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Esquires Coffee Houses (Ireland): “Esquires Coffee is a very flexible franchise”

Existing Daily Poppins franchise owners discuss their decisions to invest, the benefits of operating a franchise and their achievements to date

Daily Poppins: "Daily Poppins has an excellent support structure"

CeX: CeX's product line caught Trevor Finlay's attention

CeX: Stuart Dixon reveal why he invested in the CeX brand

Esquires Coffee Houses (Ireland): New Kilkenny coffee house is latest in Esquires' succes

Cleaning Doctor: "My business is really flying."

Dermot O'Gorman, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Cleaning Doctor: "Cleaning Doctor is in a league of its own"

Mike Ryan, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Cleaning Doctor: "I'm enjoying every minute of it."

Stuart Hamer, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Cleaning Doctor: "You'll never look back."

Liam Hennessy, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Cleaning Doctor: "My friends say I am a different person"

Bill Weir, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Cleaning Doctor: "I couldn't have asked for better."

Mary Dowd, Cleaning Doctor franchisee

Dietcare: "I am really making a difference to people's lives"

Dietcare’s first Irish franchise owners, Denise Drummond Scott and Leslie Allen launched their successful Belfast-based Dietcare franchise in February 2009. Before joining Dietcare, Denise held a senior role within a different diet company for three years. She decided to leave because the business opportunity was insecure and not viable. While her partner Les, continues to operate his existing business. Denise reflects on their experience as franchise owners so far:

Prontaprint: Families in Franchising

Husband and wife team Gayle and David Foulds operate two successful Prontaprint centres in Dublin that generate a combined €1.63 million turnover. After taking over the existing Prontaprint franchise on Leeson Street in 2001, the couple have worked hard to build up the business, and earlier this year seized the opportunity to invest in a second established franchise based on Tara Street. Gayle discusses their decision to invest and reveals what it is like running a business with her husband.

Cleaning Doctor: INTERVIEW: Cleaning Doctor

A Cleaning Doctor franchise is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to start a business. It's not too expensive and you have the backup of a whole network. With Cleaning Doctor you don't start at the bottom, you start halfway up.

Raring2Go: RARING2GO: Belfast franchisee launches first magazine

Terry Hughes, Raring2go!'s first franchisee in Ireland, has distributed her first community focused magazine in Belfast and reports receiving a fantastic response.

Signs Express: INTERVIEW: Michael O'Haram Signs Express, Sligo

Michael O'Hara opened his Signs Express production centre in Sligo after realising that owning his own business where he could make the decisions and directly influence its running, would suit him better than working for a multi-national company.

Signs Express: Sign up to Success

Signs Express franchisee Richard McGonigle opened his production centre in Derry after previously working as a Software Developer. Richard wanted a change and had always aspired to start his own business so looked at franchising as a way to achieve this.

Lasertech: Lastertech: A day in the life

Ruth Brown, Franchise Manager for Lasertech, asks Trevor Kingston from Lasertech South West Cork what it's like to being a franchisee for Lasertech.

Ladies Workout Express: Ladies Workout Express: 'Rewarding'

Remarkable weight losses are being achieved by Celbridge mums, commuters and local workers following the grand opening of a Ladies Workout Express 30-minute fitness centre.

TruGreen: TruGreen, 'a brilliant opportunity'

Reading an advert for lawn-care franchise TruGreen in a national newspaper, Tony Lawrence found the future business he would run with his son Edmund.

Cleaning Doctor: Cleaning Doctor, 'a proven formula'

An established business with comprehensive marketing strategies and nationwide recognition appealed to Eric Wharton, who launched his Cleaning Doctor franchise covering Tralee, Dingle and Kerry North in November 2005.

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