{"id":24071,"date":"2025-02-11T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=24071"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T08:27:18","slug":"taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking control by opening a franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #101010;color:#101010\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #101010;color:#101010\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/#franchise-or-do-it-alone\" >Franchise or do it alone?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/#why-radfield-home-care\" >Why Radfield Home Care?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/#why-did-you-launch-your-business-in-wakefield\" >Why did you launch your business in Wakefield?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/#what-makes-you-happiest-about-your-franchise-journey\" >What makes you happiest about your franchise journey?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/taking-control-by-opening-a-franchise\/#interested-in-opening-your-own-radfield-home-care-franchise\" >Interested in opening your own Radfield Home Care franchise?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Husband and wife team, Jackie and Mark Gillen launched their Radfield Home Care office in July 2018. Having previously worked in social housing, providing sheltered housing and hostels for homeless people Jackie decided to join the Radfield franchise to take control of her career.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDespite already working within the social care sector, I got to the stage where I was tired of working for the benefit of other people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"franchise-or-do-it-alone\"><\/span>Franchise or do it alone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cA franchise has lots of benefits and is a much safer option. I like the fact that you have all of that network of support and everything is already in place. We have somebody we can go to that we trust, who has the business background.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSometimes, you just need that support and it really is worth its weight in gold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-radfield-home-care\"><\/span>Why Radfield Home Care?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cAt the National Franchise Exhibition, we walked around, speaking to quite a few other franchise companies, but Radfield just felt right. For us, it was about the ethos of the company. There is a shared vision that everyone believes in, to help people. We just felt that the values of Radfield stood out and were going to fit with our own values.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-did-you-launch-your-business-in-wakefield\"><\/span>Why did you launch your business in Wakefield?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cWe wanted to work within our local area and build a connected community, a huge factor was that we actually live here and we care about the area. We wanted something local because my husband and I have always worked somewhere that we\u2019ve needed to commute; this way, we can work locally and with a community that we already care deeply for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-makes-you-happiest-about-your-franchise-journey\"><\/span>What makes you happiest about your franchise journey?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re genuinely delivering a good service to clients in our local community\u2026 it\u2019s exceptional quality and I\u2019m proud of that. It\u2019s making a massive difference to the lives of local people, while also securing the financial future of our own family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"interested-in-opening-your-own-radfield-home-care-franchise\"><\/span>Interested in opening your own Radfield Home Care franchise?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Have Jackie and Mark inspired you to become your own boss and operate your own business in your local community? Why not get in touch to see if you\u2019re the right fit for us<\/p>\n<p>Just click the button below and fill in the response form or click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/radfield-homecare\/#content\">HERE<\/a> to read our full profile on this site before submitting the form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Husband and wife team, Jackie and Mark Gillen launched their Radfield Home Care office in July 2018. Having previously worked in social housing, providing sheltered housing and hostels for homeless people Jackie decided to join the Radfield franchise to take control of her career. \u201cDespite already working within the social care sector, I got to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-radfield-home-care","category-care-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jackie-Mark-Gillen-PR-Image-WEB.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24071","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=24071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}