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FRANCHISEE FOCUSING ON MAKING SALES TO SUPPORT GROWING FAMILY

of Dream Doors

VISHAL Amin has found a way to balance spending time with his growing family and earning a great take home salary with Dream Doors.

The former investment banker joined the UK’s #1 kitchen makeover company earlier this year and is now the director of Dream Doors Surrey and Sussex.

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A passion for restoration lead Kirk to Furniture Medic Glasgow

Franchisee Kirk Grannell of noRelatedFranchisor

Kirk Grannell has been Furniture Medic for Glasgow since 2016.  Though Kirk’s background is mainly management, he’s always had an interest in restoring and repairing items. Kirk was aware of franchising and the benefits of buying into an established business, and so when they opportunity to buy an existing Furniture Medic franchise came up, Kirk jumped at the chance to find out more.

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Home Instead multi-unit franchisees going from strength to strength

Franchisee Suhail and Tasnim Rehman of Home Instead

Suhail and Tasnim Rehman are a glowing example of how to build a successful franchise business. In fact, the couple haven’t built just one franchise but three, having successfully decided to centralise some key functions, such as finance, recruitment and training. Meanwhile, each franchise has been able to focus on providing a local service of tailored care and companionship. The couple are continuing their expansion plans in the future.

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Minuteman Press Ayr is a true family business

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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Franchisee Interview: "Taking on this franchise has just worked for me"

of TaxAssist Accountants

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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Interview: "Building a business has been really interesting and we have learnt LOADS!"

of Driving Miss Daisy

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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Local teacher ditches books for dusters by launching new eco-friendly cleaning business

of Bright & Beautiful

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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Mum, Dad, Don and Daughter working together for Dream Doors!

of Dream Doors

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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FAMILY SELLS MOTOR BUSINESS TO OPEN DREAM DOORS KITCHEN SHOWROOM

of Dream Doors

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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Interview: "The sense of pride and passion that comes with the logo is incredible."

of noRelatedFranchisor

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...

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