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I recently found some really interesting articles about the history of franchising which I thought I'd write about this week. Franchising began right back in the 1850's, in the US, with the manual... Read more

I'm really pleased to let you know that Extra Help's very own Louise Pen-Collings is a semi-finalist in the Devon Venus awards Employee of the Year 2015. Not only is that amazing news, but I'm also a... Read more

This week's blog post is my opportunity to introduce Naomi Shearer. She came to work with us at Extra Help HQ in June. As well as being a great support to Louise and I within Extra Help itself, she... Read more

Extra Help was born in 2010 and the original idea behind the business was aimed at the older population. Helping elderly people who are living independently to stay in their homes by assisting with... Read more

A couple of weeks ago you heard from our new franchisee in Stevenage Natalie. We trained Natalie along with Sue, who is our new franchisee for South Manchester ...... Read more

Last week I mentioned that I'm now Chairman of the Approved Franchise Association. As Extra Help is a franchise organisation itself, I've always been aware of the bad reputation franchising can have.... Read more