Accountant Franchise Owner Wins Award

A TaxAssist Accountants franchisee has netted the Bronze award at the Franchisee of the Year Awards.

Mark Fordham, accountant franchise owner for St Albans and Harpenden, won the honour at the annual British Franchise Association awards ceremony in recognition of how he increased revenue  from his existing client base by cross-selling services such as insurance, debt recovery and employment advice.

Mark, who received a cheque for £2k, also launched his first shop-front, increasing visibility and accessibility when many others are keeping a low profile, and is expanding his franchise territory to include Hemel Hempstead and nearby areas.

Staff and training remain a key focus for the business, with regular courses, update days and online learning facilities available to help staff develop their skills and keep up to date with changing regulations.

Franchisees do not need any formal accountancy qualifications as full training is given, but you do need to have a relevant career background, be self motivated, disciplined, ambitious, hardworking and keen to build a substantial successful business. 

Tax Franchise Opens 90th Branch

A leading tax franchise is opening its 90th shop front.

John Thomas will run the latest addition to the TaxAssist Accountants Network, located in Newport, South Wales.

John, who joined the January 2009 training course and moved into his premises in May, explains why he decided to have a shop front rather than work from home or an office:

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Accountancy Franchise Wins Award – Again

TaxAssist Accountants has won the Silver Award at the British Franchise Association’s (BFA) Franchisor of the Year Awards 2009 for the second year in a row.

The leading accountancy franchise won the award, which recognises franchises that secure “today’s foundations for tomorrow’s success”, because it made accountancy “more exciting and accessible”.

Says Brian Smart, director general of the BFA: “TaxAssist Accountants has worked hard to make the whole business of accountancy more exciting and accessible – and they’ve done so with the mix of sound business sense and creativity that we’ve come to expect from our top franchisors.”

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Award for Accountancy Franchise Owner

A leading accountancy franchise is celebrating a Best New Business Award won by one of its franchisees.

Bruce Burrowes, a TaxAssist franchisee who arrived at the company with 20 years’ accountancy experience as finance director, won the honour at the Kingston Business Champions Awards.

The award recognised his outstanding achievement since joining the TaxAssist franchise, suggesting that his move to the accountancy specialists has been beneficial for both himself and the company.

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Accountancy Franchise Reaches Landmark

TaxAssist Accountants, the leading taxation and accountancy franchise, has announced the opening of its 80th shop front.

The shop-front concept was developed with the aim of attracting the local small and medium sized business owner with a fresh, modern and stylish look.

Not only do the shop fronts lend visibility and accessibility they also offer the credibility with clients and other businesses that working from home simply could not provide.

With 160 franchisees, this now means that half of the TaxAssist Accountants network is now in shop-front premises.

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