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I wanted a business that I could mould to fit around me and my family

of Bright & Beautiful

Delpreet joined cleaning franchise Bright & Beautiful in 2017. Before this, she worked in the engineering sector as a recruitment consultant. "What really appealed to me was Bright & Beautiful’s foundation of strong ethical beliefs. Joining a company that offers ethical employment with proper contracts to local people is something I definitely wanted to be a part of."

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Meet Faye, our Pilot Franchisee, who has been a Business Owner with Bright & Beautiful since 2009

of Bright & Beautiful

Faye Roddy has been the Bright & Beautiful franchisee in Altrincham since 2009.  In this video Faye discusses "Realising the Dream and her business journey.

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Why I expanded from fast-food into fitness

of energie Fitness

In the interview, Aran Sandher explains why he chose to expand the family business which operates multiple Domino's Pizza franchises into health and fitness with energie Fitness. Aran opened his first énergie gym in Wolverhampton in April 2021 and launched his second énergie site in Tunstall in March this year.  Find out more about why Aran chose to partner with energie, how he structures the business to operate in multiple locations, insights into building a strong workforce and his plans for the future.

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New business owner brings Rosemary Bookkeeping services to Harrow

of Rosemary Bookkeeping

We sat down with the brand-new owner of Rosemary Bookkeeping Harrow, Nitin Patel, to talk about his career and training, being a scout volunteer, and his new bookkeeping business.

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New business owner brings Rosemary Bookkeeping services to Stevenage

of Rosemary Bookkeeping

Introducing Nirmal Thakkar, the new business owner of of Rosemary Bookkeeping Garden City, who is bringing brand new bookkeeping and accounting services to Stevenage and surrounding areas. Nirmal came to the UK in 2002 from India, and received an MBA from Hertfordshire University, before going on to work in sales banking. She then took a break from the industry whilst on maternity leave and helped a friend build his business from the ground up.

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South African couple move to UK to tap into mature market

of Dream Doors

South African couple Gary and Hayley Ashe relocated to Britain to tap into its ‘mature’ franchising market. They wanted to find a way to earn a good take-home salary while balancing the responsibility of raising three young children. Gary and Hayley opted to open a Dream Doors franchise showroom covering Woking and Guildford for the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company. 

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"It's a superb model and the training is first-rate"

of Dream Doors

“In my business life I’ve received a lot of training, but the support we’ve had from Dream Doors has been more professional than anything I’ve experienced before. It’s also a superb business model.”

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Franchisee Launches During Lockdown and Turns Over £200k

of Dream Doors

Launching a Dream Doors kitchen showroom weeks before a national lockdown has not stopped Neil O’Boyle achieving a high turnover. After completing his initial training, the owner of Dream Doors Gateshead and Sunderland enjoyed only two weeks of normal trading before Covid-19 movement restrictions were imposed. Rather than wait for lockdown to end, Neil finished fitting out his showroom, hired full-time staff and booked socially-distanced customer appointments. Keeping his appointments diary full has allowed Neil to turn over more than £200,000 in the last three months as lockdown measures have begun to ease. 

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Dream Doors franchisee explains appeal of business model

of Dream Doors

After working as an engineer for most of his life, Simon Herbert took the leap into running his own business two years ago and opened Dream Doors Gloucester.  Despite being drawn to franchising for some time, Simon said no one was more surprised than he was when he decided to take on a showroom for the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company.

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Video interview with Grant Dye

of Rosemary Bookkeeping

Grant Dye of Rosemary Bookkeeping North Kent & Isle of Sheppey took time out of his busy schedule to chat about why he joined Rosemary Bookkeeping.

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