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UK Franchise Directory 2008
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In addition to details of more than 950 franchises available in the UK, the directory (the 24th edition) carries exclusive advisory articles on all aspects of the business for both prospective franchisees and franchisors by leading figures in the industry, as well as specimen franchise contracts for both individual and master franchise agreements.
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247 Staff - recruitment agencies

80:20 Financial Management - financial management

a2om Academy - university-affilated driving schools

AA The Driving School - driving schools

Action International - business coaching

ActivKids - children’s fitness clubs

Adivo Business - support and advice to SMEs

Antal International Network
Antal International has been recruiting middle to senior level managers globally for over 10 years. Having made international placements in over 70 countries Antal is regarded in many of these as the “recruiter of choice”
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Ask TheWorkpoint - recruitment and employment for the industrial and commercial sectors

Auditel - cost and purchase management consultancies

Avand - plumbing training centres

BEI Training - skills training centres

Best Computer Training - computer training

Best Year Yet - executive coaching for business growth and planning

Bluemonday Recruitment - recruitment

Bordesley Institute - management and leadership training

BTG Recruitment - recruitment agencies to the finance and accountancy sectors

Business Booster (The) - business coaching consultancies

Carewatch - healthcare recruitment

Ceroc Ceroc - dance classes

CH64 Recruitment - recruitment agencies specialising in recruiting staff for estate agencies and financial services firms.

Clive’s Easylearn Rock & Pop Schools - rock music tuition

CNA Executive Search
Build your own highly profitable executive search business and still enjoy the benefits of being part of a large, successful and reputable international organisation
www.cnainternational.co.uk

ComputerXplorers
ComputerXplorers is a business-to-business franchise aimed at the education sector providing ICT education to 3-13 year-olds via after school clubs, summer camps, nurseries, weekend clubs, etc. Part of the award-winning Recognition Express Group, ComputerXplorers is now providing 3rd stage pilot opportunities
www.computerxplorers.co.uk

Concept Staffing - recruitment agencies

Corporate Lifecycles - management consultants

Creative Portal (The) - web-based recruitment

Crestcom - sales and management training

Debutots - children’s drama classes

Delta Healthcare - recruitment agencies for temporary healthcare staff

Dinky Dancers - children’s dance, PE, music and action classes

Driver Hire
With over 100 branches, Driver Hire is the UK’s leading supplier of drivers and logistics staff. Every day our franchise network provides over 3,000 staff to customers ranging from international hauliers to builders merchants, local authorities and parcel delivery companies
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Driver Transport Training - driver training and recruitment

DRM Driver Training - driving schools

Equas SmartPro - quality and environmental management systems consultants to SMEs

Esprit People - temporary recruitment agencies for industrial and commercial jobs

Executives Online - interim management and permanent recruitment agencies

Expense Reduction Analysts - cost management consultancies

Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids - children’s entertainment, support creches, day nurseries and out-of-school care

Forte School of Music - music schools

Franchise Group (The) - franchise consultancy

Franchise Pro - franchise consultancies

Funky Monkeys - children’s activity centre and cafe

Future-People - recruitment agencies

Gap Personnel - recruitment agencies

Gymboree Play & Music - play and music classes for the under fives

Healthcare Locums - medical staff recruitment

Helen O’Grady Children’s Drama Academy - drama academies providing self-development for children

Homefinder - property location service

Industria - recruitment agencies for the commercial and industrial sectors

Internet Images - business development consultants specialising in IT solutions

iworkLife recruitment
iworkLife is a home or office-based recruitment franchise that offers a more flexible way of fitting work around you and your personal commitments, without sacrificing a career or the earning potential that goes with it. No previous recruitment experience is needed, as full training and support will be given, with a real opportunity to balance a career and a business around you
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Jo Jingles - music and singing classes for pre-school age children

Kare Plus - health care and home care

KJ Associates
A KJ Associates’ franchise allows you to run your own business without the issues surrounding setting up a business from scratch and can be run either as a full or part time franchise, enabling franchisees to work the hours they want based around the needs of their business and clients
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Kream Recruitment - agencies for the motor industry

Kumon Maths - after-school study centres

Kyros
Kyros franchisees run a matchmaking service in which they help individuals who wish to invest in a franchise to find an opportunity which matches their experience, skills, lifestyle and resources. Our franchisees prepare detailed profiles of prospective franchisees and introduce them to highly relevant franchise concepts. Kyros franchisees are located strategically around the UK. They meet prospective franchisees from their regions and manage the introduction process with our franchisor clients
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Leadership Management UK
Leadership management UK is a dynamic franchise that delivers management development, leadership, and sales training to businesses and individuals. Becoming an LMI-UK franchisee allows you to take control of your life and financial future. You can fulfill your ambitions, build your own business, and spend more time with your family
www.lmi-ukfranchise.com

Leaps and Bounds - physical activity classes for pre-school children aged two to three

Little Gym (The) - children’s gym

Little Kickers - pre-school football classes

MAD Academy - music and dance classes for young children

MagiKats Maths and English
MagiKats is an educational system that helps you tutor children in maths and English. A MagiKats franchisee is provided with the software, training and support needed to launch your own workshops. MagiKats workshops operate in many different ways and provide a good income on either a part or full-time basis
www.magikats.co.uk

Mathnasium After-school - maths classes for 4-16-year-olds

Matt Fiddes Schools - martial arts schools

Messy Monsters - art and craft clubs for pre-school children

Microsport - teaching sport to pre-school children

Mindlab - after-school classes for children

Mini Stages a Stagecoach Theatre Arts - concept providing musical workshops for babies and toddlers, aged from six months to four years

Momentum4Growth - SMEs business growth consultancies

Monkey Music - children’s pre-school music classes

MRI Network Worldwide
MRI Network is one of the world’s largest executive search organisations with over 150 offices in more than 35 countries. MRI Network operates in every major industry, serving multinational companies on a global basis. Our search and recruitment specialists, most with experience in the sectors they serve, have earned their reputations as highly specialised industry experts, placing mid to upper level management candidates around the world. We interact in the marketplace on a daily basis, locating, screening and recommending exceptional talent. We have over 40 years’ experience of helping individuals build their own business using our tried and tested methodology
www.globalfranchiserecruitment.com

Music Bugs - singing and music classes for children aged six months to pre-school age

Newrose UK Recruitment - agency providing temporary management staff for sub-post offices

Nigel Blyth School of Music - childrens education

Ology Business Coaching - business coaching

Omni - executive search

Pareto Law - graduate placement and sales training

Parkhouse Recruitment - industrial recruitment

Payments for Business - business consultants

Penn Group (The) - management and business consultancies

Pitman Training
The strongest consideration when investing in a franchise is the brand - this is what your customers will buy into when they use your service. Pitman Training has a brand, which is well-known and has been for 169 years. This is a management franchise providing IT and business skills training.
www.pitman-training.com

Platinum Academy of Beauty and Holistic Therapies - academies providing training in beauty, nail extensions and holistic therapies

Prestige Nursing
Prestige Nursing is a company operating in the related fields of healthcare recruitment and homecare services and is seeking to recruit a limited number of franchisees to help share its success in these markets. Prestige Nursing was originally founded in 1945 and specialises in the supply of temporary nursing and care staff to a wide variety of organisations, companies and individuals. We’re probably one of the largest independently owned nursing agencies operating in the UK and have a wealth of experience within the nursing and care recruitment industry. It is this success and experience, forged through a variety of business climates that we invite potential franchisees to share
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Priority Management - management services

Professional Excellence - sales and management training

Profit Focus Group - business-to-business consultancies

Quantum Organization (The) - business consultancies

Radcliffe Gower - recruitment agencies

Razzamataz Theatre Schools - children’s singing, drama and dance school

Results Corporation - business coaching

Rhythm Time Music - classes for pre-school children from the age of six weeks

Sales Recruitment Network (The) - recruitment agencies

Sandler Sales - sales training and sales management training
A Sandler franchise utilises your sales or sales management experience to develop a high-earning business with recurring income. A combination of Sandler’s proven methodology and powerful support systems allows you the flexibility to design the business you have always wanted, with the rewards you have only dreamt of
www.uk.sandler.com

SCB Recruitment - recruitment/executive search

Select Appointments - commercial recruitment

Shimmi Shake - extra-curricular dance classes held in primary schools

Socatots/Brazilian Soccer Schools - Socatots - pre-school play programme for 1-5 year-olds; Brazilian Soccer Schools for 5-18 year-olds

Sound Steps - music schools teaching the keyboard and piano to children from primary school age

SportsCoach - educational part-time sports schools (a division of Stagecoach Theatre Arts)

Stageability - stage schools

Stagecoach Theatre Arts - part-time theatre schools for children

Success Dynamics - psychometric testing and sales of profiling tools
Success Dynamics consultants help managers understand their people and improve the way they work together. The skills and solutions we provide enable our clients to maximise their return on every member of staff. Established in 1986, we specialise in the design and supply of psychometric tools and other instrument tests
www.successdynamics.co.uk

TalkFirst - baby-signing classes

Tinies Childcare - childcare agency

Travail Employment Group - recruitment agencies

Tumble Tots - active physical play programme for pre-school children

West End Training - training

Windsor Recruitment - recruitment agencies specialising in the healthcare and education sectors

YogaBugs - children’s yoga classes

YoungBiz - training for young people, aged 8-18, in entrepreneurship and financial literacy