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Driver Hire launches Road Safety Week Campaign

This week (November 20th -26th) is Road Safety Week and leading franchisor Driver Hire is encouraging all its franchisees to give it their full support. “Road deaths in the UK are at the highest level for five years,” says Justine Turner, Driver Hire’s Road Safety Week co-ordinator. “That’s the disappointing news from the Department for Transport (DfT) which recently [...]

Starbucks Sell Tea Brand

The American arm of Starbucks has announced that it is focusing efforts on its premium tea range. The high-street coffee giant, said that they are selling it’s Tazo brand to Unilever including IP, inventory and signature recipes. The deal was reported to be in excess of $380 million. Starbucks are looking now to focus on one single tea brand strategy with their super [...]

Domino's Opens First Outlet In Austria

Take away Pizza colossus, Domino’s Pizza, has announced that they opened their first outlet in Vienna, Austria. The new outlet is located in the Floridsdorf district of the capital. The first store in the country has been decided has an ‘open-concept’ pizza shop with an open kitchen so pizza lovers can see their pizzas being made right before them. The store also [...]

Krispy Kreme Launch Home Delivery

American donut kings, Krispy Kreme, have launched home delivery with partners Uber Eats. The brand launched the new service earlier this week with a special promotion offering 30,000 of their donuts up for free to customers ordering through the special UberEats app - however, the the PR stunt didn’t go to plan with the service going down shortly after the launch. [...]

Broccoli Pizza & Pasta Rapidly Expanding Around The World

Broccoli Pizza & Pasta was first established in Dubai in 2011 and soon became famous for its deliciously fresh food at great prices. Specialising in pizza and pasta where every single ingredient, from the pizza dough, pasta to the sauces - is prepared fresh in- store. Broccoli Pizza & Pasta’s menu has not only been inspired by cuisine from around the world, it [...]

M&S Wins The UK’s Top Storytelling Retailer Title

Everybody appreciates a good yarn and storytelling has been at the heart of human communication since the beginning of time. It comes to no surprise businesses use storytelling to build coherent narratives around their brands and everything it stands for, establishing connections and long-lasting relationships with the consumer. Christmas time is an important time of [...]

Subway Announces New UK Chief Business Development Officer

US sandwich restaurant chain, Subway, has announced that it has promoted Trevor Haynes to Chief Business Development officer. The firm, who have the title of the world’s largest chain of restaurants, said they made the move to support the growth and director of the business across the world. Mr Haynes had previously worked as their Vice President of Operations helping [...]

Taco Bell Announces UK Expansion

American fast-food giant, Taco Bell, has announced that it is expanding operations in the UK with 3 more outlets planned for 2017. The popular tex-mex restaurant chain plans restaurants in Sheffield, Brighton and Barnsley. Both the Sheffield and Barnsley restaurants will be ran by the brands largest UK franchisee, QFM. QFM also operate KFC and Costa Coffee outlets since [...]

Next Shares Go Through The Roof

Next, one of the UK’s largest and most profitable fashion retailers is growing steadily and the numbers show it. Next’s Directory catalogue and internet business have given rise to the retailer’s successful sales that resulted in shares shooting through the roof. Second-quarter sales beat all expectations with 0.7% increase and 11.4% take off from its Directory [...]

Burger King Beats The Competition With The Best Meal Deal...

Burger King has packed its famous flame-grilled Angus Burger in a ‘King Box’ where customers get a whole lot for more for their money. The fast food giant’s brand-new meal deal has already been hailed as the best one ever. Burger King’s slightly pricey Angus Burger had nudged customers toward rival chains who offer lower priced deals and with the launch of its new [...]

Boots Opticians Win Third Sector Charity Business Awards

Boots Opticians receive the Third Sector Charity Business Awards with their winning programme Zoe’s Community Challenge - created to underscore the crucial link between literacy and good eye health. With an estimated 1.5 million children with undiagnosed eye conditions in the UK, Zoe Community Challenge programme aims to help affected children to read and write, locating [...]

Arabian Oud Lands On Times Square

Arabian Oud, the eleventh largest perfume mono-brand in the world, launches a flagship on Times Square. Arabian Oud’s New York store is the first in the planned expansion across the US. Founder and president, Abdul Aziz Al Jasser said: “After opening the New York store we started negotiating locations in Washington DC as we plan to open a store there in the first half [...]

Chop & Wok Wins The Healthy Choice Award

The popular Pan-Asian takeaway and restaurant stand by their customer’s health with a menu created for the fittest. With a contemporary fusion concept menu, Chop & Wok dishes are deliciously nutritious and well-balanced. The judges behind Birmingham City Council’s Healthy Choices Awards lauded Chop & Wok for their efforts to strike against obesity. Chop [...]

Agency Express Win Estate Agency Supplier of the Year

We are delighted to announce that Agency Express has been recognised for outstanding customer service by the largest, and longest running award scheme in the UK residential property industry. The ESTAS determines the best suppliers in the industry based on feedback from estate and letting agents who are asked a series of questions about the services they have received. [...]

The Body Shop Launches Mobile Wallet To Support Forever...

The Body Shop launches its first mobile wallet in support of its Forever Against Animal Testing campaign that aims at putting an end to cosmetic animal testing worldwide. The mobile wallet was created as a platform where customers get a chance to sign the campaign’s petition, receive updates on the campaign, like and share with potential signatories in their networks of [...]

Driver Hire Guildford Franchisee Gets Off To A Flying Start

Guildford Driver Hire franchisee, Richard Bradshaw has been nominated “Franchise of the Year” in the 2017 Startups.co.uk awards. UK’s leading service that caters to start-ups, Startups.co.uk organises the acclaimed awards in recognition of exciting and successful new businesses established since 2012. With 77 finalists competing in 16 categories, 2017 holds a [...]

Five Guys Voted Best Burger In The UK

This year Five Guys has swept away with the UK’s Best Burger award. And it’s not the first time. This is Five Guys second consecutive winning year. Up against the likes of Nando’s, McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King, the revered American food chain, Five Guys won the accolade in a landslide victory. Market Force Information tallied the vote of 3,314 British consumers and [...]

Wimpy’s UK Comeback

The American burger multinational chain is making its way back to the UK and this time, hopefully for good. Wimpy plans a massive UK expansion to regain its position in the market, giving burger fans even more to choose from. During Wimpy’s glory days in the 1970’s, the burger joint had over 500 restaurants across the UK, that is, until the 1980’s when McDonald’s came [...]

A Fresh New Start For Hillarys

Hillarys, famous for making high quality blinds for homes across the UK, has been sold for £300m. The sale of the Nottinghamshire-based blinds manufacturer was backed by investor Ares Capital Corporation and has now been taken over by Hunter Douglas, an internationally renowned window covering business based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. With a turnover of [...]

Robins & Day Manchester Dealership Welcomes Citroen

Robins & Day dealership in Manchester has undergone a £3m redevelopment to their 2.25 site to welcome Citroen. Now a tri-brand dealership with Peugeot already on board, Robins & Day dealership will include a 17-bay workshop supported by an off-site PDI centre and parts hub. Robins & Day regional operations manager and former general manager, Paul [...]

Gautier Opens New Store On Kings Road

Gautier, the French manufacturer/retailer, opened its 109th store on King’s Road, Chelsea - an outstanding new venue that will be serving the high-end market of affluent West Enders. Declared ‘the sixth biggest French city’ by French President Emmanuel Macron, West London is the perfect home away from home for the French brand. Gautier’s UK managing director, Harvey [...]

A-One-Of-A-Kind TGI Friday’s In Newcastle

In Newcastle’s Eldon Square, you can find a TGI Friday’s like no other in the UK. The award-winning American restaurant chain opened a restaurant with a modern futuristic feel that offers a unique culinary and entertainment experience. The a-one-of-a-kind TGI Friday restaurant in Newcastle’s Eldon Square opened its doors on 31st October offering consumers something [...]

A Global Coffee Chain With A Heart

Esquires Coffee was founded in 1993 with the ethos of selling coffee that is not only amazingly delicious but ethical. Passionate about ‘keeping it real’ has helped Esquires Coffee grow from a small shop in British Columbia, Canada to the leader in ethical coffee. The key to their success heeds in a culture that respects and values the people and the planet; [...]

Skechers Moving Up In The UK’s Retail World

A profitable 2016 led Skechers to expand its presence across the UK and Ireland, with a new headquarter in St. Albans, Hertfordshire - a sprawling 17,500 sq ft facility with offices and 9 product showrooms fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual interactive systems that offer theatre-like displays revealing the latest products range with camera link projections [...]

Granite Transformations Goes Green

In an ongoing commitment to preserve the environment and promote sustainability, Granite Transformations manufactures and produces eco-friendly kitchen and bathroom methods to ensure the greenest solutions in the market. Granite Transformations use recycled glass in all of their glass mosaics and with the integration of geologic waste in their work surfaces, they secure [...]

Calzedonia’s Profits Skyrockets

Profits soared by 82% in 2016, reaching 208 million euros compared to 114 million euros in 2015. The Italian group that owns Calzedonia along with other brands like Intimissimi and Tezenis, reports a colossal turnover of 2,218 million euros, 5.4% more than the previous year. The Italian retailer has seen a steady growth for all of its global brands, however, [...]

Pandora’s MD Goes On A Retail Tour

The high-end jewellery retailer’s new managing director, Brian Winther has no intention on staying behind his desk. He is going on tour across the UK, visiting Pandora stores to immerse himself into the retail’s universe, establish a dialogue and drive market shares off the charts. Prior to becoming Pandora’s managing director to the UK, Winther was president of Pandora [...]

PetStay Wins The 5 Star Franchisees Satisfaction Award

PetStay, the leading exclusive home dog boarding services in the UK is the proud recipient of the 5 star Franchisees Satisfaction Award. ‘The Loving and Caring Alternative to Kennels’ provides home away from home holiday solutions for people who want the peace of mind that comes with knowing that their dogs are being looked after with the same tender loving care they [...]

Papa John’s Becomes Friends With Facebook

Papa John’s has joined a handful of restaurant chain giants in a race to make it easier for customers to order and pay for food through Facebook and Amazon. In a cutthroat restaurant industry, Papa John’s is gaining an edge with a growing generation who live on their phones, who rather order their food from the comforts of their homes than wait in queue’s. After [...]

Driver Hire Sweep Away Silver Medal At BFA Awards

The UK’s leading specialised recruitment franchise, Driver Hire swept away with 2017 silver medal in the British Franchise Association’ HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards. Impressed by Driver Hire’s dedication and commitment to ethical franchising and its strong web of support geared towards helping its franchisees succeed, the judges finally awarded the group who have [...]