BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards 2023 finalists

THE British Franchise Association (BFA) has announced the f inalists in the BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards 2023 The awards, sponsored by HSBC, celebrate the success of franchisors and franchisees in the UK

The winners will be revealed at an awards dinner in Bir mingham at The Vox Conference Centre, Resor ts World, on Thursday 9th November 2023 after the association’s annual conference

Gillian Mor ris (left), UK head of franchise, commercial banking, said: “Shor tlisting candidates for awards is one of the toughest challenges of the year I was really impressed at the diversity of entries across brands and sectors, which is a g reat testament of the strength and reach of the franchise industr y ”

Pip Wilkins, chief executive of the BFA, commented: “We were ver y impressed with the overall standard of entries we received this year Generally, we shor tlisted more entries than we usually would, which was a testament to the overall strength of the entries we received ”

Highlights of the award categories

Franchisor of the Year Award: ActionCOACH, Agency Express, Driver Hire, InXpress, Mathnasium, Premier Education.

Emerging Franchisor Award: Canopy, Get a Drip, Rise, The Cat Butler.

HSBC Best in Class Multi-Unit Single Brand Award: Home Instead (Suhail Rehman), Pret a Manger (James Lipscombe), Swimtime (Ter ri and Andrew Vince)

HSBC Best in Class Multi-Unit Brand Award: Adil Group (Raja Adil), Goldex Investments (Diljit Brar), Iceking (Angelina Mouralidarane) n