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08-March-2019

Meet the latest woman to join the Signs Express franchise network - International Women's Day spotlight

As a commemoration of International Women’s Day, it’s the perfect time to celebrate our newest female franchisee to the Signs Express network.

Mayura Joshi recently became the Owner of Signs Express (Colchester & Chelmsford), celebrating the opening of her centre at the end of 2018.

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08-March-2019

ChipsAway and Womanic empower women to have more confidence when dealing with all things automotive!

To help celebrate International Women’s Day – 8th March 2019, leading minor automotive paintwork repair specialists ChipsAway, and the first UK all-women run garage repair and servicing facility, Womanic, have joined forces and will be hosting a live Q&A event on the day.

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05-March-2019

Oscar Pet Foods nominated for two major franchising awards

Oscar Pet Foods has been shortlisted for two awards at the bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, to be held at the Vox, Birmingham, on June 27.

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05-March-2019

Scott and Stephen joining Driver Hire's Network

Leading recruitment franchise, Driver Hire, welcomed two new franchisees to its nationwide network during February: Scott MacGregor and Stephen Hobbs.

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05-March-2019

We're Going to The International Franchise Show! Are you?

The biggest ever International Franchise Show returns at ExCel London, 5th & 6th April 2019! The Franchise Show has grown over the past 9 years making us the UK’s biggest, and earning the well-deserved International show status.

FASTSIGNS® will be exhibiting on stand 830 and we’d love to see you there.

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05-March-2019

Fantastic back-to-back win for ERA at Global Franchise Awards!

As the winners of this year’s Global Franchise Awards are announced the 8 strong international delegation from Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) proudly accept the award for “Best White-Collar Franchise” for the second year in a row.

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01-March-2019

Neighborly Acquires Dream Doors

Neighborly®, the world’s largest franchisor of home service brands, has announced the acquisition of Dream Doors, the UK’s No. 1 kitchen makeover franchisor. The addition marks the first acquisition of 2019 and brings Neighborly to a total of 22 service brands, nearly 3,700 franchise owners and more than 850 colleagues across nine countries.

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01-March-2019

Former Employee Takes on Shining Business!

After 14 years with Ovenclean, the UK’s leading professional oven cleaning specialist, franchisee John Dyer is selling up one half of his thriving business to his employee Richard, and is now on the hunt for a buyer for his other territory, which stretches from Norwich to Stowmarket!

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01-March-2019

Papa John's Expands in Milton Keynes

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its latest store opening in Wolverton, Milton Keynes.  Run by franchisee Tony Singh, the new outlet has already recruited 15 new local staff to deliver Papa John’s world-class pizza to local residents.  Milton Keynes is also the home of Papa John’s UK and European Campus as well as Papa John’s fresh pizza dough factory, a state-of-the-art facility which supplies around 400 franchised units across the UK on a daily basis. 

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01-March-2019

McDonald's: Growing Strong

McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, which has over 190 franchisees in the UK & Ireland, has been announced as the Gold Award winner in the Franchisor of the Year award category at the prestigious annual bfa HSBC Franchise Awards 2018. 

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