Dwyer Franchising, LLC (“Dwyer Group”), one of the world’s largest parent companies of home service brands, yesterday announced it has been acquired by Harvest Partners, LP (“Harvest Partners” or “Harvest”), a New York-based private equity firm. The deal marks the fourth and largest private equity transaction of Dwyer Group in the franchise organisation’s history. Terms …
Richard Dexter originally had a seasoned career as a Film and TV animator where he worked on films such as Lord of the Rings and Avatar. However, after 16 years in the industry, he decided he wanted a better work-life balance. Now he gets to take his 2 dogs to work with him each day, …
Spencer Grainger joined the network in 2012. Prior to joining the franchise, he set up his own Ski business in Austria which was very successful. When he returned to the UK he began working as a Sales Manager but missed the benefits of running his own business. He didn’t want to work for a company …
After completing an engineering degree at University and starting a career in the Oil and Gas industry, he decided after a few years that he wasn’t maximising his full potential. After spotting a ChipsAway van and seeing the sophisticated interior workshop, he knew it was for him. “I decided to become a part of a …
Manned live chat support is a great innovation. Businesses want to use it because of its advantages to their customers. The only issue being, only some of the larger companies in the market have the staff to pull this off. Outsourcing by opting for a manned live chat service makes sense for smaller companies. However, …
The Massage Company are excited to announce the signing of their third franchisee, Sunny Sachdev into their membership-based massage franchise – the first and only business of its kind in the UK. Their first franchisee location is due to open shortly in Tunbridge Wells. The Massage Company founders, Elliot Walker and Charlie Thompson, are very …
Cambridge-based franchisee, Marshal Konzvo, is celebrating a remarkable first year-and-a-half in business. After just 13 months of trading, Marshal broke the £1 million turnover barrier and his business is continuing to grow month-on-month. It was in January 2017 when Marshal took the decision to start his own healthcare recruitment franchise. He left his previous career …
The Franchising Centre have welcomed two new starters to the business. Robert and Richard Dancy join The Franchising Centre as Franchise Development and Recruitment Consultants. They will provide potential franchisors with expert guidance through the financial modelling process before managing their franchisee and recruitment processes. Robert and Richard grew up in franchising as their family …
The UK’s leading homecare franchisor Home Instead Senior Care has received a 5 Star rating for the 5th time in Smith & Henderson’s annual Franchisee Satisfaction survey. With over 900 franchisors in the UK – 5 Star Franchisee Satisfaction from the independent market research company helps stellar franchisors stand out from the competition. The Home …
Fatherhood and fate led Jonny Pearson to Revive! No stranger to franchising, the 47-year-old was previously group sales manager for Prime Fitness in Ireland, a franchisee of the énergie Group fitness franchise and set up the company’s first club Fit4less club in Poland alongside co-founding another successful polish fitness brand, Vitality Boutique Fitness. But then …
Drain Doctor Franchise is excited to welcome Countrywide Grounds Maintenance to our family of service brands, The Dwyer Group. If you need grounds maintenance services with the highest standards, Countrywide is at the cutting edge! Countrywide was established over 25 years ago and in that time has developed an enviable reputation for excellence that stretches …
Both Steven Sykes and Estelle Robertson had very successful careers, but they decided that they wanted a better work life balance – something that they could achieve through an Ovenclean franchise. Although they have faced some challenges, 18 months down the line Steven and Estelle are thoroughly enjoying the benefits of owning their own business …