Taylor Made Franchising expands head office staff

The company currently owns or part-owns nine franchise brands with an annual turnover of approximately £19m a year

Taylor Made Franchising has hired a new member of staff to support its 100-plus franchisees. American-born Angel Scott-Bottoms (pictured) comes to Taylor Made as a franchise consultant with experience in business and franchising.

Born in Ohio, Angel is also training to be a psychotherapist in her spare time. Talking about joining the company, she said: “I wasn’t really looking for a job, but an ex-colleague got in touch and asked if I was interested in working with Taylor Made Franchising and specifically, the Women In Business Network (WIBN) brand.

“I was immediately impressed with the culture at both businesses, who have been fully supportive of me continuing to run my franchise, so it didn’t take long for me to say ‘yes’.”

Reporting directly to operations director David Callister, Angel will initially be working as the brand leader of WIBN, before transitioning into a wider support role for all franchisees across the Taylor Made Franchising network.

“I have never met such a switched-on bunch of franchisees as those at WIBN,” she said. “They are so supportive of each other, building a great culture and community and genuinely wanting to help other women running their own businesses, so from that point alone, I was sold on the job and I’m really looking forward to helping them expand the business.

“The company is made up of some terrific brands; some with long histories like Wilkins Chimney Sweep and others who have just joined to franchise their businesses. From a franchise consultant’s point of view, it is a dream job and I can’t wait to start supporting the franchisees across the group, there are definitely exciting times ahead.”

David said the company is delighted to welcome Angel. “We are growing rapidly and as such need to invest in our infrastructure to help support our brands. Angel is a welcome addition to the team; she has been a franchisee and worked for a franchisor which gives her invaluable experience that we know will benefit our brands,” he added.