Wales Franchise Success Stories

Revive! Swansea - One Year On

Mike and Natalie Powell launched Revive! Swansea in August 2023, and that first record month was just £9,000. Now their monthly turnover is nudging £30,000 and the couple have ambitious plans for further growth. The lack of quality mobile smart repairers in their area initially motivated the husband and wife team to invest in a Revive! franchise. Twelve months on with their business going from strength to strength, the couple are looking to add a fourth technician and an alloy wheel van to meet the growing local demand for specialist alloy wheel repairs.

Dynamic duo - marrying a love of fitness and business for multi-unit success

Property and hospitality duo, Olga and Gurnake Cheema, had over 15 years combined property investment and hotel management experience when their search for a fitness franchise led them to Snap Fitness in 2021. After opening their first location in Bodmin, Cornwall, in November 2021, Olga and Gurnake became multi-unit investors in February of 2023. Just three months after the launch of their second location in Pontyclun, South Wales, the pair have already seen a return on their investment and are ready to open more!

Filta franchisee talks about becoming a multi-vehicle operator

Lee Morton is Filta franchisee for Cardiff, Swansea and Bristol. Prior to buying his Filta franchise, Lee was running a domestic oven cleaning business. Wanting a “similar” business, but one that allowed him to target the b2b marketing, Lee started to explore options. When the existing Filta franchisee in Cardiff put his business for sale, Lee decided he liked the idea of taking over an existing business rather than a start-up. One that allowed him to hit the ground running but left plenty of scale for future growth.

Welsh international hockey player joins Driving Miss Daisy

Stevie Lyle, dad of 2 boys and a 3rd due soon, is literally one in a million representing Wales and GB for over 23 years at the highest level of Ice Hockey - a sport not for the faint hearted! HOLDING 83 CAPS FOR GREAT BRITAIN, he is the most capped Ice Hockey player the country has ever had and aged 17 he became the Junior Welsh Sports Personality of the Year too. Stevie is now the Driving Miss Daisy franchisee for Cardiff.

From teacher to Techclean

Former teacher and mother of four Susan Davies set up Techclean South Wales three years ago after her youngest child went to university. She was looking for a new challenge and wanted to grow a business that she could run from home but still get out and about to interact with others. Susan discovered Techclean during her research into franchise opportunities. She liked what she saw, and the South Wales and West territory was available so she signed up.

Exclusive interview with Helen Rabaiotti, Card Connection, Newport/South Wales

Helen and her husband knew about Card Connection prior to buying the business as they had sold their products in the post office they owned. When the Bath territory became available they jumped at the chance to own it as they were aware of how popular the products were. After running the Bath franchise for 5 years, they started to look at expanding and when the larger South Wales territory became available, they decided to take up the challenge.

Interview with Alun Mort of Card Connection, South West Wales

This year Alun Mort celebrates his 20th year anniversary as Card Connection franchisee for South West Wales. Alun’s territory covers Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Carmarthen, Fishguard and Cardigan Bay. Alun, supplies more than 200 retailers with Card Connection’s extensive range of top quality greeting cards and accessories and in the past year has grown his business by 7%. In this new and exclusive interview, Card Connection veteran, Alun Mort shares his experience of being a franchise owner in Wales and a typical day for him.

Fortuitous meeting with Oscars franchise

Alan Rees was never at home while he was working as an Account Sales Executive for a large computer company. That career was beginning to take its toll. After taking time to rethink his future he found what he really wanted to do.
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Recognising real rewards with Recognition Express franchise

Chris Kerry was attracted to the excellent value in the franchise start-up package and has not looked back as he goes into his second year of managing his franchise.
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At last a Card Connection franchise owner!

John and Trish Andrew first thought of venturing into some sort of franchise business in 1999 when John left his job as a management accountant and Trish was an assistant manager with the local Birthdays retail card shop.