Name: Nigel Botterill Job title: Chief Executive Officer Company name: The Best Of Address: N5 Ltd, Unit 3, Warwick Road
Solihull West Midlands B92 7AH Telephone Number: 0121 765 5550 Website:www.thebestof.co.uk
Business description: Thebestof is a national network of business guides, championing the best local companies and services. The first internet-based franchise, and one of the fastest-growing UK franchises ever, the site promotes more than 65,000 small and medium-sized businesses and provides them with an optimised online presence that many might otherwise struggle to create and manage on their own.
Judges comments: The judges were impressed with the innovative approach to franchising online which led to this success, and with the ambition of the founder and management team: not content to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labours, the business is expanding rapidly into a completely separate sector.
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