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CELEBRATING
EXCELLENCE
The 2018 British Franchise Association HSBC
Franchisee Award finalists have been revealed
T
he 2018 bfa HSBC
Franchise Awards
are a celebration of
excellence in franchising,
highlighting outstanding business
success.
Franchisee award entries are
closed, initial judging has taken place
and the shortlist of finalists for each
award category has been decided.
The franchisee award category
finalists are:YOUNG FRANCHISEE OF THE
YEAR
The award for under 30s who have
established a profitable franchise and
achieved success beyond their years:
Right at Home - Almas Adam
(Loughton).
Little Kickers - Emma Ogden
(South East Leicester & Northants).
Razzamataz Theatre Schools -
Helen Bell (Sheffield).LIFESTYLE FRANCHISEE
OF THE YEAR
For franchisees who have bought a
franchise to get a better work-life
balance and through their enterprising
nature stand out from the crowd:
Razzamataz Theatre Schools -
Hayley Limpkin (Medway).
ActionCOACH - Lucy Cameron
(South East).
The Christmas Decorators - Louise
Walsh (Birmingham).CUSTOMER FOCUS
FRANCHISEE OF THE YEAR
An award for franchisees who go
above and beyond to deliver the
best customer experience in bothbusiness-to-business and business-
to-consumer businesses:
Molly Maid - Julie Ward and
Allison Bayes (Braintree).
Right at Home - Andrew Davis
(Bournemouth & Poole).
Minster Cleaning Services - James
Lofthouse (North & South Sheffield).
Dyno - RJ, NP, DJ Illingworth,
Machmade (Greater Merseyside).MULTI-UNIT AWARD
For franchisees with more than three
units in the same network who can
prove their evolution and strategy has
demonstrated sustainable growth
across their portfolio:
Costa - Diljit Brar (Goldex
Investments Group).
Pirtek - Jason Woods (Worcester,
Gloucester, Kidderminster, Swansea
& Cardiff ).
Autosmart - Lee Atkins (Coventry,
Rugby & Solihull).NETWORK
CONTRIBUTION AWARD
This is for franchisees who appreciate
the benefit of being part of a network
and are considered a significant
contributing partner to the franchisor
and a mentor to the network and
which has resulted in increased
profitability for their businesses:
InXpress - Neil Hatt (South
Birmingham).
Sandler Training - Andy
McCreadie (South West).
Mr. Electric - Jeff Longley (North
Birmingham).
All finalists will now present their
case to a panel of expert judges, which
this year include:Brian Smart, chair of the judges.
Pip Wilkins, chief executive, bfa.
Andrew Brattesani, head of
franchising, HSBC.
Jane Masih, director, Owen White
Solicitors.
Alan Wilkinson, head of UK
franchise development, The
Franchising Centre.
Derrick Simpson, bfa companion.
Pip Wilkins says: “Our annual
awards are more popular than ever
and the quality of entrants made it a
tough task to narrow it down to our 16
finalists.
“I would like to thank everyone
who entered, as the commitment,
passion and effort is apparent in every
application.
“Congratulations to all our finalists,
as we know that a lot of hard work
goes into the applications and
presentations and they have done an
incredible job to achieve the shortlist.
“Good luck to them all for the night
of the awards. I can honestly say that
the quality of entrants makes the task
of judging a difficult one.”
Winners will be named at the 2018
bfa HSBC Franchise Awards black
tie ceremony, held as part of the bfa
annual conference, on June 28 at the
ICC in Birmingham.Visit http://www.thebfa.org.INFORMATION