149. Building an Award-Winning Franchise with Jo Stone

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English - June 01, 2023 12:30 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MB
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Jo Stone is a Co-founder of Puddle Ducks. Puddle Ducks offers swimming classes for babies, toddlers and school children in franchises across the UK.

They are an award-winning franchisor accredited by the British Franchise Association (BFA). Ethical franchising is really important to her and being awarded the WorkBuzz Five Star Franchisee Satisfaction for every one of the last seven years is proof that they live and breathe their ethics and values. Franchising has provided her with the opportunities and choices to balance being a mum, enjoy a healthy lifestyle and be an effective business leader. Encouraging other women to do the same via Encouraging Women In Franchising (EWIF) remains close to her heart. She has a strong background in leadership, business strategy and franchisng. In May 2019, she was very proud to be awarded the EWIF Overall Women in Franchising Award.

You can find Jo here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jostone1/