many, others have noticed the opportunities that it has presented them with. And these opportunities have certainly been fruitful in the education industry, as students all over the world have demonstrated the need for attentive, personalised learning experiences. With the help of in-home and online tutoring company, Tutor Doctor, more students across the UK will be presented with the chance to enhance their learning going into 2022, as the franchise welcomes three new territories to its network.
Home Instead franchisees across the UK don’t just provide quality home care services to ageing adults across local communities, but they also become employers of choice- creating a number of rewarding job roles for caring and compassionate people.
With a 3.75% increase in fee income, up from £45.3m to £47m, TaxAssist Accountants is the 22nd largest accounting provider in the UK, according to the highly regarded Accountancy Age industry league table.
The TaxAssist Accountants Network continues its good rate of growth in 2021.
The owners of franchised care at home business Caremark (Barnsley), friends Jomon Mathew and Varghese Choondiyanil give us an insight into the first 2 years of their ownership.
Caremark franchisees along with the rest of the sector are employing more and more people to care for people in their own homes, as their businesses continue to expand.
The challenges over the past two years have left many of us with high expectations when it comes to online shopping experiences – so it comes as no surprise to see OSCAR Pet Foods responding with the launch of a newly designed and impressively responsive website. The industry-leading pet food specialist remains driven when it comes to delivering customer satisfaction and this sleek and efficient new website offers customers much more. Specifically designed to enhance the shopping experience of existing customers, and to make it as easy as possible for new customers to order online, it contains plenty of streamlined functionality.
Online investment, advertising campaigns, new initiatives and content and promotional materials help to support franchisees’ growth and profitability through the pandemic.
It goes without saying that the autumn months are some of the busiest for British families – with Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night and the social occasions leading up to Christmas. But as we all wrap up warm and enjoy a mug of mulled wine or hot chocolate, spare a thought for the 51 million pets1 living in homes around the country. With loud bangs, unwelcome guests and other unfamiliar scenarios to contend with, the next three months are set to be the most stressful for our four-legged friends.