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Agency Express
Agency Express is the UK’s largest provider of professional estate agency board services. Established in 1998, their national network of van-based franchise operators, service and maintain over 47% of all estate agency boards across the UK. Today, Agency Express has a network of 114 franchisees and boasts two bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year awards.
Finalist: Best Website
Auditel
Founded in 1994, the Auditel service was pioneered to help UK companies make effective and informed procurement decisions. Their award-winning business model has been successfully replicated by over 160 franchisees who proudly serve more than 3,000 clients in almost every sector of the economy.
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support, Best Overall Marketing Campaign, Best Website
Business Doctors
Business Doctors is a network of experienced business people, passionate about sharing their skills and experiences. Their aim is to offer ‘hands-on’ support to business owners enabling them to overcome their individual challenges and help achieve their aspirations for growth.
Finalist: Best PR Campaign
Cafe2U
Cafe2U UK is the UK’s biggest mobile coffee company, with 90 vans covering the length and breadth of the country. Having recruited its first
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support
Caremark
Caremark is a management franchise with franchisees recruiting their care staff to deliver award-winning care and support to clients living in their own homes. It is an opportunity to run a successful home care operation whilst fulfilling a social need to a high standard.
Finalist: Best Website
Century 21
Century 21 is one of the largest residential estate agency
Finalist: Best Online Marketing Campaign
Clarriots Care
Clarriots Care is a market-leading UK health and social care provider who continues to make a difference to thousands of people across the country. They deliver a high-quality care service to individuals within the comfort of their own home.
Finalist: Best Print Advert
Colourfence
Colourfence is a unique, low-maintenance weatherproof fencing system that’s guaranteed for 25 years. Franchisees supply and distribute the product in a protected territory of their own. This is a low-overhead franchise that can be operated from home.
Finalist: Best Overall Marketing Campaign, Best Website
Dream Doors
With close to 80 franchisees nationwide, Dream Doors is the UK’s largest kitchen facelift retailer. No experience is necessary as this is a sales and management opportunity. Top franchisees can earn £150,000 a year. The average showroom achieves an annual turnover of half-a-million pounds at a 15% – 20% net margin.
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support, Best Website
Winner: Best Online Marketing Campaign
EasyGym
The easy brand is one of the most
Finalist: Best Online Marketing Campaign
Winner: Best Print Advert
EnviroVent
EnviroVent develops, manufactures and installs energy-efficient and sustainable ventilation systems to improve indoor air quality and provide guaranteed solutions to condensation and
Winner: Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Expense Reduction Analysts
Expense Reduction Analysts is part of a global network of procurement consultants with circa 135 specialists in the UK & Ireland. They use our specialists' experience to offer businesses strategic advice and practical methods which optimise relationships, get the best from suppliers and generate cash savings for delighted clients.
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support, Best Overall Marketing Campaign, Best Website
Fantastic Services
Fantastic Services was founded in 2009 by Rune Sovndahl and Anton Skarlatov. It is the one-stop shop for over 25 professional home cleaning and maintenance services, with over 2,000 dedicated professionals making up more than 300 franchises in the UK,
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support
Fun Fest
Fun Fest Holiday Club runs Ofsted registered holiday clubs for 3 to 15-year-olds during the school holidays, offering children a menu of exciting activities to choose from so they can each design their own unique holiday
Finalist: Best Website
Greenmotion
Greenmotion UK is a vehicle rental company. They currently operate in 16 locations across the UK, and most franchisees own multiple locations. Greenmotion is the only vehicle rental company to be 100% franchised and a member of the bfa, offering support to their network that is
Finalist: Best Website
Heritage Healthcare
Heritage Healthcare Franchising is a
Finalist: Best Website
Home Care Preferred
The vision of Home Care Preferred is to provide a complete care solution for their clients, be that through their living
Finalist: Best Online Marketing Campaign, Best Website
Kare Plus
Kare Plus is the UK’s most established multi-service healthcare franchise; supplying nursing, care and medical staff to hospitals,
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support, Best Website
Local Appliance Rentals
Local Appliance Rentals is the affordable, debt-free way for families to access big-ticket household items. UK demand for Local Appliance Rentals is soaring. Their low-overhead, high-profit margin business model means existing franchisees have the potential to earn more than £300K per annum.
Finalist: Best PR Campaign
Minster Cleaning Services
Minster Cleaning Services was established in 1982 and became a full member of the bfa in 1992. Today, more than 40 branches provide office and commercial cleaning services to thousands of
Finalist: Best Website
Optic–Kleer
Optic-Kleer has been a windscreen repair franchise since 1991 with 52 established operators in the UK.
Finalist: Best Website
Premier Sport
Premier Sport is the largest activity provider for children in the UK, with 9 million visits on their activity schedule last year. They get one child active, every second of every working day, every week of the year! Premier Sport
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support, Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Winner: Best PR Campaign
Ripples
Ripples is an award-winning bathroom retailer with 14 UK showrooms. Founded in 1988, Ripples have built up an impressive collection of showrooms nationwide and have become famed for designing beautiful bathrooms. Ripples
Finalist: Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Shakeaway
Shakeaway, the world’s largest milkshake bar company, has been the unique and original re-inventor of milkshakes since 1999 with a cult following. With 50 franchises in the UK and international stores growing to 73 by 2017, Shakeaway operates successfully in the cold dessert marketplace offering over 180
Finalist: Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Shuttercraft
Shuttercraft supplies and fits premium
Finalist: Best Website
Smiley Booth
Smiley Booth offers a bespoke and innovative photo entertainment and marketing service to corporate and private events around the world through our network of franchises. Smiley Booth provides franchisees with a full-service events business, multiple revenue streams, and ongoing, in-depth marketing support while encouraging creativity and entrepreneurship.
Finalist: Best Franchisee Marketing Support
Snap-on Tools
Snap-on Tools is the world’s number one professional tool brand. They are the leading global manufacturer and distributor of tools for the professional technician. Franchisees deliver gold-standard, premium products to technicians up and down the country. Their unique business opportunity offers the chance to be your own boss whilst being supported by an elite team of industry specialists.
Winner: Best Franchisee Marketing Support
The Creation Station
The Creation Station inspires imagination through award-winning arts and crafts classes,
Winner: Best Website
Tutor Doctor
Tutor Doctor is the fastest growing in-home tutoring franchise in the world. Franchisees work with families to thoroughly assess a child’s needs and then carefully select the best-fit tutor based on goals, personality and learning style. Tutors visit students so that they can learn in the comfort of home, at a time that suits them.
Finalist: Best Website
Warrens Bakery
As one of the UK’s top three craft bakeries and the World’s oldest
Finalist: Best Online Marketing Campaign