UK Ethnic Minorities Franchisee Case Study Archive

Buying a Redstones franchise was an easy choice

Manj Singh was introduced to franchising via the fast food industry. “In 2007 I took my first steps in franchising and bought into a well-known pizza franchise.” After building the business up to owning several units, Manj felt he had achieved as much as he could and started looking around for his next adventure in franchising; which led him to Redstones.

Same & Jashani liked the fact that OPC is well established and has the feel of a family run business.

Rohit Shukla studied accounting and financial management at Sheffield Hallam University and graduated in 2009.

23-year-old Azeem Arshad, one of the brightest lights in the Baguette Express stable, has won the Franchise of the Year award and come runner up in the Young Achiever of the Year category at the Scottish Asian Business Awards 2009.

MBES FRANCHISEE OF THE YEAR

London franchisees KKJ Ltd. are MBE’s current “Franchise of the Year”, in recognition of their progress and success. The award was presented to two of KKJ’s directors attending MBE’s annual conference, business partners and brothers-in-law, Murli Mulchandani and Rikesh Nichani.

TOP BUSINESS HONOURS FOR OPTICAL DUO

Partners Nilesh Soneji and Jamal Salloum of Dolland & Aitchison scooped top honours at this year's Lloyds TSB Southern Jewel Awards.

HONOURS FOR ASIAN FOOD FRANCHISE GIANT

Mohammad Adil, Chairman of Adil Group, scooped top honours at this year's Lloyds TSB Southern Jewel Awards. As winner of the Entrepreneur Jewel Award, Mohammad was chosen from thousands of nominations from across the region, spanning business, education, politics and the charity sector and the panel of judges for the event faced a tough challenge selecting the final winners from this high calibre selection of nominees.

Lloyds TSB Southern Jewel Awards

London and the South’s thriving Asian business community is gearing up to celebrate its success, in one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the region’s calendar. The Lloyds TSB Southern Jewel Awards, now in its sixth year, will take place on 4th October 2008 at London Hilton, Park Lane and will honour the most talented individuals in the worlds of business, the media and public life. There are now 200,000 Asian businesses across UK, generating wealth at over three times the national average – and many of these are in London and the South.

From Beer Buddies to Business Partners

Sandip Chauham and Ketan Patel from Leicester became close “beer buddies” after moving into the same halls of residence at Nottingham Trent University. A trip to US dramatically altered their lives when they were introduced to the concept of franchising. After returning to UK they were discovered the Jani King franchise.

The Flexibility of Franchising

“Franchising has enabled me to realise my ambition to have my own business and also allows me to manage my time effectively to achieve a good work-life balance,” says Manjit Panesar, X-Press Legal Services franchisee covering a large area of West London and parts of Middlesex.

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