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Mars Venus Success Coaching Opens in Sydney, Australia

Mars Venus Success Coaching is pleased to announce that the first office has opened in Sydney, Australia. - March 21, 2010 - Mars Venus Coaching

Mars Venus Success Coaching Adds New Franchisee in Germany

Mars Venus Success Coaching is pleased to announce that the first office has opened in Germany. - March 20, 2010 - Mars Venus Coaching

The Mobile Car Wash Franchise Launches the Promotional Franchise Package Offer

Clients can start an ecofriendly business Today. The Mobile Car Wash Franchise is a turnkey business that everybody can begin immediately, with no previous automotive experience, with minimal investment and with high return potential. Protect the environment, protect your future. - March 17, 2010 - WASH MY CAR - The mobile car wash franchise

Play N Trade Continues to Outpace Industry with 12% Average Store Sales Growth

Play N Trade Franchise, INC, the fastest growing franchise worldwide, is excited to announce that average store sales saw an increase of 12% for the month of February, 2010 while their same store sales were up 1% over the same period last year. This increase in sales show significant growth... - March 13, 2010 - Play N Trade Franchise, Inc.

Atlanta Resident Opens Georgia’s First College Hunks Hauling Junk Franchise

Company provides jobs for local college students and assists metro-Atlanta residents and businesses with spring cleaning - March 12, 2010 - Executive Right Hand, Inc.

Handyman Matters of Southern Maryland Wins Multiple Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention

Handyman Matters of Southern Maryland (HMSoMD) was recently awarded multiple awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include: Rookie of the Year and fifth place in the top sales category. The combination of the awards proves that Handyman Matters of... - March 12, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters of Southwest Chicago Wins Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention

Handyman Matters of Southwest Chicago was recently awarded two awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include: Validation Award (which helps prospective franchisees find out more information about the business) and was recognized as one of the top... - March 12, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters of Boulder/North Metro Denver Wins Multiple Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention

Handyman Matters of Boulder/North Metro Denver was recently awarded multiple awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include President’s Award of Excellence, Validation Award (which helps prospective franchisees find out more information about the... - March 12, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters of St. Louis Wins Various Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention and Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award

Handyman Matters of St Louis was recently awarded various awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include President’s Award and Marketing Tracking Award. The President’s Award was given to six people in the franchise system for their... - March 12, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Play N Trade Franchisees Continue to See Sales Increases Into 2010

Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., the fastest growing video game franchise worldwide, today announced that for the month of February, 2010 their same store sales were up 1% compared to February, 2009. While average store revenue was up 12%, driven by the strength of stores opened over the past... - March 10, 2010 - Play N Trade Franchise, Inc.

Biltmore Franchise Consulting Announces a Franchise Sales Agent Program

Biltmore Franchise Consulting has a team of franchise specialists with over 20 years of business consulting and franchise experience, and is growing. Biltmore Franchise Consulting has expanded by adding a franchise sales agent program to assist buyers with franchise opportunities best suited for... - March 10, 2010 - Biltmore Franchise Consulting

ActionCOACH Piedmont Congratulations BusinessRICH Graduates

ActionCOACH Piedmont is pleased to announce the February 2010 graduates of its BusinessRICH program. - March 07, 2010 - ActionCOACH North Carolina

Handyman Matters of Chicagoland West Suburbs Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award

Handyman Matters of Chicagoland West Suburbs has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Angie’s List Super Service Award. This is the third time winning this award for Handyman Matters franchise owner, Diane Sheppard. The Super Service Award, now celebrating its 11th year, is reserved for... - March 05, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters in Clermont Participates in Charitable Initiative for the Community of Faith United Methodist Church

Handyman Matters in Clermont is participating in a local charitable initiative by donating time along with others to construct a Cross and memorial garden in honor of Dave Grudowski, active member of the church that past away last November. Handyman Matters owner David Welsh will be donating time... - March 05, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters Chicago Wins Multiple Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention and Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award

Handyman Matters Chicago was recently awarded multiple awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include Market Penetration Award, K.P.I (key performance indicators) award and Award of Excellence for Top Sales. The combination of these awards proves that... - March 05, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters Awards Oleg Malamura with Craftsman of the Year for 2009

Handyman Matters awarded Oleg Malamura with Craftsman of the Year for 2009 at national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, FL. The Craftsman of the Year is chosen as the nation’s best based upon their skills in the trade and customer service. The nomination process consists of a letter... - March 05, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Handyman Matters of Gulf Coast Wins Multiple Awards at 2010 National Franchise Convention

Handyman Matters of Gulf Coast was recently awarded multiple awards at the national franchise convention held in Jacksonville, Florida. The awards include President’s Award of Excellence, K.P.I (key performance indicators) award and 4th place in Total Sales. In addition, Vicky Pratt was... - March 05, 2010 - Handyman Matters Franchise Corp

Elevation Burger Named a Top 100 Mover & Shaker by FastCasual.com

Elevation Burger, an organic hamburger restaurant recognized as one of the most innovative burger chains in the country. - March 05, 2010 - Elevation Burger

Spring-Green Lawn Care Will Plant More Than 10,000 Trees in 2010

For each new customer Spring-Green Lawn Care receives in 2010, the company will donate money towards planting a tree in a forest that has been damaged by wildfire, insects or disease. This is possible due to their new partnership with Arbor Day Foundation, a non-profit conservation and education... - March 05, 2010 - Spring-Green Lawn Care

Big Al's Steaks Authentic Philadelphia Cheesesteaks May be Coming to Your Neighborhood

Big Al’s Steaks, a traditional Philadelphia Steak Sandwich Restaurant based in Delray Beach, FL, has begun selling franchises to accelerate growth. The first Big Al’s Steaks opened in Coconut Creek, Florida in April 2006, in the Regency Lakes Plaza. The Big Al’s Steaks’... - March 05, 2010 - Big Al's Steaks

Big Al's Steaks Authentic Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches Announces New Franchise in Boynton Beach, FL

Big Al’s Steaks, The traditional Philadelphia Cheesesteak Sandwich Franchise, has awarded its first restaurant franchise license. The issuance of this license marks the first step in Big Al’s Steaks’ planned expansion throughout the United States. “We are extremely pleased... - March 05, 2010 - Big Al's Steaks

Massage Elite Begins New Massage and Day Spa Franchise Offering

Kala Group, LLC based out of Scottsdale, Arizona is happy to announce the creation of Massage Elite, a new concept in massage and day spa franchising. Massage Elite is offering franchises to established day spas, independent massage therapists, and those opening a new day spa or massage practice. - March 04, 2010 - Massage Elite

SENIOR Magazine Makes Another Franchise Sale Through Franchise Gator

Franchise Gator today announced its client, SENIOR Magazine Inc., made another franchise sale as a direct result of their partnership with the internet-based pay-for-performance franchise marketing service. SENIOR Magazine CFO, Bob Cates, announced that the New Orleans/Baton Rouge and Lafayette... - March 04, 2010 - Franchise Gator

Mars Venus Success Coaching Opens Germany; Now Represented in 17 Countries

Mars Venus Coaching continues to expand throughout the world, now opening the first office in Germany, the largest economy in Europe and 4th largest GDP in the world. - March 03, 2010 - Mars Venus Coaching

WSI Organizes Business Opportunity Seminar Series in the Baltics

Aspiring Entrepreneurs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will Learn the Ins and Outs of Starting Their Own Franchise Business - March 03, 2010 - WSI Internet

Keen To Clean Carpet Cleaning Showing Strength Through Franchise Sales

The huge advantage for a Keen To Clean franchise owner over other cleaning business is the opportunity to grow your business into a larger area and give the franchise owner a path to move the cleaning side of the business to a management side of the business. - March 03, 2010 - Keen To Clean

RedHotFranchises.com Adds Low Cost Franchises and Work from Home to Its Homepage

These changes have been published on the homepage of their free Franchise Website Portal, www.redhotfranchises.com. - March 02, 2010 - RedHotFranchises.com

RedHotFranchises.com Expands Its Free Franchise Articles on Its Website Portal

As part of its commitment to helping prospective business owners find and successfully operate just the right franchise, Red Hot has expanded its article section... - February 28, 2010 - RedHotFranchises.com

Just Jobs Network Exceeds Trading and Profit Expectations

Just Jobs Network, the high-profit/low overhead business-to-business online recruitment management franchise, has exceeded trading and profit expectations for the last quarter. - February 25, 2010 - Just Jobs Network

RedHotFranchises.com Adds Green Eco Friendly Franchise Section to Its Free Franchise Information Website

Today RedHotFranchises.com announced that it has added a section on its Free Franchise Website Portal, www.redhotfranchises.com called Green Eco Friendly Franchises. In this industry category, free information is available on over 20 different concepts that are directly related to helping the... - February 25, 2010 - RedHotFranchises.com

Gaylene Hughes Honored at ActionCOACH’s 2010 Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Gaylene Hughes was awarded the “GrowthCLUB” award at the regional conference. - February 24, 2010 - ActionCOACH

Mars Venus Coaching Ranked in 50 Top Franchise Opportunities in 2010

Mars Venus Success Coaching has been ranked among the Top 50 Franchise Opportunities in 2010 by Franchise Business Review. - February 20, 2010 - Mars Venus Coaching

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Gears Up for Rising Elderly Population

The growth rate of the elderly population in the U.S. has greatly surpassed the growth rate of the population as a whole, making non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) more vital than ever. Express Medical Transporters (EMT) has been a leading provider of NEMT services for almost 15 years and... - February 20, 2010 - EMT USA, LLC

Two Day Grand Opening Event at Miami Subs Pizza & Grill in Surfside, FL

Miami Subs will feature grand opening festivities in Surfside, Florida on February 19th and 20th, 2010. - February 20, 2010 - Miami Subs Pizza & Grill

Play N Trade Sales Rise Above Video Game Industry Sales to Kick Off New Year

Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., the fastest growing video game franchise worldwide, today announced that for the month of January, 2010 their same store sales were up 6.18% compared to January of 2009, while the rest of the video game industry was down 12% for the same period, according to January... - February 17, 2010 - Play N Trade Franchise, Inc.

Annual List of Top Franchise Systems Ranks Nurse Next Door

Home care franchise system takes 7th spot on annual North American wide list. - February 17, 2010 - Nurse Next Door Home Care Services

Leading Photography Franchise Offers $10,000 Recession Rebate

Images 4 Kids, the nation’s top children’s photography franchise, is offering a limited-time Recession Rebate of $10,000 toward the franchise fee. - February 12, 2010 - Images 4 Kids

UK’s First National Homebuyer’s Agent Franchise Launches

No longer just the preserve of the rich and famous, The Buying Agents offer every UK homebuyer a service to save them time, money and stress on their property purchase. Unlike estate agents, who are paid by the vendor to get them the 'highest' price, The Buying Agents negotiate the 'lowest price' for the homebuyer. - February 09, 2010 - The Buying Agents Ltd

MatchPoint Announces New VP of Marketing

Toronto-based franchise consulting network MatchPoint is pleased to announce the addition of Victoria I. Conte to its corporate team as vice president of marketing. Conte, a former Toronto resident, comes to MatchPoint with more than 20 years experience developing unique marketing and sales... - February 06, 2010 - MatchPoint

Jim Palzewicz Honored at ActionCOACH's 2010 Americas Conference

Jim Palzewicz receives Networking Coaches Choice Award from more than 300 business coach peers. - January 30, 2010 - ActionCOACH of Elm Grove

Front Futures Launches New Version of Its Online Trading Website for 2010

Front Futures has today launched a new version of their online trading website www.frontfutures.com. It includes trading recommendation, free and live quotes and charts on all market exchanges, 24/7 trading access with professional trading desks. - January 30, 2010 - Front Futures

Five Star Painting Paints a U.S. Air Force Plane in Charleston, SC

Buzon, who has been with Five Star Painting since March of 2009 was recently contracted to help restore a 1950’s C-121C. - January 28, 2010 - Five Star Painting

The Ice Cube’s Portable Ice Vending Machine, the Mini Cube Makes It to Tybee Island, Georgia

The Ice Cube has successfully delivered their portable ice vending machine, The Mini Cube to Tybee Island in Georgia. With the island being susceptible to hurricanes and coastal flooding no permanent structures are allowed below the eleven foot flood level. To overcome this restriction, Innovative... - January 27, 2010 - The Ice Cube

The Ice Cube begins Distribution of a New and Smaller Ice Vending Machine, Mini Cube

Innovative Packaging Technologies, Inc., parent company of The Ice Cube begins distribution of their new automatic ice vending machine the Mini Cube. The new Mini Cube is an automatic ice vending machine that has all the features of its predecessor The Ice Cube, except that it fits into a smaller... - January 27, 2010 - The Ice Cube

A All Animal Control Celebrates 15 years of Operation

In December of 1995, Mark E. Dotson was an Air Force Gulf War Veteran at a crossroads in his life. He found himself searching for an enjoyable and profitable career. It was then Mark decided to open his own animal control business with only two cages and a lifelong dream of working with wildlife. - January 27, 2010 - A All Animal Control

Five Star Painting Expands Into Denver NE, Colorado with a New Franchise

Five Star Painting is happy to announce a new member of their team, Roger Tanita. He recently purchased a new franchise in the northeast area of Denver, CO. - January 24, 2010 - Five Star Painting

Play N Trade Offers Only Video Game Opportunity at Franchise Expo South

U.S. Market for Video Games Reached $21.3 Billion in 2008 Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., the largest and fastest-growing franchised video game retailer in the country, will offer entrepreneurs and business owners the only video game retail opportunity at the Franchise Expo South show, booth #433 in... - January 17, 2010 - Play N Trade Franchise, Inc.