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Fee reduction for potential franchisees as international digital marketing expert MaaS Pros breaks into UK

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Global digital marketing solutions business MaaS Pros is offering its first five UK franchisees a unique first mover advantage by reducing its franchise fee by 35% in order to get its British business off to a flying start. The Canadian-based company is launching a major campaign to expand the well-known brand in the UK. MaaS Pros is so committed to its UK launch, it has for the first five franchisees reduced its fee from £19,995 to £12,995. Franchisees will still receive all the benefits of the £19,995, demonstrating the partnership approach MaaS Pros is keen to adopt in the UK. International entrepreneur Anton Annestan, the founder of MaaS Pros, will...

Good carers are born, not taught, and employers should cherish and reward their special skills

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An opinion piece by Tim Cocking, director at Bright Care. Sometimes, more often than I have the right to expect, I see a carer in my employ connect with the older person she is looking after with a spark which reminds me of Michelangelo’s wonderful image in the Sistine Chapel of God reaching out to Adam. There is a bridge between them, a generational gulf crossed, a natural understanding which the carer brings freely to the job. It is the result of a simple kindness, a goodness of heart which cannot be taught and which is not dependent on qualifications or authorisation. It is the kind of attitude to which...

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...