Franchise Brands plc manages a collection of franchising and associated business operations both within the United Kingdom and globally. The company offers a diverse range of services via its various brands. For automotive care, ChipsAway provides repair solutions for issues like bumper scuffs, paintwork imperfections, small dents, and alloy wheel damage. Ovenclean specializes in the professional cleaning of domestic cooking appliances, encompassing electric and gas ovens, ranges, microwaves, hobs, extractor fans, and barbecues, including their detachable parts. Metro Plumb addresses urgent plumbing requirements through its emergency services. Additionally, the Barking Mad brand supports a franchise network for dog home boarding. Commercial clients across numerous sectors, such as facilities management, construction, and public services, utilize Metro Rod for drain clearance. Finally, Willow Pumps is responsible for the design, installation, and upkeep of both adoptable and non-adoptable pump stations. The organization oversees an extensive network of 430 franchisees. Established in 2008, and previously known as FB Holdings plc, Franchise Brands plc is based in Macclesfield, UK.
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FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC is a franchising company headquartered in Macclesfield, United Kingdom, founded in 2016. It is publicly listed (FRAN) with a market capitalisation of $394.3M. Xcout tracks 21 named people at FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC, including Peter Molloy (Chief Executive Officer).
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Based in Swadlincote, United Kingdom, REACT Group PLC delivers a comprehensive range of specialist cleaning, decontamination, and hygiene services to both public and private sector clients throughout the UK. The company offers an extensive portfolio designed to address complex and critical cleaning requirements. Their services encompass air duct cleaning, the sensitive management of animal and human fatalities, and expert hazardous and biohazard cleaning with waste removal. They also provide meticulous carpet and floor cleaning, clinical waste disposal, and various contract cleaning solutions. Specialized operations include crime scene and forensic cleaning, custody suite sanitization, thorough decontamination, and deep cleaning services for detention centres. REACT Group PLC also manages end-of-tenancy cleans, fire and smoke damage restoration, fire damper testing, flood and sewage clean-up, and fly-tipping clearance. Further capabilities extend to graffiti removal, depot and warehouse cleaning, high-level cleaning, and ATEX explosive environment cleaning. They ensure air hygiene and grease extractor cleaning, maintain highway laybys and picnic areas, and conduct house and hoarder clearances. The company secures contracts for housing associations, kitchen grease extract cleaning, NHS trusts (including nightly hospital cleans), and educational institutions such as universities, colleges, and schools. Other offerings include office and commercial property cleaning, pigeon guano clearance and anti-bird control, platform and trackside decontamination, and cleaning for transport hubs, police, and emergency vehicles. Crucial services like sharps and drugs paraphernalia removal, prison cleaning, dedicated sharps search and removal, air hygiene compliance, urgent incident cleaning, infection control cleaning, train carriage cleaning, and general janitorial services are also provided.
Norman Broadbent plc, along with its associated companies, furnishes expert professional services both within the United Kingdom and across international borders. The firm's extensive array of offerings includes strategic board-level guidance, temporary executive placements, specialized leadership and executive recruitment at various organizational tiers (including mezzanine roles), and comprehensive research and insight capabilities. Additionally, they provide a suite of talent development solutions such as assessment, coaching, and broader talent management initiatives. The organization, founded in 1936, maintains its principal office in London, UK.
FRP Advisory Group plc, which operates through its subsidiaries, delivers a diverse range of business advisory services. It serves a broad client base, including businesses, lenders, investors, individuals, and other stakeholders. The company's corporate finance advisory solutions cover areas such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategic counsel, valuations, capital raising, handling special situation M&A, partial exits, and financial due diligence. Its debt advisory expertise includes asset-based lending, debt procurement and refinancing, amendments and extensions to existing debt, debt restructuring, and guidance on corporate and leveraged debt. FRP also offers forensic services, encompassing investigations, dispute resolution, compliance and risk advisory, and forensic technology. Pensions advisory is another key area, where it assists with covenant advisory, corporate governance for pension schemes, transaction guidance for pension plans, and restructuring advice for these schemes. Finally, its restructuring advisory includes corporate financial guidance, formal insolvency appointments, informal restructuring advice, personal insolvency management, and general counsel for various stakeholders. Founded in 2010, FRP Advisory Group plc is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Established in 1962 and based in Epsom, United Kingdom, ME Group International plc specializes in the operation, sale, and upkeep of various instant-service machines. The company, formerly known as Photo-Me International plc until its rebranding in August 2022, serves customers across the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Ireland, and Asia. Its equipment range includes automatic, coin-operated photobooths, used for both official identification and leisure, alongside a broad selection of vending units. This diverse vending portfolio encompasses digital photo kiosks, self-service laundry facilities, business service apparatus, amusement machines, and children's rides. As of October 31, 2021, the group's network comprised 27,867 photobooths and 43,817 vending machines.
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