Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced franchisee, Ahmed Eldessouki, has opened the company’s newest store in Brighton. The future is bright for Ahmed who already runs eight Papa John’s in the South East and plans to open a further eleven outlets along the South Coast and in South London within the next five years.
Over 200 delegates congregated at the Hilton, NEC, for ChipsAway’s annual conference and awards dinner over the weekend, celebrating 21 years as the UK’s leading minor car body paintwork repair brand.
In over two decades working as a print service professional with the likes of Xerox, Xeretec and Kinolta – Andy Kinnear encountered his fair share of managers. “In 20 years I didn’t really have any outstandingly inspiring bosses, and always wanted to be my own boss,” says Andy, who then joined the ERA network in 2013.
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced its latest Lytham St Annes store opening is now set to deliver. Steve Mullarkey who joined Papa John’s as a franchisee in 2013 will run Lytham St Annes along with his four other Papa John’s: Warrington, Preston, Chester and Prestwich.
On Saturday 12th September, Rush opened their 70th salon in Liverpool and the first salon outside of London and the South East. Rush are really excited to be continuing their journey of expansion, growing up the country with the first salon reaching Liverpool’s city centre.
Paul Hodgkinson and Ione Brown purchased their first Original Poster Company (OPC) franchise in early 2014. Now, almost 18 months later, they have done it again and purchased their second territory.
Shweta Jhajharia has been an ActionCOACH franchisee since 2008 and has just been recognised as 'Female Franchisee of the Year' at the bfa HSBC award ceremony.
In this exclusive article, Kasia Baldwin from Driver Hire shares her expertise on franchising and, specifically, how much you should expect to make from one.
Formed in 1977, The British Franchise Association (BFA) is the voluntary self-regulatory body for the UK franchise industry, with a standards-based approach to membership. The aim of the BFA is to promote ethical franchising practice in the UK.
Andy started Rush in 1994 with his partner Stel, they opened their first salon in Wimbledon after meeting at college and aspired to open 12 salons in London. Now over 20 years later and 70 salons across the UK his true business ethos, dedication and vision for the brand has led to the award-winning leading hair brand Rush is today.