MAD Academy is devoted to encouraging children to have fun with music and dance. We provide classes for pre-school children which combine high energy music and dance with carefully structured learning. We aim to help children develop confidence, co-ordination, and social skills, whilst learning to express themselves creatively and encouraging a life long love of music. It is worth bearing in mind that singing and dancing also develops children's vocabulary, integrated brain functions, speech, spatial awareness, self-expression and sequencing skills. All our MAD class leaders are very special people. They all possess enormous amounts of enthusiasm, energy and professionalism, not to mention an infectious passion for music and dance. They love working with children and know the secret of making learning fun! MAD Academy burst on to the scene in 2004, with its unique blend of fun and funky music and specially choreographed dance and movement for preschool children. Since then it has become a thriving franchise business with a strong brand and a reputation for combining carefully structured learning with fun and energy. To become a MAD franchisee all you need is the passion and drive to run your own successful business and the ability to get 16 children and 16 adults on their feet, dancing and singing! Clearly a love of music and dance, as well as experience with young children is important. Most important of all, however, is an enthusiastic, positive outlook and energetic personality. The MAD Academy team is here to support, train and assist you every step of the way to a successful launch. We’ve done it all before, from booking halls to dealing with troublesome two year olds (and their parents!) so we can guide you through the learning period and help you build your own thriving business!

Travel has always been in demand; we increasingly look forward to our annual leave and, with more leisure time becoming available, the future of our industry is assured. Most businesses are affected by periodic changes in the economic climate, but travel has shown steady growth over the last 20 years and tends to demonstrate minimal ill-effects in times of recession. The Global Travel Group was formed in 1993 with the specific purpose of uniting independent travel agents, and providing them with the capability to compete with the larger multiple groups. We believe that there are few more exciting industries than travel. Day to day involvement in sending people to all corners of the world is both stimulating and rewarding, as are the opportunities for personal travel at reduced rates. Gradually acquiring product knowledge will develop your business further, and what better way than actually travelling to the places in question. Our members have access to free and low cost educational ‘trips’ to worldwide destinations. As you will have no stock to purchase and will receive payments from customers before you pay suppliers, your travel business is less likely to suffer from cash flow problems common to many other businesses.

At Countrywide Signs we are dedicated to providing the high standard of professional service that estate agents demand, performing this duty with the same degree of care that they themselves would give to it. By relieving them of this duty, Countrywide Signs' franchisees allow the agents to concentrate on surveying properties, preparing valuations, and making sales! Maintenance and retrieval are also important, as the estate agents wish their boards to retain the smart appearance that reflects their public image, and retrieval is vital as these boards cost money to produce. Whatever the economic climate and the position of property prices, people need to move home. Families grow, families shrink, employment moves individuals around, people need larger houses, people need smaller houses - for all these reasons property sales continue, and with them, the need for signboards. It is estimated that the market for the professional siting, erection and maintenance of signs is worth £20 million. Countrywide Signs plan to achieve at least 20% of that market within the next two years, during which time we intend to expand our coverage to a truly countrywide  network of franchisees.