Franchisee Claire Pearson of Bright & Beautiful
Claire spent 14 years working in marketing communications but when faced with redundancy she decided to put her organisational talents to good use by launching a Bright and Beautiful in Towcester, where she has lived since Dec 2010
Franchisee Charles Trevor Roper of No Letting Go
Charles Trevor Roper, finalist in this year's HSBC Franchisee of the Year Award, explains his decision to launch a No Letting Go franchise covering West Berkshire. After a career in the hospitality sector Charles was excited about the concept of franchising and especially, No Letting Go's managerial service. The rest is history!
Franchisee Wesley Sinclair of Revive! Auto Innovations
Former treasury manager and business analyst Wesley Sinclair, 42, has set up his own business, Revive! Edinburgh, visiting customers to repair scuffs, scrapes and minor damage on their vehicles. He has joined one of the largest and most reputable SMART repair networks in the country.
Franchisee Chris Lyons of Revive! Auto Innovations
Chris Lyons, Revive! Auto Innovations franchisee in Cheshire, shares how things are going in his second year of franchising. He looks at the challenges, the successes and his future plans.
Franchisee Denzil Evans of Revive! Auto Innovations
Denzil Evans launched a Revive! franchise in Northampton says: "A van based business does offer a number of advantages: it is a higher profit ratio than most premises based businesses and a key advantage is that I can go and find work instead of work coming to me."
Determination drives Basingstoke Revive franchise business to record heights
Franchisee Michal Lepiarz of Revive! Auto Innovations
Newly launched cosmetic vehicle repair business Revive! Basingstoke is celebrating a hugely successful first month of trading, with sales 135 per cent above target.
Revive franchisee enjoys new hands-on career
Franchisee Scott Gosbell of Revive! Auto Innovations
After just two months since start up, Scott Gosbell owner of Revive! West London has hit all of his sales targets and is delighted with the way his mobile SMART repair business is going.
In control of life with Rosemary Bookkeeping franchise
Franchisee Caroline O'Brien of Rosemary Bookkeeping
Caroline had reached such a point in her career that she was looking for her next challenge and decided that working for herself was the answer as she wanted something that she was in complete control of.
Leaving the military and looking to the future
Franchisee Stewart and Kim Bisley of Snack in the Box
Kim and Stewart Bisley are based in Glasgow. Stewart is a Chief Petty Office in the Navy and is a submariner. He currently spends months away at a time, but has just under 2 years left in the Navy so the couple were keen to find a business that they could develop and work in together once he had left the Navy.
A week in the life of a Snack in the Box franchisee
Franchisee Phil and Ruth Sutcliffe of Snack in the Box
Phil and Ruth have been working together running their Snack in the Box franchise for 12 years. Phil has mostly been self-employed. “I just don’t like to work in an office and prefer being out and about”, Phil told us. Ruth was a nurse before she joined Phil to run their franchise.