Franchise beauty salon, Cannelle, is all set to take up a national franchise development programme that has been professionally designed. The company is currently looking for enthusiastic and determined business builders who will help to set up French-style beauty salons all over the UK.

This franchise company has been providing Hanley-on-Thames and Oxford with some of the best French beauty treatments for more than 12 years now. The Berkshire and Oxford salons are already experiencing a strong retention of customers as the need for people to feel and look better is gradually increasing.

Cannelle opened its first salon in Oxford in 1997 to offer clients a French beauty experience. Soon after, the company opened a second salon in Berkshire. Its salon business model is a combination of elegant interior design and multi-functional treatment room. It also includes extensive treatment offerings, advanced equipment and a five treatment room set-up.

The new model promises Cannelle franchise owners the ability to generate significant income on their investments. The French beauty company also offers franchise owners complete training for managing this business and for their staff in various French beauty techniques. Cannelle has a smart franchise offering which will provide franchise owners with all they require for launching a good business.

Andy Bloore and Jeff Deeming have been working together as successful franchise owners of Ovenclean for over five years and have recently been targeting local schools as potential oven cleaning clients. Jeff said that they cover a part of North West and are currently cleaning three huge private schools in the area, each which has more than 2,000 students.

Jeff also said that their business is really booming and the three schools along with their existing domestic oven cleaning service presently include approximately nine homes a day. The pair first met in 1997 when working for an engineering company and eventually became firm friends. Some years later, both of them began to look for an appropriate franchise to invest in and then tracked Ovenclean for six months or more, prior to visiting the head office of the company.

Jeff further added that they were really very impressed looking at the potential for growth and were also encouraged by the size of the market. The environmentally friendly Ovenclean system was also superb. In fact, they were supposed to visit another similar company. However, after they spoke to Ovenclean, they cancelled it because they knew that they found exactly what they were looking for.

Ovenclean offers professional oven cleaning services to an extensive and virtually untapped marketplace. Franchise owners function from professionally liveried vans and thus benefit from high flexibility and low overheads. Also, the proven business model of Ovenclean is simple to manage, easy to learn and delivers a flexible and high earning lifestyle.

Keith Poke, owner of Snack-in-the-Box (SITB) franchise, says that the best thing about SITB franchise is that you get the complete freedom to operate your business in the way you want, while profiting from the ongoing support and training. Prior to starting his own franchise in August 2006, Keith initially completed one week training course in Portsmouth. In this one week training period he was taught everything about franchising, right from doing the accounts, to purchasing the stock, and installing and servicing the vending machines.

When it comes to ongoing support, the Area Manager regularly visits to see how you are performing and to offer some advice that can help to improve the performance and profitability of your business. Snack-in-the-box can also assist you with the accounts, campaign your territory by means of telesales and if required, their service is just a phone call away. Also, having an opportunity to build your business at your own pace and to a size that you can easily handle is great.

Presently, Keith works for 4 days in a week and so he has some time to relax and follow his leisure interests. To date, Keith has 80 vending machines that generate a yearly turnover of £75,000 within the region. Keith had been self-employed for the past 26 years, and during this time he has owned a number of franchises and businesses.

Choosing the right franchise can be a difficult enough process and it can often be made even more difficult by the need to finance seemingly astronomical franchise fees.

Fortunately Besure Direct are still offering one of the best value franchises on the market. The initial investment is still at a staggeringly low £9,995 and with a very specific model capable of generating profits in excess of £60,000 in the first year of trading, few other franchises come close to matching them pound for pound.

The obvious quality of the model can be seen in the sheer volume of franchise owners that have flocked to get hold of one of the limited number of territories. They have recently taken on their 13th and 14th franchise owners for the year, both of whom are expecting big things from themselves.

Russell and Elizabeth Clarke are a husband and wife team who expect to use their new Besure Direct to quickly realise their dreams of high income levels and the lifestyle to match. There’s no doubt they were attracted by the ongoing renewal income, that will see year two profits potentially double with no increase in overhead or workload.

Franchise number 14 was Sharon Cosgrove. Sharon has some really exciting ideas about increasing the exposure of her franchise in her local area having already agreed sponsorship of a local netball team! The proven nature of the Besure Direct model means that Sharon can be confident of instant profitability whilst she gets creative with how to make the most of her territory. Her early enthusiasm means she’ll be ready to hit the ground running once she’s completed the intensive training programme.

If you think being your own boss, earning instant profits, building an ongoing income and training to help people make the right decisions about one of their most important purchases is for you, then read more about Besure Direct.

Every business organisation has to start from the scratch by opening a showroom or store. Rooferman was such a company when it first started its services. Overwhelming response from customers prompted the Managing Director, Chris Hopkins to expand the company on the national platform by opening up franchises.

This year, the first ten franchises shall be brought onboard by Rooferman after providing them with a lucrative reduction of £7,000 in the preliminary investment. The new franchises shall all receive an extensive training program through which they will be taught all the required skills to carry on the business with success.

Being well equipped with latest technological training all the franchises are sure to provide services that will satisfy the customers. The jobs to these franchises shall be provided by a centralised call centre.

It is the aim of Rooferman management to get 100 new franchises by the end of five years. Becoming a franchise of Rooferman can offer an annual turnover of up to £100,000 with a profit potential of as much as £40,000. Both the amounts can be doubled in the later years with a little extra effort.

Tax Assist Accountants has stepped up its nation wide franchise expansion by unveiling its 90th shop front. John Thomas is the proud owner of the 90th Tax Assist Accountants location in Newport. John joined Tax Assist Accountants, a firm that provides income tax solutions to various small and medium sized businesses in the United Kingdom in January 2009.

John stated that when he joined Tax Assist Accountants he immediately saw the advantages of being a part of the shop front franchise. John further states that he spoke to a large number of shop front franchise owners who imparted amazing knowledge about the various benefits of having a shop front franchise. John says that he knew he had to make the switch in order to save himself aggravation costs for making the move in two years.

John also said that making a shop front move was highly advantageous to him in many different ways and that he never expected his shop front business to boom the way it did. Tax Assist Accountants have developed the shop front scheme in order to attract local small sized businesses with a modern, fresh and contemporary look. Tax Assist Accountants have definitely struck a chord with the various small sized businesses in the United Kingdom.

The Cannelle franchise, which offers French beauty treatments, is looking to build a nationwide network of salons after the success of their two established ones. For more than 12 years, Cannelle has offered Berkshire and Oxfordshire the best French beauty therapy. Presently, the Cannelle franchise has a countrywide franchise development plan and is also looking for enthusiastic and determined business builders to launch French-style beauty salons throughout the UK.

With massive coverage of beauty products and treatments through a variety of popular television programmes like 10 Years Younger and How To Look Good Naked, the beauty sector persists in doing well even during the recession. Cannelle’s own Berkshire and Oxfordshire salons are experiencing good customer retention as people’s need to feel and look better is remaining strong.

Cannelle’s Oxford salon was opened in 1997 and the Berkshire salon followed soon after. Both the salons offer an emphasis on a French experience for their clients. Assurance of providing high standard service to their clients has become a trademark of the Cannelle salon. The company is proud of building such a client base that has primarily grown through the power of trusted brand and word-of-mouth publicity.

Intuition, passion and innovation are the keys to Cannelle’s success. The Cannelle franchise also offers an opportunity to the franchise owners to operate a busy, yet relaxed, specialised salon while providing top notch French beauty products and therapy treatments to a delighted and loyal client base.

A leading automotive paintwork repair specialist, ChipsAway International, last month announced the commencement of its new TV campaign. As per the information that has been provided, the company’s light-hearted commercial is presently being screened across twenty different Sky and cable channels. The cable channels on which this commercial for ChipsAway International is being screened include channels like Bravo, Gold, UK Style, Hallmark and VH1. In addition to the numerous TV channels, it is appearing on the YouTube website as well, following the trend of increasing visibility on the internet.

Lloyd Evans, Chief Executive of ChipsAway, stated that the new advertisement looked to raise a smile from viewers and at the same time raise the profile of ChipsAway International. He also expressed excitement on behalf of his company as this advertisement will soon be viewed by millions in the UK as well as worldwide.

The advertisement represents a major effort by ChipsAway to promote its franchisees, raising the awareness of its brand and generating new business through high impact endorsement of ChipsAway’s services to consumers via national television as well as on the internet.

With close to 350 franchisees operating nationwide and a network of franchisors overseas, ChipsAway can claim to be one of the most successful franchises in the UK today.

Starting a business in UK has become increasingly tougher these days. With increased competition and lower profit margins, the future of an individual business owner looks quite bleak. At times like these, a franchise business has a lot more potential for growth and profits. If you are planning on starting a franchise business, you will need to take into account a whole lot of factors to ensure its success.

In the UK, a lot of business owners are finding franchising a lot more lucrative because they have the backing of a major brand. This helps them cut down on costs for advertising and promotions. Franchises have time and again proved themselves with the help of increased profits to the franchise owners.

Every UK franchise owner however will need to keep the following points in mind to ensure that his franchise delivers all the predicted results.
• A UK franchise needs to have a very strong online and offline marketing strategy. Making use of the various social media networks can also help to attract customers to your franchise without spending a great deal of money
• A UK franchise should also be able to live up to the brand it is franchising. This means, paying close attention to the services offered and also having a great deal of quality control

With the help of these points, a franchise will be able to effectively reach its predicted financial goals.

McDonald’s, one of the most famous fast food chains in the world, has now moved its headquarters to Geneva from London since Switzerland is a better location to manage its IP licensing through Europe. This widely anticipated move was a year in the planning and is set to be completed this autumn. This move is not the result of the new UK legislation which governs the taxation of foreign profits. The change was made due to the ability to strategically manage key intellectual European property rights.

The company has also said that its overall tax tally will remain unaffected by the move. While the current corporate tax rate is 28 percent in the United Kingdom, the McDonald’s tax rate will remain at thirty percent after its relocation move. The corporate tax in Switzerland varies between thirteen to thirty five percent depending on the location of residence. This switch by McDonald’s is seen as a strategic move to steer clear of the new tax reforms in the United Kingdom.

Another important factor cited by the company as the reason for the move is that the political and economic environment is extremely stable in Switzerland. McDonald’s will make this move by autumn of this year.