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ServiceMaster Ltd celebrates 55 years in business

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ServiceMaster Ltd is celebrating 55 years of franchising this year. The group which started trading in the UK in 1959 has 320 franchisees over 850 licensed areas and owns ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, TruGreen and Furniture Medic. Part of the multi-million dollar American franchise giant ServiceMaster which has 7,000 franchisees in over 40 countries, the UK arm has an annual network turnover of £50 million. Based   for the last ten years in Wigston, Leicestershire, the company is led by Managing Director Steve Emmerson, who has been in franchising for thirty-two years and MD of ServiceMaster Ltd for the last five. Steve was a previous board member and chair of the...

Ringing in the New Year with three new franchisees

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Ringtons are laying the foundations for a successful 2014 as they proudly welcome three new franchisees this month. Martin Lawler, Jamie Lawrence and Steven Hook all join the Ringtons franchise family and will take to the roads in their brand new VW caddy vans. Ringtons,  a mobile tea and coffee business, doesn’t just deliver first-class products with exceptional service, it’s now one of the most exciting new business opportunities available! Founded in 1907, the business has a rich heritage of which it is immensely proud and the core business is still family owned to this day. “After being made redundant, I was assessing my options in terms of jobs and...