National Business Award Winner 2009

Former factory worker, Mark Thompson, wins the National Business Award – turning his redundancy into a success story.

Thompson bought a Chemex International franchise, Europe’s leading supplier of cleaning and hygiene products, and now four years on he has been voted Franchisee of the Year in recognition of his business skills and determination to succeed.

Thompson’s York-based franchise, more than doubled its turnover since 2005. Thompson states: “I was absolutely stunned when they read my name out. It is such an honour to win this in the face of stiff competition from my colleagues across the UK and Europe.”

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Cleaning Franchise Owner Wins Award

A mother of one from south-west London was named Gold Winner of the 2009 British Franchise Association’s (bfa) Franchisee of the Year Awards.

Sandra Redmond, who has held the Wimbledon Molly Maid franchise for over 14 years, impressed the judging panel by demonstrating how she has achieved ‘Success in Challenging Times’ – the theme of this year’s awards.

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Cleaning Franchise Hires Operations Director

Mike Hanrahan, left, and Graeme Pirie

A Maid2Clean franchisee has been appointed operations director at the company.

Graeme Pirie can combine the two roles as his cleaning franchise is established enough to operate without his day-to-day presence dealing with clients and and cleaners, something
many franchisees aspire to achieve.

Mike Hanrahan appointed an operations director as the business had grown so large that a dedicated person was now essential if franchisees were to receive adequate support. And he surmised that no better contender could be found than an existing franchisee.

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Domestic Cleaning Franchise Gets Together With Betterware

Pam Bader, Molly Maid CEOMOLLY MAID, the UK’s biggest domestic cleaning franchise, has teamed up with Betterware to offer prizes from spring and one-off cleans, through some fabulous home cleaning kits, to a year’s free cleaning.

The MOLLY MAID competition features in the March edition of the Betterware catalogue distributed to over 12 million homes across the UK.

MOLLY MAID will also feature on the Betterware website which hundreds of thousands of shoppers visit every day.

Says Pam Bader OBE FRSA, CEO of MOLLY MAID UK:

“This is a fantastic opportunity for us and we are excited to be partnering with such a big household brand as Betterware.

“We are excited about how many potential customers this activity will help us reach.

“Betterware has a vast network of representatives that will be distributing the catalogues with MOLLY MAID on.” 

Unique Programme Launched by Contract Cleaning Franchise

Contract cleaning franchise Jani-King has launched a programme that enables franchisees to conduct demonstrations to potential and existing customers.

Supported by tactical marketing, franchisees can now use this 'Product Innovation Programme' to generate extra work and increase profits.

“As part of our ongoing commitment to product innovation and growth in the UK, we are developing these new technologies, services and initiatives all the time,” says Jani-King chairman Ian Thomas.

“Our investments back into our network of franchisees are designed to add value to their businesses without costing them a penny extra.

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