{"id":19730,"date":"2023-08-30T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=19730"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T12:38:39","slug":"brandon-akerman-nominated-as-finalist-in-prestigious-2023-bfa-hsbc-british-franchise-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/brandon-akerman-nominated-as-finalist-in-prestigious-2023-bfa-hsbc-british-franchise-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Akerman Nominated as Finalist in Prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Owner of ChipsAway Exeter and Torbay, Brandon Akerman, has made it to the finals of the prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards, in the \u2018Next Generation\u2019 category.<\/p>\n

Fighting for his position amongst two other entrants, Brandon is a finalist in the category which is showcasing the younger generation \u2013 specifically looking to highlight those who\u2019ve achieved so much before even reaching 30 years old.<\/p>\n

Brandon invested in his ChipsAway franchise in 2020, aged just 21, after completing university with a drive to work for himself. Brandon is hugely motivated having watched his father run his own successful business, and after just 6 months in business, he expanded into a Car Care Centre (fixed base workshop) to be able to better service the growing demand for car paintwork repairs locally. Soon after this he added a 2nd territory covering the Torbay area with a mobile operation, and has continued to excel ever-since. Firstly, as a winner of industry magazine Bodyshop\u2019s annual \u201830 under 30 Awards\u2019 in 2021, swiftly followed by becoming ChipsAway\u2019s \u2018Rising Star\u2019 at their 2022 Awards evening, and now as a finalist in the BFA HSBA Awards 2023!<\/p>\n

Commenting on the announcement, Brandon said: \u201cOver the past few years I\u2019ve given everything to grow a successful business. Watching my team grow as individuals and as a group together through some really challenging times shows that with perseverance you can achieve all your goals in life and more. Seeing a customer\u2019s reaction when they collect their car once we\u2019ve finished can be so rewarding and really makes the hard work worthwhile. The support of my outstanding team, my amazing family and fantastic customers has been beyond compare. Regardless of the outcome, the recognition from the BFA means so much, and I\u2019m filled with pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pip Wilkins, Chief Executive of the BFA said: \u201cWe would like to offer our enormous congratulations to all this year\u2019s finalists. We received a huge number of entries, and it was wonderful to read of all the amazing work being done in the UK franchising sector. We applaud our finalists for their enthusiasm, dedication and tenacity and for continuing to uphold the highest standards of the association.\u201d<\/p>\n

UK Head of Franchise, Commercial Banking at sponsors HSBC Bank Gillian Morris said: \u201cShortlisting candidates for the HSBC bfa Awards is one of the toughest challenges of the year, once more the candidates were a very high standard, and it was very tough to shortlist just a few entries.\u00a0 I was really impressed at the diversity of entries across brands and sectors, which is a great testament of the strength and reach of the franchise industry.\u00a0 I am looking forward to meeting the finalists and wish them all luck!\u201d<\/p>\n

Winners will be announced at a gala black-tie event following the BFA\u2019s annual conference on 9th<\/sup> November 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Owner of ChipsAway Exeter and Torbay, Brandon Akerman, has made it to the finals of the prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards, in the \u2018Next Generation\u2019 category. Fighting for his position amongst two other entrants, Brandon is a finalist in the category which is showcasing the younger generation \u2013 specifically looking to highlight those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chipsaway","category-automotive-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/CA-Brandon-Akerman-2-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}