Securing a New Future

After 20 successful years in a variety of sales management roles, John was concerned that securing future new employment would become more difficult. “I realised that I was coming to an age where maybe I needed something with a greater degree of stability” he reflects. “I began to look into franchising with the view to secure employment for myself until retirement age.
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Smart Cartridge in Dunfermline

Des Seenan and his wife Anne opened the doors of their first Smart Cartridge franchise four and a half years ago.

The husband and wife team were one of the UK’s first franchisees after the opening of the flagship store in Edinburgh’s Haymarket.
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Maximising “People Potential”

"I’ve had a great corporate career, but had got to the stage where I was really ready for a change – a new challenge that would make use of my previous experience, but reward me appropriately for my efforts. I also wanted to avoid the risk of starting my business from scratch – and alone. Ology Business Coaching gave me this."
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FORMER INDUSTRIAL ABSEILER AIMING TO CLE

Edinburgh entrepreneur Keith Lamb is aiming to scale the heights of his new business venture by launching a professional oven valeting franchise in the City.
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THE BIG 30 FOR KEN

THIRTY looms large this year for Glasgow-based Ken Clark. For he has just opened the 30th UK outlet for video games chain CHIPS just months after celebrating his 30th birthday. For Ken becoming the latest franchisee for CHIPS means a whole change in lifestyle after working as a sales account manager for an IT company.
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Ovenu Celebrate a Year of Hot Trading

A Berwick entrepreneur has cleaned an average of two ovens a day to bring to a close a successful first year of trading.
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LANARKSHIRE WELCOMES FURNITUREPRO

FurniturePro, one of the UK’s leading furniture repair and restoration companies, has launched a new franchise in the Lanarkshire region. Martin Speck has joined the company and will be offering a range of repair and restoration services to upholstery, wood and leather furniture.
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YOUNG GREG AIMS FOR A PLUMB JOB

Young Greg Muir is only 12 but he already has a clear vision of the plumb job he wants working in his dad's new Drain Doctor Plumbing business. Greg is so enthusiastic about his prospects that he has already completed a multiple-choice written test set by the Scottish & Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation (SNIPEF) and come within two points of passing.
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'PLANES-TO-DRAINS' BUSINESS SWITCH

High-flying Glasgow couple Gary and Eleanor Wroe are turning their backs on the world of passenger jets to launch a much more down-to-earth venture a 24-hour Drain Doctor Plumbing business.
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OVENU CLEANS UP IN GLASGOW

Oven valeting company Ovenu has expanded into Scotland with the appointment of its first specialist franchisee, John Crockett. John will operate a professional domestic oven valeting service throughout West Glasgow.
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