Energie Wins Health and Beauty Award

énergie wins at the Scottish Health and Beauty awards.

énergie in Oban is very pleased to announce that it has been voted as winner of the Health and Fitness Venue of the Year in the Scottish Health and Beauty Awards 2011, held in association with 5pm Health and Beauty.

An amazing 35,000 public nominations were cast online around the country over the last month and 5pm Health and Beauty revealed the shortlist last week.

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Care Franchise Teams Up With Lloyds TSB

Bluebird Care teams up with Lloyds TSB Commercial at Scottish Franchise Week to provide the essential guide to running a successful care franchise business.

Two of the biggest names in  nationwide franchising - Bluebird Care, the UK’s fastest growing care at home franchise company and Lloyds TSB Commercial teamed up at Scottish Franchise Week to host a presentation evening on ‘The Bluebird Care Franchise Opportunity’. 

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B2B Franchise Discovery Day

WPA will be holding a franchise Discovery Open Day on Wednesday 18th May 2011 in Glasgow, as part of the Scottish Franchising week.

The day will start at 11.30am and finish at around 1.30pm with lunch provided. This is a great chance to learn more about the fantastic B2B franchise opportunity and have your questions answered in an informal environment.

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Insurance Franchise Director Elected BFA Member

Berkeley Harris, Director of the National Franchise Team for WPA, has been elected as a board member for the British Franchise Association (BFA).

The Annual General Meeting, in early December 2010, saw five new full time members elected for the board, with Berkeley being one of them. Speaking of his new position Berkeley says, "I relish the opportunity to be heavily involved in British franchising by way of this position. My intentions are to provide fresh thinking through the board, with an encouragement of promoting ethical franchising externally to non-BFA members and British industry as a whole."

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Cast Study: Health Care Franchisee

"Moving from public to private sector is not as daunting as you might think," says Philippa McQueen who, until two years ago, had a 30 year career in teaching before joining WPA, a not for profit medical insurer.

Within months she introduced a large company and within a year she had one of the fastest growing businesses at the health care franchise. Philippa has thrived on the transition having doubled her annual targets in both years.

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