New franchisee joins Recognition Express

New franchisee joins Recognition Express

Categorised in: Recognition Express    Posted: October 30, 2019

Market-leading corporate recognition products franchise, Recognition Express has added a new franchisee to its national network of independent business owners. Martin McClenaghan recently acquired Recognition Express North London, realising his dream of being his own boss through Recognition Express’s long-established franchise programme. Operating in a marketplace worth in excess of £3 billion, Martin, who has […]

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A New Career With a Very Bright Future

A New Career With a Very Bright Future

Categorised in: Techclean    Posted: October 3, 2019

A Techclean franchise appeals to people at all stages of their careers and from a wide variety of backgrounds.  The low cost, high profit opportunity can be run from home with the need for very little storage space. Meet three Techclean franchisees and read their stories. Cleaning Expert in new Direction “I was looking for […]

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Franchising: Steering a safe course in choppy waters

Franchising: Steering a safe course in choppy waters

Categorised in: Ask Nigel    Posted: September 10, 2019

According to a report published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in June 2019, while ongoing Brexit uncertainty is weighing heavily on the minds of both consumers and businesses, it may not damage the UK economy as much as expected. Thanks to a combination of relaxed fiscal authority, slow but […]

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Franchising – the perfect business model?

Franchising – the perfect business model?

Categorised in: Ask Nigel    Posted: September 1, 2019

The past 10 to 15 years have been characterised by huge change, in terms of economics, people migration, globalisation and culture. There is no sign of this abating, change is only likely to be more prevalent going forward. On the business front we have seen a growing ‘sophistication’ of the customer. Customers no longer defer […]

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Brake competition helps schoolchildren ‘put road safety first’

Brake competition helps schoolchildren ‘put road safety first’

Categorised in: Recognition Express    Posted: August 25, 2019

Recognition Express is collaborating with national road safety charity Brake for the eleventh consecutive year to run a competition aligned with Road Safety Week (18-24 November). The UK’s leading supplier of promotional products, branded clothing and corporate merchandise is inviting primary schools to design banners conveying this year’s Road Safety Week theme: Step up for […]

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Can I Franchise My Business?

Can I Franchise My Business?

Categorised in: Ask Nigel    Posted: July 18, 2019

Nigel Toplis has been in franchising for over 20 years and is currently the Managing Director of The Bardon Group which is the home of leading UK franchise brands Recognition Express, Kall Kwik, Techclean and ComputerXplorers. A former chairman of the bfa he was made an honorary Fellow of Lancaster Business School in 2007 for […]

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Want to run a franchise? You need (the right) attitude…

Want to run a franchise? You need (the right) attitude…

Categorised in: Ask Nigel    Posted: June 20, 2019

Are you looking for a franchise? Well, let me get straight to the point. You might not be cut out for it. You could be intelligent and highly-skilled with a decent wedge of cash behind you. But all of these things count for nothing unless you have the right attitude for franchising. So, what is […]

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Traditional and modern skills combine as colleagues turn bosses

Traditional and modern skills combine as colleagues turn bosses

Categorised in: Kall Kwik    Posted: May 20, 2019

Two colleagues from Oxford have joined forces to buy the print and design centre where  they have worked together for the last 12 years. Martin Herbert (48) and Trevor Warne (43) have worked at print and design services company Kall Kwik since 2007. Part of the Bardon Group and operated as a franchise, the company […]

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