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AG Hotels Group signs ten hotels into Spark by Hilton
15/09/2026AG Hotels Group is bringing ten hotels into Hilton's Spark brand, adding 672 rooms across England and Wales between late 2026 and 2028. The Cardiff site gives Spark by Hilton its first hotel in Wales, and four of the ten…
How to open a nursery in the UK in 2026
15/09/2026Providing childcare without being registered with Ofsted is a criminal offence, and so is operating from premises Ofsted has not approved. Registration costs £220 and takes around 12 weeks. Everything that makes a nursery expensive sits elsewhere: the premises, the…
How to open a care agency in the UK in 2026
15/09/2026Registering a care agency with the Care Quality Commission costs nothing to apply for. What it costs instead is time, and a registered manager on the payroll months before the first invoice, because the CQC assesses named individuals and can…
How to open a gym in the UK in 2026
15/09/2026A record 12.2 million people aged 16 and over belong to a UK health and fitness club, 18% of that population, on the UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 published in April by ukactive with Sport England. No licence…
How to open a pizzeria in the UK in 2026
15/09/2026In the UK a pizzeria with tables and a pizza takeaway are not the same thing in planning law. One sits inside Use Class E, the other is sui generis and needs permission in its own right. That distinction shapes…
How to open a bakery in the UK in 2026
14/09/2026Bakery product retailing in the UK is estimated at £4.0 billion across 4,310 businesses, and British Baker's Bakery Market Report 2026 recorded out-of-home bakery turnover up 4.1% over the year. Opening a bakery turns on four things: the site, the…
Mamas Who Brunch runs events in eight towns and seeks franchisees
14/09/2026Mamas Who Brunch, a community events business running brunches for mothers across Hertfordshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire, is recruiting franchisees. It has scheduled events in eight towns through to December and incorporated its company on 30 April 2026. Its franchise page…
Wood-fired pizza brand North Pizza recruits franchisees at £25,000
14/09/2026North Pizza, a wood-fired pizza trailer business working out of the Yorkshire Dales, is recruiting franchisees from £25,000 plus a monthly fee of £850. Its franchise page carries four separate money claims, including that an owner-operator can earn nearly £100,000…
Chopstix names Elio Elia marketing director as estate passes 150
14/09/2026Chopstix has promoted Elio Elia to marketing director. The appointment lands at a franchisor that now lists more than 150 sites, sells four formats from high street to motorway kiosk, and whose largest franchise partner is a motorway services operator,…
Dirty soda brand Slurp incorporates a franchise company
14/09/2026Slurp Dirty Soda Franchise Limited was incorporated on 7 September 2026, the newest of four companies registered around a Birmingham dirty soda brand that opened its first shop a year ago. A franchise page is live and sets out two…
