Franchisee of the Year Awards 2004 Winners Announced

Winners in this year’s awards were:

• 1st place, Michael Roney from Driver Hire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire;
• Joint 2nd place, Jack Glen from McDonald’s, Hamilton;
• Joint 2nd place, Simon Stack from Snap-on Tools, York;
• 3rd place, Adam and Ruth Brenner, Prontaprint, Newcastle.
• The following were highly commended by the British Franchise Association, HSBC Bank and the Daily Express:

  Mark Meredith from Apollo Blinds, Stoke-on-Trent; Craig Collins from Cartridge World, Exeter, Exmouth and Plymouth; John Murray from Cash Generator, Airdrie and Wishaw; Robert Bates from Clarks Shoes, Abergavenny, Brecon, Merthyr Tydfil and Exmouth; Ian Michael and Richard Ball from Countrywide Grounds Maintenance, Neath Abbey, and; David and Jacqui Henshaw from National Schoolwear Centres, Swindon.

The following press releases are available:

• BRITAIN’S BEST FRANCHISE WINS £5,000 FROM HSBC (Driver Hire)
• YORK MAN SNAPS UP PRIZE IN FRANCHISE FINALS (Snap-on Tools)
• BIG MAC’S A WINNER IN HAMILTON (McDonald’s)
• PRONTAPRINT’S PERFECT PARTNERSHIP (Prontaprint)
• BLINDING RESULT FOR HANLEY MAN IN FRANCHISE FINALS (Apollo Blinds)
• EXETER CARTRIDGE KING’S A FRANCHISE WINNER (Cartridge World)
• WEST GLAMORGAN DUO DIG DEEP TO WIN AWARD (Countrywide Grounds Maintenance)
• TOP CLASS RESULT FOR SWINDON SCHOOLWEAR FRANCHISE (National Schoolwear Centres)
• STEPPING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION (Clarks Shoes)
• SCOTTISH MAN GENERATES SUCCESS AT FRANCHISE FINALS (Cash Generator)