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Just Clear welcomes new franchisee for Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire

Franchisee Milton Keynes of Just Clear

After a 20 plus year career in recruitment, James Meazza decided he wanted to do something else with his life, whilst he was still young enough for a career change. “I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, just that I wanted it to be different.  A sector and an organisation that was about as far removed from recruitment as you could get, really piqued my interest.” The sector was waste management and household clearance, and the organisation, Just Clear. James is very excited to be joining as franchise partner for Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.

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Buying a Franchise made me a better father and husband

of UK Business Mentoring

Having worked in financial services for 30 years, Graham Ballantyne had run businesses for other people and always knew one day he would do it himelf. “I wanted to do something with purpose where I could genuinely make a difference along with something I’d enjoy. I have always loved to help people and really enjoy the cut and thrust of business so Mentoring made sense. I undertook a lot of research into various mentoring franchises as I wanted the support to make the leap – UKBM were by far and away the best I looked at, they shared my values which was key and also convinced me the support would be there which was important.”

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Young multi-unit franchise owner talks about his journey with Mary Browns

of Mary Brown's Chicken

Millennial Tom Chen is one of a growing army of young multi-unit franchise owners. Here he talks about Mary Brown’s, the brand at the heart of his success

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Former Queen’s Colour Guard is now a Just Clear franchisee

of Just Clear

Former Queen’s Colour Guard, Adam from Tamworth, joined Just Clear in 2021 after 13 years of distinguished military service and has not looked back; mainly because he’s not had chance to! “I’ve hit the ground running and earning, which is not always the case when you take on a new franchised business.”

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Buying a franchise was life changing for me - the best career decision I ever made!

Franchisee Paul Clarke of UK Business Mentoring

Paul Clarke was delighted to find a business that allowed him to utilise the skills he had gained during a 30 year career in finance. Paul opened his UK Business Mentoring franchise in Manchester in 2017.  “I always had a desire to run my own business but wanted a framework and support mechanism to ensure success. Mentoring business owners is a priviledge and allows me to utilise all the skills and technical knowledge I have gained whilst supporting owners to achieve their full potential. UKBM were clearly the best I looked at and I did look at many.”

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Husband and wife team is perfect combination for running a Home Instead franchise

Franchisee Judy and Will Clay of Home Instead

Judy and Will Clay are active members of the Home Instead network and a very integral part of their local community in Kendal, Cumbria.  Realising she wanted to step away from the corporate world, Judy began working as a house manager at a retirement development for older people, where she learnt about Home Instead and the exceptional care they provide.   “As we shared the ethos of the company, this sparked our interest, we realised that we wanted to become Home Instead franchise owners. As husband and wife team with strengths in both business management and care, we work well together and feel this makes a perfect combination to run a home care franchise.” 

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Anytime Fitness multi-unit franchisee achieves success with diversified franchise portfolio

Franchisee Raj Hasib of Anytime Fitness

Raj Hasib is the perfect example of the success that can be achieved by diversifying a franchise portfolio into health and fitness. Having initially owned hospitality franchises and becoming disillusioned with ever-decreasing profit margins, he now successfully operates two Anytime Fitness health clubs and is making both a healthy living and a healthy difference in Headington and Daventry.

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Anytime Fitness is the perfect model for scalability

Franchisee Connor Thorne of Anytime Fitness

Alongside his father Steve, Connor Thorne is a young, ambitious entrepreneur who is breaking new ground for Anytime Fitness UK. Having taken the brand to two new territories of Jersey and Guernsey in 2021, he now successfully operates 4 high-performing clubs and is enjoying significant success as a multi-site operator. “We knew that there’d be scalability with Anytime Fitness.  Once you get the first one right with the right formula, there’s no reason why you can’t improve it and roll it into the next one and so on.”

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Davina's 5 year' Daisy Business Growing from Strength to Strength

of Driving Miss Daisy

From corporate hospitality to business owner, Davina is celebrating her 5th successful year running a Driving Miss Daisy Franchise in Kingswinford, nr Dudley. A REAL PEOPLE PERSON and keen snooker player, Davina describes herself as gregarious and enjoys a good chat! This has helped her win the hearts of the residents in her local community resulting in an excellent reputation and the go to provider for transportation and companionship services.

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Sports Legend to Community Hero!

of 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. 

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