{"id":4017,"date":"2020-01-27T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2020-01-27T09:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:46:37","slug":"actioncoach-named-best-business-coaching-and-consulting-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/actioncoach-named-best-business-coaching-and-consulting-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"ActionCOACH Named Best Business Coaching and Consulting Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>ActionCOACH is celebrating after being officially crowned number one in the Business Coaching and Consultancy category in Entrepreneur magazine&#8217;s Franchise 500<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>. The accolade kicks off their new year in spectacular style, as they sit nicely at #346. And, even more reason to celebrate, they have jumped up 44 places from last year&#8217;s ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneur Magazine&#8217;s annual Franchise 500<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> evaluates franchise brands on key factors including costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, financial strength and stability. Each franchise is given a cumulative score based on an analysis of more than 150 data points, and the 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores become the Franchise 500<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> in ranking order. Over its 41 years in existence, the Franchise 500\u00ae has become both a dominant competitive measure for franchisors and a primary research tool for potential franchisees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 500 companies on this list all have something in common &#8211; they understand what consumers want now,\u201d says <em>Entrepreneur<\/em> editor in chief Jason Feifer. \u201cThey may be an upstart in a brand-new category, or they may be a brand that&#8217;s ranked highly on our list for decades. But either way, making our list means they&#8217;re forward-thinking, nimble, and closely in touch with their customers&#8217; needs\u2014because in an ever-changing business environment, that&#8217;s what a franchise must do to thrive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just weeks after ActionCOACH were ranked as #4 on the Elite Franchise Top 100, which also placed them as the best business coaching franchise opportunity in the UK. Ian Christelow, ActionCOACH UK Co-founder, is thrilled for the franchise and its support team to receive yet another professional accolade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re extremely proud to be honoured as the best business coaching franchise in both the UK and USA. 2019 was a huge year for us &#8211; on top of these two titles, we were also named as Best B2B Franchise at the Best Franchise Awards, became an official partner of the Northern Powerhouse and received 5-star satisfaction from our franchise partners for the seventh consecutive year. Here&#8217;s to more of the same in 2020!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ActionCOACH is celebrating after being officially crowned number one in the Business Coaching and Consultancy category in Entrepreneur magazine&#8217;s Franchise 500\u00ae. The accolade kicks off their new year in spectacular style, as they sit nicely at #346. And, even more reason to celebrate, they have jumped up 44 places from last year&#8217;s ranking. 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