Franchisor of the Year Awards

The UK’s top-performing franchisors, representing an industry worth an annual £10 billion to the economy, will gather at London’s Savoy Hotel on May 18 to discover who will be crowned British Franchise Association Franchisor of the Year 2006.

Winners will be announced across three hotly-contested categories - the HSBC Award For Enterprise, Express Newspapers Brand Builder of the Year and the top title of bfa Franchisor of the Year.

The theme for the Franchisor of the Year award is ‘Planning for Success’, with franchisors having to demonstrate to the judging panel how they are advising, developing and monitoring their franchise network through business planning.

The franchisors competing in the awards are:

Franchisor of the Year
Cartridge World
ChipsAway International
Countrywide Grounds Maintenance
Driver Hire
Greenthumb
Kall Kwik
Rainbow International
Swisher
Ventrolla

Express Newspapers Brand Builder category
Antal International Network
Greenthumb
Sumo
VIP Bin Cleaning

One of these companies will also win the HSBC Award for Enterprise, which recognises the franchisor who has best used creative business strategies to find success where others have failed.