Ex-Pro Sports Franchisee Quick Out of the Blocks

A former professional footballer has joined forces with a St Helens Rugby League legend in a bid to inspire today’s children with a passion for sport and fitness.

Dan Worthington, who played for Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End, joins rugby’s Paul Sculthorpe in setting up a business under the wing of the UK’s biggest kids coaching company Premier Sport.

Paul, a Premier Sport Ambassador, already has a team of Premier Sport coaches working in schools across the St Helens area.

Now the pair plan to expand their sports franchise together in a bid to reach more children across St Helens, Knowsley and Widnes with top quality professional coaching in more than 20 sports.

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Sports Franchise Helping Graduates Amid Difficult Job Market

Progressive Sports has launched a Sports Graduate Scheme aimed at giving graduates keen on working in sport the chance to own and operate their own sports franchise.

With jobs coming harder to come by and finance become less and less available, there are loads of talented people graduating from University with very few options.

Progressive Sports has recognised that there is a huge pool of talent that are keen, eager and passionate about sport – but there are no jobs out there, and finance is hard to get hold of.

The idea is simple: franchisees will pay 50% of the franchise fee and defer the remaining 50%, allowing them to pay this back from earnings over the next 12 months.

Eddie Ray, managing director of Progressive Sports, says:

“We realise that after investing heavily in their own education it can be a difficult time for graduates to raise the investment needed to start their own business, and we want to do something about that. We want to help make this turnkey franchised business opportunity truly accessible to sports graduates with the energy, drive and enthusiasm to make a success of owning and running their own business”.

Sports Coaching Franchise Tackling Child Obesity

Football, tennis, frisbee and streetdance are among the activities Progressive Sports is offering coaching in to schools and communities.

The sports franchise has a simple aim: to get children more active. Getting the current generation of children moving and enjoying sport is essential to reducing obesity levels and improving their all-round mental and physical health.

Eddie Ray, managing director of Progressive Sports, says: “We want every child in the UK to experience the Progressive Sports experience and be inspired to get involved in sports, as children who are active in childhood will carry that through into adult life.”

Progressive Sports is actively seeking like-minded individuals who share in our vision and ethos in the education of children through sport.

Car Valet Franchisees Attend Silverstone Event

Autovaletdirect franchisees, Richard Rowe and Paul Salmon, attended the FIM Super Bike World Championship 2010 at SilverstoneCircuit.

The car valet franchise has national alliances and much experience in attending corporate events such as The World SuperBikes, Goodwood Festival of Speed, British Motor Show, Corporate Track Days and Golf Events.

Richard and Paul got to meet the riders and teams in the pit area, and given the duty to look after the Alfa Romeo sponsored cars, which meant keeping them looking immaculately clean at any time of the day.

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Fitness Franchise Targets the Indian Market

The énergie fitness franchise has revealed a two year plan to establish its UK franchise in India.

In a week that saw the Government launch its Indian trade drive, énergie’s research and development team has targeted the rapidly developing Western and Southern regions of India, as the fitness market is showing significant signs of expanding.

Énergie has indentified key opportunities for multiple sites that has lead the company to begin actively seeking the right investors to take the brand’s unique approach to fitness and wellness to a new continent.

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