The BFA Franchisee of the Year Awards ceremony was hosted on 1st October 2015 in Birmingham Town Hall.
“We did it!” was the jubilant cry from the heroic Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) team who completed the gruelling ‘Ride The Regions’ cycle adventure from Edinburgh to Southampton – in only six days.
Massive congratulations to Lee Eaton, owner of Signs Express (Manchester), who won the BFA’s B2B Franchisee of the Year Award at the awards ceremony on October 1st.
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee, Ahmed Eldessouki, has opened the company’s newest store in Brighton. The future is bright for Ahmed who already runs eight Papa John’s in the South East and plans to open a further eleven outlets along the South Coast and in South London within the next five years.
Over 200 delegates congregated at the Hilton, NEC, for ChipsAway’s annual conference and awards dinner over the weekend, celebrating 21 years as the UK’s leading minor car body paintwork repair brand.
In over two decades working as a print service professional with the likes of Xerox, Xeretec and Kinolta – Andy Kinnear encountered his fair share of managers. “In 20 years I didn’t really have any outstandingly inspiring bosses, and always wanted to be my own boss,” says Andy, who then joined the ERA network in 2013.
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its latest Lytham St Annes store opening is now set to deliver. Steve Mullarkey who joined Papa John’s as a franchisee in 2013 will run Lytham St Annes along with his four other Papa John’s: Warrington, Preston, Chester and Prestwich.
On Saturday 12th September, Rush opened their 70th salon in Liverpool and the first salon outside of London and the South East. Rush are really excited to be continuing their journey of expansion, growing up the country with the first salon reaching Liverpool’s city centre.
Paul Hodgkinson and Ione Brown purchased their first Original Poster Company (OPC) franchise in early 2014. Now, almost 18 months later, they have done it again and purchased their second territory.
Shweta Jhajharia has been an ActionCOACH franchisee since 2008 and has just been recognised as 'Female Franchisee of the Year' at the bfa HSBC award ceremony.