Home Maintenance Franchise Offers Money Saving Tips

Home maintanence franchise; tips on how to save money and energyFrom EarthTimes: People are trying to save money any way they can but when it comes to their homes, many neglect repairs because they fear doing so will require more time and money than they can afford.

"Regular maintenance can actually extend the life of a home, and energy improvements are often inexpensive and start saving consumers money immediately," said Joel Bell, executive vice president of Cincinnati-based Handyman Connection, a home improvement franchise system with over 100 North American locations specializing in worry-free small-to-medium-size home improvement, home repair and remodeling services.

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Home Improvement Franchise Achieves Recognition

Five Star Painting has been named among the top 50 franchise opportunities for minorities.

As one of the fastest growing and second largest painting franchise in North America, Five Star Painting has recently been recognized by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI) as one of the 50 Top Franchises for Minorities.

Amongst rigorous competition, Five Star Painting received this distinguished honor and will appear in the October 2, 2009 special issue of USA Today – “Franchising Today.”

Factors contributing to this selection include one of the company’s objectives of both recruiting and advancing minorities within its organization. Additionally, Five Star Painting has proven successful in historical performance, brand identification, market dynamics, franchisee satisfaction and the level of initial training and ongoing support and financial stability.

Lawn Care Franchise Number One

HOLMDEL, N.J. - Lawn Doctor was recently named in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 list - as the number one lawncare provider for the third consecutive year.

Entrepreneur magazine, the industry leading publication for helping people start, grow or manage a small business venture, has offered the best and most comprehensive ratings of franchises since 1980. Only franchise companies that submit full Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars (UFOCs) or Canadian disclosure documents and whose information is verified by Entrepreneur are considered for the Franchise 500® rankings.

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Handyman Franchise Helps Low Income Families

From Forbes: A company stuck paying for unused hotel rooms when cost-conscious franchisees stayed home from its convention in Denver isn't leaving the rooms empty.

Instead, Handyman Matters Franchise Corp. is letting eight low-income, working families stay in the rooms for four nights - free.

The families also were invited to eat meals with convention attendees gratis. They got keys to their rooms in The Westin Tabor Center downtown on Wednesday.

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Five Star Painting Franchise a Major Help to Minorities

The Five Star Painting franchise has been recognized by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI) as one of the 50 Top Franchises for Minorities.

Against stiff competition Five Star Painting received this distinguished honor and will appear in the November issue of USA Today – Franchising Today.

Factors contributing to its inclusion include the company’s objective to both recruit and advance minorities within its organization.

Additionally, the Five Star Painting franchise has proven successful in historic performance, brand identification, market dynamics, franchisee satisfaction and the level of initial training and ongoing support and financial stability.

Five Star Painting is the second largest painting franchise company and the fastest growing in North America.

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