The best of British franchisors and franchisees were recognised last night (June 28) at the annual British Franchise Association HSBC Franchise Awards at the ICC in Birmingham.
13 category prizes were up for grabs in total:
FRANCHISOR CATEGORIES
Franchisor of the Year
Gold Award: McDonald’s Restaurants.
Silver Award: Agency Express.
Bronze Award: Driver Hire.
Emerging Franchisor of the Year
We Love Pets.
Brand Awareness
Stagecoach Performing Arts.
Award for Innovation
Tutor Doctor.
Award for Franchise Support
Revive! Auto Innovations (UK).
FRANCHISEE CATEGORIES
Young Franchisee of the Year
Right at Home, Almas Adam (Essex).
Lifestyle Franchisee of the Year
Razzamataz Theatre Schools, Hayley Limpkin (Medway, Kent).
Customer Focus Franchisee of the Year
Dyno, Machmade Ltd (RJ, NP, DJ Illingworth) (Merseyside).
Multi-unit Award
Costa, Diljit Brar (Goldex Investments Group Ltd) (Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Kent).
Network Contribution Award
InXpress, Neil Hatt (Birmingham).
Franchisee of the Year - People’s Choice Award
Razzamataz Theatre Schools, Hayley Limpkin (Medway, Kent).
Pip Wilkins, CEO of the bfa, says: “The bfa HSBC Franchise Awards 2018 are a celebration of the broad church that is franchising in the UK, from a large multinational to a lifestyle business, as franchisors come in all shapes and sizes.
“Every year it’s great to see the excellent work our members demonstrate through their entries and the quality has never been higher.
“I would like to thank all our finalists in this year’s awards and congratulate our winners. It was an extremely hard job for the judges to separate them.
“It’s great to see such a wide range of businesses represented, as it really does illustrate the depth and breadth of franchising opportunities in the UK.”
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