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TruGreen gets its first Scottish franchisee
May 27, 2015 | 06 : 23 PM
TruGreen, specialists in providing lawn care services, has begun its operations in Scotland. Local Edinburgh resident, David Inglis, will handle the brand’s first Scottish operations under the TruGreen Professional LawnCare franchise agreement. The franchisee will serve around a potential 115,000 cust...
Accor proclaims sale and franchise-back of seven h...
May 27, 2015 | 03 : 17 PM
Accor, one of the world’s leading hospitality chains, has announced the sale and franchise-back of seven hotels for €32.6 million. It has also received a commitment from the buyers to carry out €5.2 million worth of renovations. The aim behind the move is to restructure the assets of HotelIn...
Karro gets 74m funding to drive expansion across U...
May 26, 2015 | 06 : 10 PM
Karro Food Group, a supplier of British pork to the retail, trade and food service industries, is all set to rev up its UK and international expansion strategies. The brand has secured a £74 million funding package from GE Capital and RBS Invoice Finance. Recently, group revealed £10 million cap...
Caremark marks its beginning in India
May 26, 2015 | 05 : 16 PM
Caremark, UK-based domiciliary care provider has begun its service in India from Kerela. The brand aims at providing UK model home care and creating job opportunities in the region. Its first service centre will be set up in Kochi and soon franchise will be open. Caremark staff and care providers working in...
Famous Brands fosters growth of Wimpy in the UK
May 26, 2015 | 01 : 12 PM
Famous Brands, an African integrated food services franchisor is robust on growth in the UK market. The group is planning to open two new Wimpy restaurants in the UK in the forthcoming year. Two new Wimpy restaurants were opened and three revamps were completed by February, 2015 end. The group's fran...
Manny's to drive up UK expansion via franchising
May 25, 2015 | 06 : 44 PM
Manny’s pizza, US based pizza restaurant chain, has plans to ramp up its expansion plans across the UK market via franchise route. The brand is aiming at opening two new Manny’s restaurants on Tyneside in North East UK in the coming months with ambitions to franchise the concept around the ...
Accor widens its hospitality base in Leeds and Der...
May 23, 2015 | 06 : 01 PM
International hotel group Accor is bullish to widen its base across the UK. The brand will expand its UK portfolio by opening two new hotels in Leeds and Derby under its ibis and Mercure style brands respectively. Mercure Derby will be Accor’s fifth Mercure launch. It will be run by London Town Hotels...
Musgrave Group to sell its UK grocery chains to Bo...
May 23, 2015 | 05 : 00 PM
Musgrave Group, one of the leading international supermarket chains, is all set to sell its grocery chains Londis and Budgens to the UK retail and wholesale group Booker. The deal has been inked for £40 million. Londis' 1,630 convenience stores and Budgens' 167 franchise outlets in the UK will...
Bartercard to expand its franchise network in the ...
May 22, 2015 | 09 : 58 AM
Bartercard, one of the UK's largest business to business trade exchanges, has plans to widen its franchise network base across the UK. The brand is hopeful to add around 30 new franchisees and over 10,000 new members across the UK and Ireland in the next ten years. Philip Ciniglio, CEO, Bartercard UK...
Marks & Spencer reports first time rise in profits...
May 21, 2015 | 07 : 00 PM
Marks & Spencer (M&S), one of the leading retailers of the UK, has witnessed its first rise in annual profits in four years. In the wake of that, it will give back around £150 million to its shareholders. The 131-year-old retailer would launch a buyback to return cash to investors, having seen...