Franchise Brands plc, a multi-brand international franchisor today announces the appointment of Colin Rees as Chief Information Officer, effective 1 April. The appointment follows Franchise Brands’ recent announcement of the proposed acquisition of Metro Rod Limited, a leading provider of drain clearance and maintenance services for a total consideration of £28 million. This acquisition substantially …
ChipsAway Car Repairers Show Off Their Favourite Jobs ChipsAway is the UK's leading network of minor car body repair specialists. Many of their franchisees join the network because they are already so passionate about cars, and see the franchise as a great opportunity to turn their career into their hobby. ChipsAway is rated very highly ...
Automotive Franchises in the UK Though the UK’s automotive industry took a knock during the financial crisis, recent years have seen the sector bounce back. More and more cars are now rolling out of the world’s factories, UK car production hitting a seven-year high at the start of 2015 and the sales in the US …
J D Byrider opens five stores and eight more planned. J D Byrider, one of the most successful franchises systems, is expanding, even after its founder and CEO, James F. DeVoe, was lost in a March plane crash. Already this year J.D. Byrider Systems has opened five franchises in Blacksburg, VA; Nashville, TN; Pittsburgh, PA; …
Exhibit Resources inks deal with Cendant Car Rental franchise group. Local exhibit design agency to create quick screen display. Lana Calloway, president of Exhibit Resources, has announced that the firm has been selected by Cendant Car Rental Company to design and produce portable displays for Avis Rent A Car System. The exhibit design agency will …
Gorilla Nation adds Sigalert to auto audience: traffic site to drive ads on wireless devices. Gorilla Nation Media recently added Sigalert.com to its aggregated automotive vertical market and will exclusively represent the site to increase future online ad revenues from major brand marketers. Sigalert is a leading traffic information site which currently receives over 7 …
Ikon auto launches new website. Managed by Fabien Vegas Corporation (FVC), the new website offers visitors a centralized inventory system for both new and used automobiles, as well as RSS feeds facilitating remote inventory monitoring. All vehicle inventory is updated every 24 hours, Monday through Saturday, providing the most up-to-date information possible. The new Ikon …
New car franchising options. People with a passion for cars have a range of options available to them when it comes to running an automotive franchise and one of these is in the area of automotive repairs. Although vehicles may be becoming safer in terms of driver impact in an accident, human nature dictates that …
Europcar and Mazda Car rental sign exclusive partnership for Japan Europcar enters the Japanese market partnering with Mazda Car Rental company with 75 co-branded locations. Development of reciprocal international business is key objective. Europcar, the leading European car rental firm which is 100% owned by Eurazeo, today entered into an exclusive long-term partnership with Mazda …
Car Valeting franchise relocates to Milton Keynes UK Car Valeting firm, Cleanmycar.com has recently re-located to Milton Keynes. Not only do they now offer a high quality, fully insured, fully mobile valeting service but you can also deliver your car to their new workshop in Tanners Drive and receive a 20% discount. UK Car Valeting …
Driver Hire’s Colin Reader has been named Agency Driver of the Year in the One in A Million Awards by the Recruitment Employment Confederation (REC). Three out of the four highly commended finalists were Driver Hire drivers with Worchester’s Alan Pryce-Jones and Dartford’s Ross Munday vying with Colin for the Agency Driver of the Year …
This will be the largest single-year franchise expansion in the company‘s 87-year history. “We need to expand our dealer force to meet the growing demand we’ve been experiencing for five years,” said Bill Nobley, president. “We have several markets experiencing strong growth, and we are working hard to get dealers in place as quickly as …