Ovenu, the professional oven valeting firm, recently hosted its 12th consecutive Ovenu ASM, ‘Annual Successful Meeting’, at the Hilton Hotel East Midlands.

Franchisees took the chance to meet and share ideas with colleagues from throughout the UK as well as hearing from Richard Denny, the international business development specialist. Richard delivered an inspirational presentation which provided practical ideas that can be achieved to enhance business performance.

Rik Hellewell, founder and MD of Ovenu commented on the event, “We enjoyed another superb weekend reflecting on our brand success over the last year and it’s been a pleasure introducing our franchisees to some excellent initiatives for the year ahead.

“Our aim is to accelerate our business growth and put even more daylight between our franchisees and their competitors. We’ve always actively encouraged our network to chat to each other throughout the year and our AGM is a great opportunity for them to meet face-to-face and share their individual success stories in a relaxed and social environment.

“We’re delighted to be somewhat bucking the ‘doom and gloom’ trend. We see our franchisees as the best in their sector and it’s a pleasure to welcome them to such a top quality venue and provide a guest speaker of the calibre that Richard Denny brings.

“We are totally committed to the further success and profitability of our franchisees as they have all witnessed this weekend. We look forward to hearing more of their success stories again next year, if not sooner.

“We’ll also be welcoming many new franchisees to our 2012 event and giving them the opportunity to benefit from the wealth of practical knowledge and experience that a network of our magnitude has acquired over the years”.