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REACHING THEIR 40TH BIRTHDAYS last year was a turning point for Kevin and Marie Allard. The couple had always wanted to run their own business, for the added freedom and flexibility of self-employment, and thought then: 'If we don't do it now, we never will.'
With his telecommunications and engineering background, Kevin was reading about technical franchises when he spotted a Business Franchise article on Images. Images Educational Fund Raising Ltd frames children's artwork, which the school then sells to parents to raise school funds:
'We were both heavily involved in the PTA at our middle child's school anyway, and we thought it was a brilliant idea,' says …