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11-February-2022

Hampshire businessman swaps McDonald's for the classroom

Hampshire-based businessman, Adie Twining, swapped his corporate career at McDonald’s for the classroom to start a new venture with an in-home and online tutoring company, Tutor Doctor. Reshaping his career during the pandemic, he has already made a profound impact in his local community covering Southampton and Salisbury.

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11-February-2022

60% of Camile Thai openings in 2021 from former staff members

Of the 13 new branches of Camile Thai that opened last year, 8 were by franchisees previously employed by Camile as a Driver, Restaurant General Manager and Operations Manager.

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11-February-2022

Camile Opens 46th restaurant - continues aggressive expansion in UK

Camile has announced the opening of their 46th restaurant, which is located in a Tesco Extra Centre in Waterford, in the Southeast of Ireland. Camile is now the largest and fastest growing Thai restaurant chain in the UK and Ireland and plans to open a further 20 outlets during 2022, across the British Isles.

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11-February-2022

Camile Multi-Unit franchisee opens 9th outlet in Bangor, N. Ireland

Camile Thai Kitchen, the healthy home delivery restaurant chain, has announced the opening of its' 4th Northern Ireland branch, in Bangor, Co. Down – and the 9th franchise for multi-unit franchisee Pramod Thankapan.

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11-February-2022

CAMILE THAI KITCHEN'S FIRST LONDON FRANCHISEE CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR IN BUSINESS - AND SEEKS SITE FOR SECOND LOCATION

Camile Thai Kitchen, the UK and Ireland’s fastest growing Thai restaurant chain, together with their first London franchisee Rakesh Gopalakrishnan, are celebrating a first year in business together. With over 19 years of experience within the hospitality industry, Rakesh has an intimate knowledge of the store he recently acquired, as he was managing it for over a year, prior to purchasing it. We spoke with Rakesh to find out how the first year went.

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10-February-2022

The changing of the guard - Caremark under new joint leadership

Home care franchisor, Caremark is pleased to officially announce the appointment of David Glover and Lisa Fyfe as joint CEO.

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10-February-2022

ANYTIME FITNESS TO OPEN CLUB IN LYNCH WOOD PARK AND SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF 2,000+ EMPLOYEES

Leading property and asset management firm, FI Real Estate Management (FIREM) has welcomed Anytime Fitness to Lynch Wood Park in Peterborough. The club is owned by Peterborough-based Jaspal Singh, who also owns the Ortongate Shopping Centre location, in addition to a portfolio of care homes in the local area.

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09-February-2022

OSCAR Pet Foods receives Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2022

OSCAR Pet Foods are delighted to be recognised for outstanding customer care and awarded with the Feefo Gold Trusted Award 2022.

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09-February-2022

Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Helen O'Grady Drama Academy

International live entertainment company, Trafalgar Entertainment, has bolstered its Education division by adding the children’s extra-curricular drama specialist organisation, Helen O’Grady Drama Academy to the Education portfolio. The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy has been in operation for over 40 years and provides education in 36 countries, with over 100,000 students studying one hour of drama each week. The business will run alongside Stagecoach Performing Arts, the UK’s largest network of extra-curricular performing arts schools for children, with more than 300 franchises in seven countries.

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08-February-2022

GERMAN DONER KEBAB SET TO OPEN 78 NEW RESTAURANTS IN THE UK DURING 2022

The fast-casual brand will bring greater momentum to its UK growth ambitions, with plans to almost double its current UK portfolio and create in the region of 2900 new jobs. Imran Sayeed, CEO of German Doner Kebab, said: “We are developing the fast-casual brand of the future and we are excited to be building on the success of the past 12 months as we aim to open a further 78 new restaurants and almost double our current portfolio during 2022.”

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