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20-February-2017

A Great Start to 2017 for Signs Express

Signs Express (Newcastle) has just opened its doors for the first time, with owner Adam Greaves at the helm. With 20 years’ experience in fabrication and managerial roles for the heavy engineering industries, including shipbuilding, offshore oil drilling and submarine construction, Adam and his team are well prepared for any scale of signage project.

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20-February-2017

Belvoir announces first acquisition of 2017

Belvoir’s acquisition programme continues with the company announcing that Steve Slawson of Belvoir Hereford has successfully completed on the acquisition of the principle assets of Williams Estate Agents (Hereford) Ltd.

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20-February-2017

Bluebird Care are finalists in the 2017 bfa Franchisor of the Year award!

We are delighted to announce that Bluebird Care have been selected as a finalist in the bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year category of the bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, 2017.

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20-February-2017

Papa John's smashes fundraising target for Save the Children

Papa John’s Pizza has raised a staggering £265,000 for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day in just six weeks over the festive period. The pizza-giant ‘dough-nated’ 50p to the children’s charity for every XXL pizza sold following its pledge to raise £250,000.

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14-February-2017

11th CQC Outstanding Rating for Home Instead Senior Care

Receiving the Outstanding Rating illustrates that franchisees don’t have to have a background in care to run a successful management franchise with Home Instead Senior Care. All the support, access to peer collaboration and expert counsel needed to steer a profitable business in the care sector is provided by Home Instead’s 42-strong National Office team and its 190-strong franchise family.

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14-February-2017

Preparing for the best year so far

ActionCOACH’s 2017 annual conference was one of their most successful to date with the largest group of franchise owners attending the two-day event in their 14-year history. Packed full of useful advice and fun activities, 120 franchise owners kicked off 2017 in style, planning to make this the best year ActionCOACH has ever had in the UK.

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14-February-2017

Bluebird Care provides home care across the whole of the South West England.

Bluebird Care are delighted to announce that they now provide home care and support services across the whole of the South West of England. Two current franchisees jointly purchased the last available territory of North and West Devon.

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14-February-2017

Papa John's turns-up the heat on marketing

Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced it has recruited two new marketing executives. Carrie Williams has now taken on responsibility for digital and social media and Fahmida Hussain who is focused on increasing local marketing support for franchisees. Both Carrie and Fahmida are based at Papa John’s European headquarters in Milton Keynes.

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14-February-2017

Signs Express Warrington gets fundraising off to a flying start

Signs Express (Warrington) has donated a generous £2,500 to Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) to kick start the team’s fundraising efforts. LJLA has vowed to raise £100,000 over the next 12 months for Alder Hey Children’s Charity, a cause that is also close to Signs Express (Warrington’s) heart.

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10-February-2017

InXpress franchise innovate again

Craig Atkins, franchise owner at InXpress Reading, has just expanded his business by adding a warehouse. The warehouse is designed for small e-commerce customers to free up their home space and store it at Craig’s premises where Craig and his team will also deal with dispatching their goods as the orders are completed. This is just one example of the ways in which franchisees can add additional revenue streams to their businesses in order to meet changes in market demand.

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