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Ambition, collaboration and a clear focus on customers took centre stage as Greensleeves Lawn Care brought its franchise network together for its 2026 annual franchise reunion at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Eighty Greensleeves franchisees joined 550 franchisees from across the wider Neighbourly® brand network for the annual gathering, which this year carried the theme Forging Ahead – a confident statement of intent for the brand’s next phase of growth.
The Revive! annual conference is the biggest event in the company calendar and gives franchisees and their technicians the opportunity to network with each other, catch up with head office staff, meet suppliers and hear how the business has performed. And what a year it was! Revive! Auto Innovations, the UK’s leading independent provider of Smart Repairs to the automotive industry, delivered £26.5m in network sales in 2025, an increase of 10% year-on-year.
We are delighted to announce that Sylvian Care Southampton has been awarded a ‘Good’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), achieving ‘Good’ in all five inspection categories: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-Led.
At Sylvian Care, our people are at the heart of everything we do - and that includes the team working behind the scenes to share our mission with the world. In this edition of our Meet the Team series, we speak with one of our newest colleagues, Megan O'Connor.
At Sylvian Care, our franchise owners are supported by a dedicated team of experts who bring a wealth of experience, insight, and passion to the network. In this edition of our Meet the Team series, we’re introducing Dan Glickman, Head of Business Support, whose career spans operational leadership, healthcare management, and more than a decade as a franchise owner himself.
Emma’s career journey began early, shaped by a strong work ethic instilled by her mother. At just 14, she set out into her hometown of Loughborough with a stack of CVs, determined to find her first job. From working in a welcoming family-run fish and chip shop to studying marketing in Manchester during the financial crash, Emma’s path has been anything but conventional. Along the way she explored retail, e-commerce and estate agency before making a bold decision to leave her job without another lined up. That leap led her into franchising—a sector she quickly realised felt like home and where she continues to thrive today.
Last month we shared the news that Just Shutters had been shortlisted in two categories at the British Blind and Shutter Association Excellence Awards 2026. We are now delighted to confirm that, at the awards evening held on 7 March, Just Shutters was announced as the winner of Best Retail Marketing Programme, a fantastic moment for everyone involved in the business.
CareYourWay is becoming one of the first home care franchise brands in the UK to embed a neuroscience-led coaching model into the core support structure for its franchise partners. The brand has very proudly announced a strategic partnership with franchise consultancy and coaching organisation Franchology to deliver structured one-to-one master executive coaching for franchise partners across its network.
With UK unemployment rising to 5.2% in late 2025 - marking a five-year high of 1.88 million people unemployed – today’s job market is more competitive and unpredictable than ever*. Many professionals are rethinking what ‘moving up’ really looks like. Instead of chasing the next rung on the corporate ladder, a growing number are taking control of their futures by investing in recession-proof franchise businesses. Here, Lee Garland, Head of Franchising at Pacifica Local, explores why more professionals are turning to franchise ownership than ever before and why recession-proof franchises provide stability, autonomy and long-term growt
Sometimes in life the most unexpected turn of events can lead you down a completely different career path as HR & Payroll services executive and classic car enthusiast Liz Pither, owner of Revive! Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft found out.
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