Agency supplier wins franchising award

Agency Express has won the Franchisor of the Year – Gold award at the 2023 British Franchise Association (BFA) HSBC British Franchise Awards.

The agency boards provider picked up the accolade during a ceremony at The Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham earlier this month.

Founded in 1998, Agency Express has a network of 113 franchisees spanning from Inverness to Penzance erecting, maintaining and storing advertising boards for more than 7,500 estate agency branches.

Commenting on their win, managing director Ben Brookes said: “To win this award means absolutely everything to us. The culmination of the tireless hard work from the Agency Express network and HQ team, we are truly overwhelmed to be recognised by the BFA as the best in the business.”

Pip Wilkins, chief executive of the BFA said: “Our huge congratulations to Agency Express, on this tremendous win. We had some fantastic entries this year but theirs really stood out from the crowd. We would like to thank them for being such great ambassadors for the BFA and for representing the very best in UK franchising.”

Gillian Morris, UK head of franchise, commercial banking at sponsors HSBC, added: “The diversity of franchising on display at tonight’s awards ceremony – across so many brands and sectors – demonstrates the strength and reach of the industry. Choosing a winner is never easy and I’d like to join Pip in thanking everyone who entered and send our warm congratulations to Agency Express on this very well-deserved award.”