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 UNITED KINGDOM FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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Double celebration for NBC Bird and Pest Solutions. NBC have 2 big reasons to celebrate. Having reached 5 years of franchising they have also just achieved Full Member status with the BFA. .... [more]
25/6/09
Franchising gold award for Cheadle Hulme firm. Horticulture, gardening & landscaping contractor Countrywide Grounds Maintenance has won a gold award from the British Franchise Association. .... [more]
23/6/09
Blackburn pizza shop switches to halal menu. A takeaway restaurant will start serving halal pizzas in an attempt to bring in more Muslim customers. Domino’s Pizza, Whalley New Road, Roe Lee, Blackburn, has secured accreditation from the Halal Food Authority (HFA). .... [more]
23/6/09
Marks & Spencer chairman Stuart Rose gives up more than £1m in share rights. Marks & Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose has given up shares worth £1.16m after shareholders objected to the level of awards under the company's performance share plan. .... [more]
22/6/09
O'Briens UK business in administration. O'Briens Sandwich Bars today confirmed that its UK business has been placed in administration. It said the move to put its 109 franchised outlets into the UK equivalent of examinership is an effort to restructure the business and to protect jobs. .... [more]
19/6/09
Marks & Spencer trumpets ethical initiatives in ad campaign. Marks & Spencer is to launch a national advertising campaign pushing its £200m ethical plan and chiding rivals for giving up on "fashionable" eco-policies due to the recession. .... [more]
12/6/09
Mobile takeaway goes at 160 pizzas per hour. Two Domino's Pizza franchisees in Scotland are launching what is claimed to be the UK's largest mobile takeaway food "store on wheels". .... [more]
11/6/09
Franchisor slams Oven Pride advert. Entrepreneur Rik Hellewell, owner of professional oven-valeting firm Ovenu, has slammed the recent Oven Pride television advert, claiming it could put homeowners at “serious risk of injury”. .... [more]
5/6/09
M&S risks shareholder rebellion with bonuses for falling short. The directors of Marks & Spencer will be able to earn bonuses even if they fail to hit profit expectations for next year, and will scoop payments equal to 45% of their salary if they merely hit, rather than exceed, targets. .... [more]
4/6/09
Franchise Industry Holding Its Own Despite Recessionary Pressures. Despite recessionary pressures, the franchise industry contributed £11.4 billion to the country's GDP last year, with overall profitability levels remaining strong, and in line with those recorded twelve months ago, according to the latest findings from the annual NatWest/bfa survey. .... [more]
29/5/09
Record turnover as franchise sector shrugs off recession. Scotland's franchising sector remains in rude health, generating record turnover of £800 million last year, according to new research. It marks a modest rise on 2007 and comes despite the contribution of franchising to the UK economy as a whole falling. .... [more]
27/5/09
SA coffee shop brand opens in London. South African coffee shop brand Vida e Caffe is defying the credit crunch, opening its first store on London’s posh Regent Street in March. .... [more]
22/5/09
No express of growth for sandwich shop firm. Sandwich shop franchise Baguette Express yesterday said it has scaled back its expansion plans due to delays in store openings and the banks' imposition of tighter loan criteria. .... [more]
22/5/09
Mothercare's profit rises, hikes dividend. Mothercare, the British mother and baby products retailer, today reported a 12.4% increase in its year profit, raised its dividend by a fifth and said it was well positioned for further growth. .... [more]
20/5/09
M&S cuts dividend as profits fall. UK retailer Marks and Spencer has cut its dividend by a third after reporting a fall in annual profits. .... [more]
19/5/09
OFFBEAT - Win and loos situation at McDonald's. A fast-food franchisee has struck gold at the loo 'Oscars' .... [more]
19/5/09
Tourists to pay homage to humble burger. The world’s first pilgrimage to trace the origins of the burger is to be launched, spanning eight countries, 16 cities and three continents, it was announced today. The plan by fast food giant Burger King follows a growing trend for “gastro-tourism”. .... [more]
15/5/09
Trading on franchising success. Starting up a small business is risky at the best of times, let alone in the middle of an economic crisis. But Andrea and Piotrek Moczarski say franchisees to their Trade Man's World business can expect profits of £50,000 in the first year. .... [more]
7/5/09
Franchises on Sale as Part of Franchise Direct's Exclusive Recession Buster Offer. Franchise Direct, the UK's leading portal of franchise opportunities, is excited to announce the launch of their summer Recession Buster campaign. .... [more]
1/5/09
LighterLife Receives Nomination for Franchisor of the Year Awards. LighterLife has announced that it has been nominated for the British Franchise Association (BFA) Franchisor of the Year Awards, in the Brand Builder category. .... [more]
30/4/09
Domino's sales up as takeaway boom continues. Britain's biggest pizza delivery chain, Domino's Pizza said first quarter like-for-like sales rose 9.3% as recession hit consumers continued to order in to save money instead of dining out. The chain also has 49 stores in Ireland. .... [more]
23/4/09
Winning Applications becomes franchise. Stephanie Klein Wassink has taken her experience on the admissions committee at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and developed a consulting firm of her own. Called Winning Applications, the service helps students prepare applications and essays. .... [more]
14/4/09
Franchise chances go under spotlight. Budding entrepreneurs found out how to kickstart a new career by becoming a franchisee at an event attended by over 300 people. The Bradford Franchising Fair included a keynote speech by entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi, founder of coffee chain Coffee Republic which is now open to franchisees. .... [more]
7/4/09
Test drive a franchise. You always try on a pair of shoes before you buy them. It's the same with clothes or a new car but it's not often you get to try out a new business with the option to walk away if it doesn't work out. .... [more]
6/4/09
Sandwiches are route from rag trade to riches. Subway has 78 outlets in Greater Manchester, including 10 in the city centre, and expects 25 to 30 new openings during 2009. But is the explosion in numbers starting to put would-be franchisees off? .... [more]
6/4/09
UK's Waitrose to open in motorway service stations. Waitrose, the upmarket grocery arm of employee-owned British retailer John Lewis, has signed a franchise deal with motorway services firm Welcome Break to open shops in two of its service stations. .... [more]
1/4/09
M&S sales fall but beat forecasts. Marks and Spencer has reported a fall in sales for the fourth consecutive quarter, but its figures were better than expected. .... [more]
31/3/09
Harvey World bought by Vacation Travel. Stella Travel Services UK has sold its Harvey World Travel chain of stores to Vacation Travel. .... [more]
30/3/09
McDonald's eyes long-term jobless. Up to one in four vacancies at food giant McDonald's are set to be filled by the long-term unemployed over the next year, the company has announced. .... [more]
25/3/09
HiQ ramps up franchise expansion to create 500 jobs. Fast-fit chain HiQ is looking to swell its 137 centres to 275 over the next three years and expects 500 jobs to be created as a result. .... [more]
19/3/09
EasyHotel plans to jet into Capital. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's easyGroup empire is in "advanced" talks about creating its first Edinburgh easyHotel in a building that has been empty for over a decade. .... [more]
19/3/09
French Connection posts £17.4m loss. French Connection posted a £17.4m annual loss today as the savage downturn in global shopping took its toll on the high street chain. .... [more]
18/3/09
£1M McDonalds open. McDonald's fast food chain is investing £1m to open a restaurant at Braehead Retail Park, near Paisley, which will create about 60 jobs in Renfrewshire. The restaurant will open tomorrow, marking the first McDonald's to launch in Scotland in seven years. .... [more]
15/3/09
Fast food firms revealing record profits thanks to franchises. One business sector is booming in the recession – and the driving force behind this success is an army of hard-working franchisees. .... [more]
12/3/09
The streat franchise comes to Scotland. A former Inverness schoolgirl has opened Scotland’s first franchise for an award-winning coffee and deli-style cafe. .... [more]
3/3/09
Body Shop chain to cut 275 jobs. The Body Shop ethical cosmetics chain has announced 275 job losses worldwide - about 150 of them in the UK. .... [more]
27/2/09
Labour agency adds first franchise. Stockport-based labour supply agency, Trade Man’s World, has sold its first franchise. .... [more]
27/2/09
Fingers crossed for a national success. A nail bar has its finger on the pulse in a bid to make its mark nationwide. Nailzone, launched nine years ago by Karen Kaye, is to start a franchise programme. ....
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19/2/09
Domino’s deliver 1,500 new jobs. Domino's Pizza today unveiled plans to open 50 new stores this year, creating at least another 1,500 new jobs in the UK and Ireland. ....
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17/2/09
KFC to create 9,000 new UK jobs. Fast food chain KFC has said the UK's appetite for cheap food will see it create 9,000 new jobs. ....
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16/2/09
Mothercare’s Irish arm returns to pre-tax profit. The Irish operations of babywear and nursery retailer Mothercare returned to profit in its last financial year, according to updated accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office. ....
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16/2/09
Slimming World in Huddersfield adds weight to argument
for franchising. A slimming organisation in Huddersfield
is adding weight to the claim that franchising can succeed in lean
economic times. Slimming World has opened 214 new groups across
the country during January. .... [more]
3/2/09
Over 100 exhibit at franchise show. More than 100 companies will be represented at a franchise fair in Manchester this weekend. The British Franchise Exhibition takes place at Manchester Central tomorrow and on Saturday. .... [more]
29/1/09
Argos trial in India flops for Home Retail. Home Retail Group yesterday announced it had abandoned an attempt to develop its Argos brand in India. A trial run of HRG's franchising venture had not performed well enough to support the investment needed in the current Indian economic climate, the company said. .... [more]
29/1/09
Franchising could be your next career move. The British Franchise Association (bfa) has approached firms across Merseyside making redundancies in a bid to offer fresh hope for the staff affected by job cuts. .... [more]
23/1/09
Molly Maids - the cleaning outfit that turns a tidy profit. Molly Maid, one of the UK’s longest-running franchises, is 25 years old this year. The largest professional maid service in the UK has carried out more than two millions cleans in the past decade alone. And they’ve made a tidy profit. .... [more]
19/1/09
Franchises remain a growth area. The head of the UK’s main franchising body has written to several of the major employers that have announced job cuts in recent weeks, urging them to get their soon-to-be-redundant staff to consider buying a franchise. .... [more]
16/1/09
Franchising Starts to Prosper Due to the Recession. 2009 is predicted to be a boom year for the franchise industry according to specialist consultancy Franchise Development Services (FDS). .... [more]
10/1/09
Relief as M&S staff in Republic 'safe'. The jobs of Marks and Spencer's 2,800 workers here are safe, despite the announcement of 1,230 redundancies in the UK. .... [more]
8/1/09
Domino's Pizza UK to beat forecasts. The country's biggest pizza delivery chain, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL Plc , said on Wednesday 2008 profits would be ahead of market expectations as recession-hit consumers staying in to save money switched to takeaways. .... [more]
7/1/09
Burger King UK cancels lease with Arazim. Burger King UK's franchisee has cancelled an memorandum of understanding with Arazim Investment Ltd. to rent 25 restaurant properties and called off negotiations on a lease. .... [more]
7/1/09
Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs. Retailer Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday it is to cut more than 1,000 jobs, the BBC has confirmed. .... [more]
6/1/09
Grounds maintenance franchise moves to bigger premises. A grounds maintenance venture has laid the seeds for further growth with a move to new headquarters. Countrywide Grounds Maintenance has expanded into new premises at the Baglan Energy Park, Port Talbot, to accommodate increased demand for its portfolio of contracts and services. .... [more]
2/1/09
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