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Energy & Empowerment: The 2024 FASTSIGNS International Convention

Fresh from this year’s annual conference, FASTSIGNS franchisees are gearing up for another great year! You might be forgiven for thinking a certain famous theme park has the monopoly on magic in Orlando, Florida! This month, some of the FASTSIGNS...

Fastsigns UK Celebrates Year of Franchisee Achievements

November marked the 20th anniversary of the annual FASTSIGNS UK convention, where franchisees from across the UK were recognised for their contributions to the signage sector in a glittering awards ceremony. The event, hosted at St George's Park in Burton-Upon-Trent,...

Your 3 steps to success: plan, plan, plan!

With our comprehensive marketing and business support, FASTSIGNS has already started planning for your success. It might be a bit cliché, but they say failing to plan means you’re planning to fail. Nowhere is this truer than when it...

Familiar Faces Takeover Huddersfield Business As It Marks 20 Years In The Community

A Huddersfield signage company is marking 20 years in service by announcing the takeover of the business by two long-standing employees. Keven Mitchell has been director of FASTSIGNS Huddersfield for almost five years, but as the company enters its milestone...

Manchester Signage Business Partners with Armed Forces Charity

FASTSIGNS Manchester, a signage specialist, has recently completed a project for UK military charity, Wings for Warriors, which recognises the vital support given to the charity by the armed forces community. Wings for Warriors gives wounded, injured or sick veterans...

Head Designer At Leeds Signage Business Reflects On Two Decades Of Design And Community Projects

A Leeds designer is preparing to celebrate his 20th anniversary at a local signage business, marking the occasion by reflecting on his early career and providing tips for the new workforce, discussing his favourite community projects and how the creative...

Simon and Friederike Slee, Husband & Wife Partnership That Enables Their Lifestyle

After a redundancy opportunity was made to me (Simon) during the financial crisis in 2010, returning to my career as an investment banker was not inspiring and with Friederike’s consultative experience as a landscape architect, we wanted to find...

Melanie & Jose Martinez and Alan White – Team Members to Franchisees

As long-term employees of the FASTSIGNS Crawley centre, (and great friends outside of work) when the previous owner of the centre decided to activate his exit plan from the business in 2018, we decided that collectively, we wanted to...

Why Does the Property Sector Remain Such a Stable Marketplace for Countrywide Signs?

Countrywide Signs understand that many are feeling cautious this year. Recession is a worry, but in the right sector, with the right business and support structure, it doesn’t need to be! Luckily, they operate in two very accommodating sectors....

The New Franchisee on the Block

The latest franchisee to join the network is Michael Langford taking over the Boston and Grantham area as Countrywide Signs Boston. Learn what makes Michael such a great example as a franchisee. Michael Langford, Countrywide Signs Boston started as a...

NEW For 2023… We’ve reduced our Franchise Fee

Have you heard the phrase ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’? It’s basically the same as Tesco’s famous ‘every little helps’… we’ve taken this phrase and applied it to our own business model and reduced our franchise fee. A...

We Asked Our Agents What They Thought of Our Service

At the end of 2022 our nationwide agents took part in a survey to help us as a franchisor and network understand what our customers view as important when it comes to property signage. The answers were a true testament...

Franchisee Case Study: Brian Skinner

Brian Skinner launched his Agency Express franchise in August 2020. With many years’ experience in owning and developing a successful family business, Brian had reached a point in his life where he was ready...

Duncan Parker Buys Minuteman Press Franchise in Hedge End, Southampton, England

Duncan Parker is the owner of the Minuteman Press printing and marketing franchise in Hedge End, Southampton. He started franchising with Minuteman Press in August 2021 and shares his insights on running the business,...

Career Choices After Redundancy

Are You Concerned About Your Career When Furlough Ends? As the end of furlough fast approaches, unfortunately, there will be businesses facing closure and employees the threat of redundancy. Many will be left to contemplate...

Meet Our New Franchisees

For some in the franchise industry, there has been a downturn in recruitment since the pandemic hit last year. However, sectors have been impacted in different ways. Countrywide Signs has continued to ride the...

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