Business Franchise articles from September 2002

Business Franchise archives from September 2002

Mundays' Manzoor goes poaching for stagecoach. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... After 30 years as a lawyer and 25 years of specialising in franchise issues, Manzoor Ishani has quit Mundays to join Stagecoach as Franchise Development Director. One of the most successful and accomplished of specialists in his field,...

New world for Duncan. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Cartridge World has appointed Duncan Berry as sales and marketing manager. Duncan, who formerly worked at Business Franchise magazine, will be based at the franchise support offices in Harrogate, Yorkshire. Cartridge World is the...

Paul takes sales role. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Paul Barrett has been appointed sales manager of Circle Contract Publishing, the company that publishes Business Franchise magazine on behalf of Venture Marketing Group Ltd. Paul's prime responsibility is for advertising in Business...

Signs express in BBC drama. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Viewers of the hit BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen will be able to admire Signs Express's handiwork as supplier of signs to the show when it returns to our screens later this year. Currently in production with the fourth series, the...

Signs in the road. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Manchester-based radio station 105.4 Century has tapped into the growing market of vehicle livery, choosing Signs Express to apply vehicle graphics to a fleet of ten Honda HRVs as part of a promotional campaign. Geoff Eaton, owner of...

Dublin in Solihull for Yogen Fruz. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... The UK's first Yogen Fruz officially opened with smiles all round as Dion Dublin, the Aston Villa striker, signed autographs and sampled smoothies with local fans in the Touchwood Centre, Solihull. Yogen Fruz was ranked fifth-best...

Rainbow golfers on the ball. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... BFA Chairman and Rainbow International managing director Melvin Lusty and former Liverpool and England footballer Phil Neal got together on the golf course as the disaster restoration specialists hosted their second annual Round with Rainbow...

From cards to hair care. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Long-established franchise Card Connection is introducing a new subsidiary franchise in the hairdressing market at NFE 2002. Capelli Salon Products Ltd is the first UK franchise business to distribute salon products to hair salons in the...

Thomson wins CD-ROM award. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Thomson Directories has scooped the top award--Champion Directory 2002--in this year's Directory Publishers' Association Awards with its state-of-the-art CD-ROM Business Search PRO, which judges described as being 'outstanding in every way'....

David shines for Dyno-Rod. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Dyno-Rod's Franchisee of the Year award has gone to David Smith, who has been described as 'a shining example of all the qualities that go to make a successful Dyno-Rod franchisee'. David, who is based in Oxford, won the accolade partly on...

Two more top men come to Papa. (Franchise news).(Papa John's Perfect Pizza hires executives)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Two industry experts have joined the rapidly growing team at Papa John's Perfect Pizza. The company's success since launching top US brand Papa John's in the UK last year has created a need for more senior management to oversee continuing...

New stars rise at Antal. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... The franchise team at Antal International Network is expanding with the appointment of Suzi Chapman as training manager. Suzi's initial role will be to assist current training in the 15 global offices within the network, and to commence...

Domino's plays a blinder. (Franchise news).(Domino's Pizza expanding)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Domino's Pizza has turned in startling results for the six months to the end of June, with a massive 41 per cent hike in operating profits to 1.88 million [pounds sterling]. System sales increased by 25 per cent to 57.8 million [pounds...

Managers eat the stock. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Wimpy Restaurants Group Ltd has completed a secondary management buyout in which Bank of Scotland Corporate Banking provided a combined debt and equity package worth 15 million [pounds sterling]. The package has funded the management's buyout...

Electrifying career move. (Franchise news).(electrical contracting franchise )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... National electrical contracting franchise Mr Electric is to sponsor one of the country's up-and-coming athletes in a three-year deal. Lauren Forsyth, 16, runs the 100m and 200m and is coached at her local club, Eastbourne Rovers--but she...

Write stuff is child's play. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Children across the country are being encouraged to take part in a new creative writing and drawing competition about the most exciting or memorable day in the school summer holidays. The UK's only specialist educational toys and games...

Petrie boosts O'Briens UK. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars has appointed Forbes Petrie as chairman of O'Briens UK. Petrie, formerly international managing director of Prontaprint, joins O'Briens from business-to-business franchise Pirtek. Petrie and O'Briens managing...

Top quality snappy snaps. (Franchise news).(Photo franchise rated high)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Photo franchise Snappy Snaps has come out top in a prestigious survey of high street labs. The network came out ahead of all competition for quality in the survey, carried out by Practical Photography magazine. The survey found that, 'if...

New MD for S&N franchise. (Franchise news).(pub franchising company)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Andrew Stevenson has been appointed managing director of the UK's fastest-growing pub franchising company, Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises. Stevenson, 44, has 14 years' experience of the pub and leisure industry, most recently as...

Driver hire targets farms. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Drive Hire, which specialises in supplying temporary and permanent staff to the transport industry, is targeting farmers in an attempt to overcome the national shortage of qualified professional drivers. While farmers look for new...

Prontaprint's dynamic duo. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... Pat Lilley and Paul Paintain, owners of Prontaprint's Birmingham Central centre, have achieved the highest levels of sales across the network for the last ten years, and currently have the highest sales within On Demand Communications. ...

Bin Masters goes to Gloucester. (Franchise news).
September 1, 2002... A former foundry industry metallurgist has been appointed Bin Masters' franchisee for the Gloucester region. Brian Stannard, from Wooton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, has completed his four weeks' training with Dorset-based MDRC Group...

Our golden year: Steve Harris and Sally Manning chose a Carewatch franchise, and clung on tight as business took off like a rocket after a nervous start. Just one year on, they've smashed all their targets, and never a week passes without business growth. (Advertising feature).
September 1, 2002... One year ago this month, Steve Harris and Sally Manning set up their Carewatch franchise in Shropshire, and began pounding the streets and working the phones looking for business and care workers. One hard month later they had employed their...

Building a business in bricks and mortar: whether the housing market is strong or weak, franchises that improve the value of homes will continue to make solid profits. Barbara Oaff weighs up some options. (Market Focus).(property-related opportunities)
September 1, 2002... The property market, for better or worse, has exploded in recent years. In some areas prices have increased 10 per cent in a year. In others it's almost double that. Bad news if you are trying to get onto the property ladder--but if you are...

Keeping up standards. (BFA News).
September 1, 2002... The BFA faces the challenge of defining ethical business format franchising if it is to maintain its position over the next 25 years, the Association's President Sir Bernard Ingham warns. Of some 671 franchised operations in the UK, fewer...

Silver Jubilee membership at new high. (BFA News).
September 1, 2002... Boost for Ethical Franchising The number of BFA-accredited franchise brands has reached an all time high with 208 franchisors now committing themselves to franchising excellence and demonstrating the highest standards in ethical...

Wise girl weighs in. (BFA News).
September 1, 2002... Congratulations to BFA deputy director general Simon Wise and his wife Jane on the birth of their daughter, Lili Alice, on July 12 at Barnet General Hospital. In keeping with established family tradition, Lili was a big baby, weighing in...

All together now: they don't want shopkeepers and they don't want sheep, but if you've got people skills, you're a good salesman and you've got ten years to invest in putting a million pounds in the bank, Kall Kwik is worth running the rule over. (Executive interview).
September 1, 2002... The archetypal Kall Kwik franchisee is independent, strong-willed, dynamic and self-reliant, which is all well and good, up to a point. Such people run successful businesses and get rich, but they like to do things their own way--so when the...

The office boy who took on the world: once a tiny cog in a Midwest backwater, Allen Salikof has risen to become chief executive of MRI Worldwide, a 400 million [pounds sterling] recruitment business with a young UK arm that is already breaking into the top ten of the company's international rankings. (Executive interview).
September 1, 2002... Allen Salikof was one of the most successful franchisees in the world. He built his small local company into a slick, 1 million [pounds sterling] business, winning his franchise's Office of the Year award time and time again. In the process...

The key questions: Prontaprint's head of franchise sales, Derrick Simpson, lays it on the line for anyone seriously considering a franchise--go into it with your eyes open and for all the right reasons, and it could give you everything you've dreamed of. (Cover Story).
September 1, 2002... It's a truism that earning large amounts of money brings freedom--freedom to live your life the way you want to, rather than the way you have to. Unless you are born into wealth, happen to pick lucky on the Lottery or strike oil under...

Shock as Domino's boss makes pizza! As Domino's half-year results once again climb into the stratosphere, chief executive Stephen Hemsley tells Benedict Payne why he considers it vital to get flour on his hands. (Executive interview).
September 1, 2002... The Domino's Pizza business exists to provide all stakeholders--including our 100-plus franchisees--with opportunity, rewards and fulfilment. And the way we achieve this is to operate a business model that remains focused on one mission:...

All in the best possible taste: Oil & Vinegar, a new and intriguing retail franchise offering fashionable and upmarket culinary gifts, is moving into the UK after a successful launch in Europe, and has already signed master franchisees for Scotland and south west England. (In focus).
September 1, 2002... Gifts--the perennial problem. Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions come round with frightening regularity, and you're faced with the problem of what to buy that's new and exciting for family, friends, and colleagues. And...

Hot new HotBite's to everyone's taste: just four months after launch, HotBite's unique vending machines are springing up all over and high-quality franchisees are queuing to join the hot food revolution. (Success story).
September 1, 2002... What do Cambridge University, Aldershot Barracks and Dover Hoverport have in common? They're all part of the extraordinary success story of HotBite, the exciting new franchise featuring a revolutionary vending operation that dispenses freshly...

MBE--making business easier: Mail Boxes Etc has become the world's largest non-food franchise by focusing on the fast-changing requirements of businesses across the globe. (In focus).
September 1, 2002... Nothing stays the same for ever, especially in today's high tech, fast moving commercial environment. One thing's for sure: businesses can't afford to be complacent and to stand still--they must keep moving forward, with a flexibility that...

The future starts here. (NFE Preview).
September 1, 2002... THE NATIONAL FRANCHISE EXHIBITION Supported by Business Franchise magazine, The Daily Express and The British Franchise Association Incorporating STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS SHOWCASE & FREE CONFERENCE HALL 9, NEC, BIRMINGHAM 11 &...

Starting Your Own Business Showcase & Conference at the National Franchise Exhibition 11 & 12 October 2002, NEC Birmingham.
September 1, 2002... 'Starting Your Own Business', a showcase and free conference at the National Franchise Exhibition, will provide the knowledge and information needed by many entrepreneurs to establish a new business or franchise. The event will run on 11 & 12...

Being your own boss--by Stelios.
September 1, 2002... Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of the massively successful easyJet airline and the 'easy' brands, has the distinction of never having worked for anyone but himself. Stelios built a billion-pound international empire encompassing airlines,...

The man who couldn't lie down cleans up: Mitch Mitchell made his pile and planned to retire, but found that inactivity was not for him. Three years after taking a Minster franchise, he finds himself wrestling with all the old management problems--and loving every minute of it. (A Life In The Day).
September 1, 2002... It's 5.45am and I'm enjoying my first cup of tea of the day. I take ten minutes to watch BBC's News 24 business news before setting off to walk my young English Springer Spaniel in the beautiful Colne Valley. This is an important part of...

The tyranny of time: time Lord Richard Watson tells how one man's faith in his ability to manage time was shattered by a workplace prank, and reveals the secrets of subverting the clock. (Franchise advice).
September 1, 2002... It took a hell of a time to arrange. Seventy workers had to be persuaded to join. Management could not be told. Secrecy was deemed essential. The concept was simple in the extreme--to put the wind up a worker. Les Hitchman was a man of...

Overwork, testy bankers and fly by-night flyers: almost a year into their careers as franchisees, our diary-keepers have been transformed from enthusiastic beginners into street-smart operators, confident and competent, meeting challenges they'd never dreamed of--and, as Carol Davis reports, loving it most of the time. (Dear Diary).
September 1, 2002... GEOFF SHILTON, BARTERCARD, DORSET We've had a few short sharp business shocks this summer, and the message to other franchisees is to look before you leap. Banks are a headache: we held a major meeting with one bank, and they promised...

Need to know ... Too many people have pension problems, and not enough have taken action to reduce the amount of interest they pay on credit cards--but UK SME's have come out top in a Europe-wide survey of who's doing well. (On the grapevine).
September 1, 2002... WHAT IS A SAFE PENSION? Thousands of employees face much reduced returns on their pensions because pension fund managers are saying that declining share prices have severely curtailed investment performances. Final salary pension schemes...

Bike fan Branson races for rainbow. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Virgin boss Richard Branson makes an impromptu appearance on behalf of the Rainbow International-sponsored TECH2 racing team at the British Superbikes event at Brands Hatch. The irrepressible Branson was drawn to the Rainbow team's...

Vicky impressed by Swisher. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Vicki Prout has joined Swisher--the unique washroom sanitation franchise--as a business development manager. Vicki came to the UK in 1999 as franchise support manager for Im-Press, having been its top franchisee in Australia. Before...

Drain Doctor Banks on Robin. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Drain Doctor has promoted technical manager Robin Banks to the newly created role of national franchise operations manager. In his new post he will liaise with franchisees in the group's 65 areas to help them secure further business growth....

Coaching4will. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Will Odling, former director of franchised networks Amtrak Express Parcels and Business Post Group, has been admitted as an affiliate member of the BFA. His primary work will be in performance improvement and coaching. Will is a strong...

Bob can fit your fireplace or fix your fighter. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Joining the RAF as a youngster, Bob Davies thought he quite fancied being a fighter Jet technician--but they put him in the accounts department instead. After a successful 30-year career as an accountant, Bob had 'had enough of number...

Champion driver. (movers & shakers).(Franchisee of the Year )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Richard Davies, owner of Driver Hire Manchester and Oldham, was named Franchisee of the Year 2001/2 at the company's annual award ceremony. Davies has been involved with the organisation for over nine years and was delighted to receive...

Northern light. (movers & shakers).
September 1, 2002... Mr Electric has opened an office in Aberdeen through new franchisee John Stables. John has 14 years' experience in the electrical contracting industry with Wood Group Engineering. His new area covers more than 200,000 households and 16,000...