Healthcare recruitment franchise, Tezlom, ended 2022 being named as one of the UK’s top franchise opportunities, placing top for recruitment franchises in the Elite Franchise Top 100 table. Healthcare recruitment franchise, Tezlom, ended 2022 being named as one of the UK’s top franchise opportunities, placing top for recruitment franchises in the Elite Franchise Top 100 table.  The brand also recruited an impressive seven new franchisees in five months across the UK. Continuing its upwards trajectory, Q1 of 2023 has seen the franchise further step up its plans to become the leading heal ..read more

Five members of the Platinum Property Partners’ network have joined forces to purchase the 15-year-old franchise Investment platform Platinum Property Partners has been acquired by a small section of their own network. This quintet of members, namely Paul Watson, Jon Rose, Parminder Dost, Mike Hedgecox and Paul Kutchera, have come together to secure a buyout of the company. The five franchisees are to invest over a quarter of a million pounds in the Dorset-based business, to secure ‘its future sustainability and success’. Platinum Property Partners (PPP) is a property investment business tha ..read more

On Thursday, March 16th, franchise industry leaders convened at The Tower Hotel, London for the dazzling Elite Franchise Top 100 (EF100) awards gala. On Thursday, March 16th, franchise industry leaders convened at The Tower Hotel, London for the dazzling Elite Franchise Top 100 (EF100) awards gala. In its seventh year, the EF100, in association with HSBC, honours the best and brightest in the UK's franchise industry, ranging from established powerhouses to ground-breaking newcomers. The prestigious EF100 ranking is based on eight key criteria, such as support for franchisees, market position ..read more

Check out the women, brands and franchises shortlisted for this year’s NatWest-sponsored awards’ ceremony in London. Check out the women, brands and franchises shortlisted for this year’s NatWest-sponsored awards’ ceremony in London. It’s been another successful year for women in the UK’s franchising industry. And to celebrate these high-achievers, the 13th annual EWiF Awards ceremony will take place at the NatWest Conference Centre in Bishopsgate, London (EC2M 4AA) on Tuesday, May 16th. Sponsored once again by NatWest, there will be 10 gongs up for grabs at the event organised by the not-fo ..read more

Franchise brands have seen a surge in interest from former frontline and public sector workers who are dissatisfied with their pay and working conditions. Franchise brands have seen a surge in interest from former frontline and public sector workers who are dissatisfied with their pay and working conditions. According to the results from over 120 franchise brands completing the survey conducted by the Elite Franchise 100 team, they have created over 32,000 jobs since January 2021. Notably, 261 of those jobs were taken up by people leaving teaching, NHS and other frontline services roles to i ..read more

Giant franchisor celebrates historic news at recent gathering of business partners in Birmingham It was drinks all round when many of Neighbourly’s UK franchisees met up at the National Exhibition Centre for their annual conference. This three-day event was attended by more than 500 of the company’s franchisees, who own businesses across Neighbourly’s six UK brands. During the gala dinner which took place on the final day, the managing director of Neighbourly UK, Phil Carr, told members that the franchisor had posted annual UK sales of over £190m during 2022. He also used the occasion to wel ..read more

Less than six months ago Liam Hobbs acquired More Than Loft Ladders, but already the new owner has transformed the Nottinghamshire-based company’s training package. Since purchasing More Than Loft Ladders last October, the new owner of the UK franchise has certainly not wasted any time in investing in the business. Liam Hobbs, who started out as a More Than Loft Ladders franchisee in 2013, before becoming the franchisor nine years later, has already ploughed money into developing the company’s training scheme to help future business partners. The company, as its name suggests, focuses on tra ..read more

Cat Butler franchisor receives winner’s certificate from ex Dragon Den’s star. The Cat Butler founder, Sandra James, recently received her certificate from entrepreneur and former Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis after winning his social media initiative #SBS (Small Business Sunday). This initiative invites small businesses from around the UK to tweet about their business to Theo every Sunday between 5-7.30 pm, including the hashtag #SBS. Theo then chooses six lucky winners at 8 pm, retweeting them to his 500,000 followers, and inviting them to the annual #SBSevent to meet him and other succe ..read more

Award-winning franchise keen to highlight training opportunities and career development for care professionals Leading care provider Home Instead is using YouCanCare Week to promote training opportunities that exist within the award-winning franchised company. Home Instead has always viewed the care industry as being a gateway for those who consider employment in this sector as a vocation, rather than simply a job. And the same goes for those wishing to become new business partners with Home Instead. YouCanCare Week, which was the brainchild of Home Instead, runs from February 27th through t ..read more

Snap Fitness strengthens market position in UK and Ireland. It may have been a cold winter for most UK residents, as they turn down the heating in an attempt to reduce ever-spiralling energy costs, but for health club franchise Snap Fitness, business has been hot, hot, hot. During the last four months, Snap Fitness has opened eight new locations across the UK and Ireland. Since launching its first UK club, Snap Fitness has gone from strength to strength. It now operates a network of 86 sites across the UK and Ireland, and since the start of 2022 its membership has risen by 17.15%. Even the n ..read more