Who are we?

We are the UK’s leading hospitality franchise partner with broad experience in the restaurant sector and a strong track record of building businesses, growing brands and managing scale franchisee networks. We are one of very few franchise operators in the UK with the ability to act as a single franchise partner.

Heart.

Coaching and development are at the core of our culture. We’re passionate about our teams and their development, supporting individuals to be the "best of themselves" and offering apprenticeships from Level 2 to MBA.

Smart.

From our store level Continuous Improvement (CI) practices to our head office commercial strategy, we believe in evidence based decisions. Empowering our teams to identify and solve their own problems, while adhering to brand standards. Sharing best practice across the company.

A little more about us.

Restaurant operations, at scale.

We have circa 140 UK restaurants, from Inverness to Truro, with a workforce of around 5,000 team members and an annual turnover of +/-£200m.

Big thinkers.

We're strategic, innovative thinkers who can help brands grow. We are one of very few franchise operators in the UK with the ability to act as a single franchise partner. We therefore think big and have an ambition for scale.

People experts.

Over many years, we have developed a strong culture across the organisation. A culture with personal development at its core. As part of this, we have award winning learning profiles.

Extensive infrastructure.

Our Organisation offers extensive infrastructure in all central functions required to operate a national restaurant business including: Business Development, Marketing, People Development, Menu Development, Finance Operations, HR, Purchasing, Real Estate and IT.

Industry experts.

Our leadership team has extensive experience within the industry. Working in small, medium and large restaurant chains across the world including Pizza Hut, KFC, itsu and David Lloyd Leisure to name a few.

Driven by purpose & values.

Crucially, we are purpose and values-driven and have built an entrepreneurial, people-centric culture. We are also founding members of the Zero Carbon Forum with the goal to be carbon neutral by 2030.