Merry Maids franchisee case study

As part of the worldwide ServiceMaster group, the Merry Maids franchise provides franchisee Wendy Burre with exactly the kind of support she was looking for. In moving back to the UK from South Africa, Wendy had to decide which direction her career would take, and with two young children to look after, she needed something …

The Mattress Doctor continues expansion

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The Mattress Doctor is seeing its’ impressive home sales growth matched by overseas expansion. Until recently Canada was leading the way in overseas take up. However more recently Canada has been joined by the USA – New York, the Republic of Ireland, Norway, Cyprus and most recently by South Africa with a firm commitment from …

Nice Nite, Not Franchise Lite – Nicelites franchise

Franchise owner of Nicelites, Jim and Tracey Landsiedel are pleased to announce their participation in the Greater Cincinnati New Luxury Home Show June 12th- June 26th. This year’s Homearama features 14 Long Cove community homes, running $1 million to $2.75 million and are expected to draw more than 100,000 people to the show. Landscape lighting …

Red Robin Franchise In Da Hood!

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. will open its third Iowa restaurant in West Des Moines on Monday, June 26, at 11 a.m. The West Des Moines Red Robin(R) restaurant is located at 6255 Mills Civic Parkway, off of I-35 and Mills Civic Parkway. Red Robin franchise is a casual dining restaurant chain focused on serving …

Tax issues when selling a franchise

Tax issues when selling a franchise Special Commissioners decision changes view on Franchises Goodwill In 1996, 32 Pizza Express franchisees sold their businesses back to the franchisor Pizza Express. Two of these businesses claimed capital gains tax rollover relief in respect of the gain on goodwill under TCGA 1992, s. 152. The claim was subsequently …

Franchisor under the spotlight

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What made you interested in pets? We’ve been involved in animal nutrition for over 30 years and we actually started life as a farm feeds supplier. We formulated and made diets for cattle, sheep and even goats but noticed there were also plenty of hungry pets looking for good quality food. Using our expertise in …

Franchise gets taste of his own medicine

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Earlier this year, Rainbow International’s franchises for Kings Heath & Hall Green, Stuart Chapman was away for the evening in Cambridge, and his wife out on a social event. A fault in the electrical circuit below the floorboards in the main bedroom of their home in Polesworth, near Tamworth , caused a severe fire, which …

Rock n Roll Rainbow

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Rainbow International’s Swindon, Chippenham, Newbury & Marlborough branch recently had the opportunity to restore an unusual commercial property following an electrical fire – a state of the art recording studio owned by rock legend Peter Gabriel. All soot and smoke residue was removed from the interior stone clad walls, high level beams and skylight windows …

Where theres muck theres

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Rainbow International – Powys & Mid Wales received an instruction during The recent storms in Wales to attend to a flood at a property in East Wales. During the phone call it came to light that it was muddy water coming down from the hillside. It was building up around the house but was no …

Its Victory for Rainbow

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Rainbow Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham recently won a very prestigious contract to clean the curtains, pelmets, tassels and seating off-site on HMS Victory in Portsmouth. Bob Jordan won the job in the face of very stiff competition and met with the Events Officer for the ship, on board HMS Victory. The curtains and upholstery were …

Lucy gives county childcare a helping hand

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Berkshire mum Lucy Brown knows all about juggling her working life – bringing up a family while travelling the world as a high-flying business executive. For more than 20 years, this mother-of-three, from Newbury, was a top marketeer with some of the UK’s leading IT and telecom companies including Oracle and NTL. But now she …

Mum Zoe launches new Midlands childcare service

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A young Midlands mum – twice made redundant- has set up her own specialist company to help meet booming demand for quality affordable childcare in the region. And the new business – Safehands Network Ltd is already so successful after just four months, that Zoe already has more than 30 carers on her books and …