Children Franchise Wins Award

Special mention to The Creation Station, the children franchise we mentioned last week was up for award.

Well, turns out that the founder, Sarah Cressall (interviewed on BusinessWings.co.uk), triumphed at the Leicestershire Women of Achievement of Awards, winning the Business Woman of the Year accolade.

The Creation Station provides hands-on art and craft exploration sessions for young children, whose imaginations can safely run riot using a wide range of materials, tools and ideas.

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Children's Franchise in Spotlight

From ThisisBusiness-EastMidlands.co.uk: After the birth of her first child in 2002, Sarah Cressall decided to change her career to spend more time with her family.

She started a business from home, in Loughborough, organising children's events and activities.

Today, that business, a children's franchise called The Creation Station, has spawned five franchises across the UK and is planning to open a children's centre in Egypt.

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Franchise Spotlight: A Children’s Franchise

Creative Station gives children free rein to express their creativity in structured workshops – rather than on the wall at home – thereby relieving parents of the burden of being entertainer for a while.

Founder Sarah Cresswell explains how her children’s franchise is suited to mothers in franchising.

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Franchise Spotlight: Sign Language Baby Franchise

A baby franchise born of a mother's interactions with her pre-verbal offspring could represent the Holy Grail for many entrepreneurial mothers.

Not only are they afforded the flexibility to successfully dovetail running a business with looking after their children, but they can actually aid the development of their children through the business.

Following founder Katie Mayne's appearance on ITV breakfast show This Morning, interest in Tiny Talk's baby signing classes exploded and the business took off, even expanding into Australia and New Zealand.

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