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Somerset-founded commercial cleaning business Green Machine reported £2.3 million in new contract wins across its franchise network between 2025-2026. Green Machine attributed the contract wins to the combined work of its franchise partners and head office team. The family-run business, led by Jerome and Michelle Rellis, began in a home office in Burnham-on-Sea in 2012. Its franchise operation is based in Highbridge, with a model that combines local business ownership with central support.
ActionCOACH UK is now one of just two franchise brands in the UK to have achieved 5-star franchisee satisfaction in every single year of the independent WorkBuzz Franchise Satisfaction Benchmark Survey since it began in 2013. Until this year, four brands shared that unbroken record. Now only ActionCOACH UK and TaxAssist can make that claim.
The BFA has launched two free Redundancy Toolkits: one for employers and the other for those being made redundant. According to a study by Acas[1], ‘a third of employers (33%) are likely to make staff redundancies by January 2027’. This week Royal Mail [2] announced it is planning to cut 2,500 jobs and last month Jaguar Land Rover revealed they would be cutting 4,000 jobs over the next two years. The toolkits include an overview of franchising, statistics about the size of the industry, guides to franchising terminology, advice on how to research a franchise opportunity, case studies and links to free online courses.
Home Instead was delighted to attend the National Franchise Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham earlier this month, joining a wide range of leading brands, franchise experts and aspiring business owners for one of the UK’s key franchising events.
Businesses and individual taxpayers in the Dagenham and Romford areas will now have access to a new local TaxAssist Accountants service, led by Binayak Deb.
Twenty-one years after becoming Revive! franchise owners, Russell Hudson of Revive! West Lincs and Jon Miles of Revive! Bromley have plenty to celebrate.
Greene King Pub Partners has reopened The Sportsman in Reading following a £250,000 transformation, bringing its Nest Pubs franchise concept to the local community alongside an exciting new food offering. The pub has joined Greene King Pub Partners’ growing Nest Pubs franchise estate and will be operated by franchisee Katie Heath, who brings more than five years of experience running pubs in the area.
A number of Home Instead franchise offices have recently been delighted to receive an outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), a status achieved by only 3% of home care companies. They have been praised for their dedicated care teams, exceptional training programmes and innovative approach to care that puts clients at the heart of everything they do.
York gets another serving of finger lickin’ good chicken, as KFC opens a brand-new restaurant at Monks Cross Shopping Park. Opening to customers on 17th October, the new drive-thru restaurant will serve up KFC's full menu of fried chicken favourites, including the recently launched Tenders & Dips range, and the limited-edition Mozzamelt menu including the Mozzamelt Burger and Mozza Dipping Feast* as well as its bold drinks range Kwench.
Nicholas Partington will lead the next stage of development for TaxAssist Plus, helping clients access trusted specialist support for their wider business and personal financial needs.
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