REG - Franchise Brands PLC - AGM Statement and Q1 Trading Update

Franchise BrandsAnnouncement

23/04/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 7117W
Franchise Brands PLC
23 April 2019
 


23 April 2019
FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC
("Franchise Brands", the "Company" or the "Group") 
AGM statement and Q1 Trading Update
Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), an international multi-brand franchisor, will hold its Annual General Meeting today at 11.00am, at which Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman, will provide the following update:
"Metro Rod's forward momentum in Q1 has continued apace, with our franchise network growing their system sales by 12.9% (FY2018: 10.4%) resulting in a record quarter. Our Vision 2023 strategy of providing franchisees with sales and marketing support and new IT systems has seen 12 of our franchisees achieve year-on-year growth of over 30% in Q1.
We are encouraged to see that our B2C brands, ChipsAway, Ovenclean and Barking Mad, have had a positive start to the year and that franchisee recruitment has improved.
Overall, the group is trading well, and the board looks forward to the remainder of the year with confidence."
 
Enquiries:



Franchise Brands plc


+ 44 (0) 1562 826705




Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman








Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer

Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director


















Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)


+44 (0) 203 328 5656




Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner


















Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)


+44 (0) 203 903 7715




James Serjeant / Colin Climie


















MHP Communications (Financial PR)


+44 (0) 203 128 8100




Katie Hunt / Patrick Hanrahan







 




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