Award winning franchise was perfect opportunity for Belfast Finance Director

Andrew Bassett had an established career in finance before accepting voluntary redundancy.  Considering all related career options, Andrew started researching the franchise industry and after much research into credible and award-winning franchises, Andrew decided to take his interest in TaxAssist Accountants further.  When an existing franchise became available, Andrew jumped at the chance to buy into an established business.  Over a year later, Andrew has plans to open a second office in Belfast.
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Subway multi-store operator talks about his journey with one of the world’s largest franchise brands

Damian Havlin is owner of 6 Subway stores in Northern Ireland, including Subway’s first Drive-Thru in Northern Ireland. After a career in catering and hospitality, Damian started his Subway journey when he began working as a Business Consultant for them.  When he was approached to see if he would like to run his own store in Antrim Town, Damian jumped at the opportunity. And he hasn’t looked back since.   Damian said: “I was very aware of how popular Subway was, even before I began working for the Business Development Team. It’s a great concept which is well known across the world and has popular global support.

Exclusive Interview: "Maintaining an excellent quality of life with WPA"

Simon Marks has run a WPA Healthcare franchise in Northern Ireland for 4 years. He left behind a long career in the banking sector and was able to transfer many of his skills to suit his new role. Simon was impressed by WPA’s support package and felt this was invaluable to running a successful business. After so long working in a corporate environment Simon relishes in the fact that he can plan his diary around his commitments and maintain an excellent quality of life.

Exclusive interview - "I am reaping the benefits of being my own boss with TaxAssist"

Before buying his TaxAssist franchise, Ian was a chartered management accountant and after deciding that he wanted to be in charge of his own destiny, he started to look at what was available to him. Though accountancy experience is not a necessity for joining TaxAssist, Ian enjoyed his accountancy work so much that he wanted to transfer his skills to franchising. To find out the steps Ian took to becoming a franchise owner...
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TaxAssist Accountants franchise gives small businesses dedicated focus

Jim Andrew launched a TaxAssist Accountants franchise in Belfast as he was impressed by their clear focus on small businesses.
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Cafe2U franchisee happy with working life

Jeff was Franchise Partner of the Year in 2008, and has three Cafe2U vans running in his territory, employing 5 full time and part time people, as well as renting premises for van parking, and storage, and plans on a 4th van by 2011.
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Chance finding of Snack-in-the-Box franchise

Deciding that I wanted to go into business for myself, I started to thoroughly research all the options available to me.  It was purely by chance that I came across Snack-in-the- Box (SITB). 

TaxAssist Accountants announce the opening of their first shop front premises in Northern Ireland!

Oscar Reaps Success in Northern Ireland

"I chose franchising as it offered me a complete system to start up my own business and to keep it running efficiently. Before taking up the Oscar Pet Food franchise, I worked in an engineering environment, being responsible for the quality inspection department of one of the factories, operated by an aircraft seating company."
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