Muffin Break, the leading contemporary café brand, opened two new stores in September taking their UK presence to 68 stores. The cafés were opened in The Exchange, Ilford and The Overgate Centre, Dundee. Both great locations for Muffin Break to have presence in.
Concept Claim Solutions is taking the insurance claims industry by storm this summer, recently winning two awards: "Best Insurance Claims Management Service Provider 2024 – UK" and the "Client Service Excellence Award 2024."
Concept Claim Solution is celebrating two of its franchise support team being named finalists in the upcoming Women in Insurance Awards. Michelle Mellor (Claim Manager) for the 'Claims Professional of the Year' award, while Rebecca Dean (Head of Franchise) is being recognised in the award category 'Unsung Hero Award—Service Provider'.
Karen Goncalves has recently joined the TaxAssist Accountants network. Businesses and individual taxpayers in Woking will now be able to benefit from the services of Karen, who is currently fitting out a TaxAssist shop at 34 High Street, Knaphill, Woking, GU21 2PY. Karen has always wanted to run her own business and is passionate about providing a first-class service for her clients.
The boutique fitness franchise UBX continues to expand its footprint with two new franchised locations set to open in Kingston and Islington. Both locations are being opened by existing business owners who have expanded their business portfolios to launch a business in the health and fitness sector through UBX.
Mathnasium is set to open 4 new tuition centres in the coming weeks in Teddington, Tunbridge Wells, Kings Heath and Glasgow. The new franchisees Mark Braithwaite, Saqib Rehman, Mehdi Bahramchoobin and Gurmeet Singh Kler have successfully completed their training and are now ready to open their centres.
Brgr Lab, the innovative and fast-growing burger brand known for its smash burger creations and modern twist on comfort food, has officially opened its first franchise store in Leicester. The grand opening on the 1st October2024 was met with overwhelming success as excited customers formed queues to be among the first to experience Brgr Lab’s mouth-watering menu.
Vicky and Paul Butler, who operate Right at Home Isle of Wight, have been named winners in the Great British Franchisee Awards 2024.Vicky and Paul launched Right at Home Isle of Wight, a franchise of Right at Home UK, in 2021 and have since gone on to receive multiple awards for their business, along with an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission.
This year marks the 25th anniversary for Group Business Development Director, James Mattam and 20th anniversary for Group Director and UK Managing Director, Sarah Robertson. It was 1999 when James Mattam joined the then fledgling TaxAssist Accountants franchise as part of a team of just four staff and a network of 65 franchisees. Sarah Robertson joined the TaxAssist Group as a director in 2004, following the successful sale of her own advertising brand and creative business.
The BFA (British Franchise Association) and sponsors NIC Services Group have released the results of the first national franchise survey. In this independent survey, the 32nd to be conducted by the BFA, franchisor and franchisee members of the BFA completed an online survey, with further interviews with directors and managers of franchises and franchisees, to give a fully comprehensive result.