Interviews

Name: Kristy Roff (44) and Suzanne Evett (46) Organisation: Get Ahead Berkshire, North Hampshire and Surrey Years trading: 3 After being friends for 15 years, Kristy and Suzanne from Get Ahead got into franchising...

Name: Asha Richardson (28) Organisation:Razzamataz South Lakes Years trading: 2 At age 26 and with just 35 students, Asha Richardson took over Razzamataz Penrith and knew quickly that she wanted to expand. Two years...

Name: Laura Barley (42) Organisation: Alchemy VA Glasgow Years trading: 15 months Laura Barley was a police officer and a mother to a one-year-old son when her husband unexpectedly passed away from meningitis. “I knew...

Anisha Sharma “Don’t fall prey to imposter syndrome and don’t think you can’t do it” After a career in finance, which included setting up her own consultancy firm, Anisha Sharma decided to pursue...

Franchise focus Sandra turned a negative (being made redundant after 23 years), into a positive by following her lifelong dream to work with animals. I was made redundant in 2010 after a 23-year...

There is no shortcut to success when it comes to running your business. Jo Middleton, an experienced franchise expert and entrepreneur, knows it first-hand.  Having fled an abusive relationship, Jo found...

Co-founder, Fiona Leggott, has assumed a new voluntary role with Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWIF), a not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers who provide advice and guidance to women looking for...