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.
Where: Olympia, London When: Thursday 16th & Friday 17th November 2017 Why: The Business Show has been running for 17 years has a forged a reputation as being the UK’s leading business exhibition.
Business Doctor has saved the day for Nationwide Curtain Makers, a Castleford based curtain makers family-run firm that has been producing high quality soft furnishing for over 20 years. In less than two years, the company went from six employees to thirty.
The salad fast food chain’s founder and brains behind Tossed is far from the average business executive. Vincent McKevitt founded Tossed two years after graduating with a business degree and started out with his first eatery in London’s Paddington in 2005.
The history of beloved pastries takes us back to 1847 when a young American seaman named Hanson Gregory claimed to have revolutionised the doughnut aboard a lime-trading ship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Want to expand your knowledge? British Franchise Association (BFA) franchise seminars are a great way to find out more about specific topics and meet like-minded entrepreneurs.
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.
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.
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.
The quintessentially British and erotic lifestyle retailer Ann Summers announced yet another great year of rock solid trading in the period ending in June 2016 with profits skyrocketing by 129% over the previous year.
The 150-year-old high street cobbler Timpson once best known for shoe repairs and key-cutting has boosted its dry-cleaning service with the recent acquisition of the dry-cleaning arm of Johnson services group for £8.25m.
As of 1st October, Costa Coffee employees will receive a pay rise. The famous coffee chain is the latest corporate titan to jump on the minimum wage pay rise band wagon by adding extra sugar to its employees pay checks.
Behind every successful business, there is a successful business person. And the person behind Jackson Fire and Security is founder and managing director, Steve Jackson. Based in Mold, Jackson started his company 26 years ago after having gained solid sales experience in various sectors.
M&S kick started its campaign during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, with seven inspiring breast cancer survivors to front its nationwide campaign and model the range of pink bras, which 20% of sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Now.
The latest Jasper’s Catering franchise owner swapped a 20-year career as a TV script writer and producer in the US and Latin America for a fresh new start in the buffet catering business in the UK.
What started out as a single store in Perth, Australia, has become the world’s largest second-hand retailer and pawnbroker with more than 750 stores around the globe. Cash Converters’ founder Brian Cumins had a vision – to turn second-hand goods stores into professional retail outlets.
The American doughnut chain picked Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin to house its first eatery in Ireland. It took a whole year of estate agents scouting around the clock to find the perfect landing place for Krispy Kreme’s Ireland location and it has already become a legend among the locals.
Tutor Doctor franchisees from Berkshire, Joanna and Mark Butler crack open a bottle of champagne to celebrate their Global Franchise of the Year award at a recent black-tie event at a gala dinner in Toronto, Canada.
Reading Football Club proudly announced BoConcept as their new Official Club Partner. Its Club’s Player’s Lounge at both Madejski Staduim and Hogwood Park by ‘BoConcept’ features newly inspired makeover by the iconic Scandinavian design group to help make the Royals feel at home.
As part of a recent 10-year agreement, WH Smith now houses over 61 Post Office branches in their retail stores and currently runs 107 Post Office branches in its stores, with about half of these concessions run by the Post Office.
Burger King is leading the way to carefree indulgence with a hack that will save customers money each and every time they come to eat in one of their restaurants. Whilst fast food is supposed to be convenient and deliciously affordable, prices have taken a slight hike.
Choice Hotels releases its second quarter 2017 earnings to investors, reporting a net income of $45m or 79 cents per diluted share, a 16% increase compared to $38.8m or 68 cents per diluted share in the second quarter of 2016. Earnings before taxes, depreciation and amortization were $81.
Iceland won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Retail Industry Awards last week, tallying to a record-breaking collection of accolades. This award is for real customer satisfaction and is measured by the IGD’s ShopperVista monthly shopping tracker.
Barter is a practice that has evolved since its ancestral days, and as managing director of trading platform Bartercard UK, Mark Williams explains, “gone are the days when you swapped a sheep for a goat”.
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