Tanya Garwood became our newest franchisee when she opened the doors to her new business in Aylesbury recently. We’ll be following her journey through her first year, beginning with how she found the process from enquiry to business owner.

A common difficulty for business owners is that they struggle to get 'outside' the day-to-day operations to work on the business, not just in it. Here's Ginny on how we support our franchisees in this all-important transition.

Hundreds of thousands of motorists rely on wheels refurbished or enhanced by The Wheel Specialist - but one person who’s making better use of his wheels than most is racing driver Ryan Lovett.

Business growth is one of the key pillars of our franchisee support – here’s TWS CEO Ginny Murphy talking about some of the ways we can help you grow your own successful wheel refurbishment franchise.

Our franchisees are celebrating a monumental milestone: their millionth alloy wheel refurbishment, that’s enough to reach space and back!

Jack’s talking social media, new training videos and marketing updates on this month’s snapshot into the TWS network.

Tanya Garwood prides herself on her meticulous research into companies - so when she decided to quit her 30-year career in the City of London and buy a franchise instead, she poured all her years of professional experience into choosing the right one.

Franchisees of family-owned alloy refurbishment network The Wheel Specialist now have a powerful new tool in their branding arsenal: an animated advertising campaign that should bring a significant boost to their incomes and a big increase in brand awareness.

Managing director Jack Murphy updates on all things new this month - new systems, new support staff, a new franchisee and more!

A new series where you hear directly from Jack Murphy on what’s happening across the business - including a very special milestone just weeks away…

Caroline McVey seems to have spent most of her recent life giving birth: first to Eve, now two, next to the Ribble Valley branch of The Wheel Specialist, and then to baby Alfred, four months ago.

We’re investing £15K into every new franchisee’s business in the form of tools and consumables. Why? Because we can’t keep up with demand and we want to give you the best possible start in business.

Jonny Marshall and his team at the Newcastle branch of The Wheel Specialist have done more business in a month than any other franchise in the company’s history - and that’s during a pandemic.

We’re proud to unveil a new Costings & Earnings Report which explicitly demonstrates the numbers behind the franchise, based on what’s being achieved right now by existing branches.

After a turbulent year, we’ve noted before how proud we are to be in a situation where all franchise branches remain trading, with a steady uptake in key metrics which signify a very prosperous year ahead for The Wheel Specialist franchisees.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man - and Danny Cleasby proved to be exactly the right man in exactly the right place when the pandemic came along to challenge the Durham branch of The Wheel Specialist.

Impressive 2020 stats included a surge in wheel refurbishment enquiries at the first-ever TWS virtual conference.

It’s been a trying time for all of us, and of course at TWS that’s been true too. But we’ve been incredibly lucky when compared to many businesses and industries - including six record-breaking months since the pandemic.

There are super women, and there are superwomen. Ginny Murphy, founder and CEO of The Wheel Specialist, is one of the latter. Though, of course, she is both.

There’s plenty of information out there on ‘things to know before becoming a franchisee’. But what about the things you should know AFTER you’ve become one?!