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Franchisee Jeff & Lise Whittle of Minuteman Press
Jeff and Lise Whittle have been running their Minuteman Press franchise in Ayr for 10 years. Before joining Minuteman Press, Jeff worked in mechanical engineering and Lise as a jewellery designer and latterly after returning to work from maternity leave, as a teaching assistant. Having always considered being his own boss, Jeff decided to attend a local franchise fair in Glasgow to find out who was actively franchising in Scotland. Liking what he heard about the Minuteman Press opportunity, including the family values they retained and their desire for owners to succeed, encouraged Jeff to find out more and to visit their stores around Scotland. Jeff and Lise opened for business in October 2009. 10 years on and Jeff still works full time in the business and Lise part-time; all 3 children have also worked with them.
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Cheryl Hopkins FCCA joined TaxAssist Accountants in July 2009, after the birth of her first child made her realise she needed to escape the corporate rat race and work for herself.
After ten years, she has built up her practice to over 350 clients from her shop in Nuneaton and office in Tamworth, has a team of four staff and has given birth to her second child. She shares her inspiring story here, about the new independent life taking on a franchise with TaxAssist Accountants has given her.
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Jocelyn and Tori both came from different background, having worked in events management and as a financial analyst respectively. However they both work together running the Driving Miss Daisy franchise for Farnham, Surrey. Learn about what drew them to franchising and some of the challenges they have faced growing their business here...
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Yorkshire born and bred teacher Emma Bini has returned home to swap her career in education for a new national domestic housekeeping franchise business, Bright & Beautiful®, covering York, Wetherby, Boston Spa, Tadcaster and the surrounding areas.
Prior to becoming a new franchise owner, Emma dedicated her time to teaching modern foreign languages (MFL) in secondary schools where she specialised in French and Spanish. Following her time studying in Spain, Emma spent a year teaching in Venezuela before returning to her home county Yorkshire.
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CHANGING career direction has given Wilson Craig the chance to work alongside his family.
Wilson worked as a transport consultant in the Middle East for eight years before joining Dream Doors, the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company.
Now he can work alongside his wife Patrice, daughter Jenna and son Adam running their own showroom in Prestwick, Ayrshire.
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SELLING up the family business allowed the Bachelor family to start a lucrative Dream Doors kitchen makeover franchise. Mike Bachelor’s grandfather first began working in the motor trade in the mid-60s, eventually building up a network of 13 truck dealerships in the Cheshire area.
The Bachelor family went on to sell that business and reinvested their cash in opening a showroom for the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company in their hometown.
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Paul Ward opened his Autoglym franchise in 2005. Covering the whole of Northern Ireland, Paul is passionate about the product having been using it himself for over 30 years! Get an insight into the day to day running of an Autoglym franchise by reading on...
Franchisee Paul Dyer of Driving Miss Daisy
Paul Dyer has been lucky to have had a good career in software development having been actively involved in some of the most exciting and key technological developments of the last half a century. Reaching an age where he wanted to do something different that was equally as rewarding, Paul recognised the benefits of franchising and growing a template business rather than starting from scratch. And after narrowing down his selection to 10 companies, Paul’s further research and his heart, led him to Driving Miss Daisy. By satisfying a growing need in society for helping people to stay independent longer, Paul recognised that Driving Miss Daisy offered him an excellent business opportunity.
Franchisee Keith Cohan of Minuteman Press
Keith Cohan has had many different jobs across the years in a variety of sectors, but he always envisaged that one day he would own his own business. While he was working at a Minuteman Press Printing franchise in Falkirk the stores franchisee was looking to retire and Keith knew that this was his chance to own his own business in an industry he knew. Learn about Keith's journey from employee to franchisee and the successes he has benefitted from Minuteman Press!
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At the helm of one of Driving Miss Daisy's newest franchises are Andrew and Lucy, who recently opened Driving Miss Daisy, Sutton Coldfield. They decided to follow the franchising route as they wanted to run their own business after both having careers in the private sector. Learn about the community-orientated offering with the chance to give something back to their local area with Driving Miss Daisy helped make their decision to join an easy one!
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