The AFA provides the UK Franchise Industry with a credible, alternative association by providing accreditation and support to its members. The AFA work within a framework known as Core Values. These values and principles ensure that everything they do is in the very best interest of our members and the Franchise Industry in general.

The Association of International Accountants is a global body for professional accountants, offering a range of qualifications and educational opportunities for people looking to enter the accountancy profession. AIA is an Ofqual-regulated Awarding Body and offers three Ofqual recognised qualifications leading to the AIA Professional Qualification.

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity.
CIMSPA is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector, committed to supporting, developing and enabling professionals and organisations to succeed and, as a result, inspire our nation to become more active.

The ICPA was formed to help small accountancy practices throughout the UK. Its motto is ‘Supporting You Support Your Clients’ and that’s just what it does. ICPA is practice specific and concentrates solely on the needs and wants of the small practitioner. From humble beginnings the ICPA now provide a huge range of benefits and support to over 1,100 UK Accounting Practices in their day to day roles. The ICPA is made up of members from ALL the major UK institutes and offer a home to those practices qualified by experience. To find out more visit icpa.org.uk.

With 40 years’ experience, IRIS is the UK’s market-leading provider of business-critical software and services to the UK accountancy, payroll and education sectors. They serve over 21,000 Accountancy Practices, 11,000 education organisations and more than 80,000 small and mid-sized businesses, corporates, and payroll bureaus across a wide range of industry sectors.

National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) is the UK’s largest buying group for independent builder’s, plumbing and heating, timber, and hardware merchants.

Representing over 1,000 merchant members, we use our combined buying power of more than £1.5billion to negotiate favourable prices and terms from over 600 brand leading, building industry suppliers.

Nominet UK is the .uk domain name registry in the United Kingdom and has been running the domain for over 20 years. As of March 2012, the .uk register held 10,000,000 .uk domain names making it the second largest country code top-level domain in the world.

They work with over 3,000 registrars with the largest being GoDaddy.com and 123-reg.co.uk who collectively have 18.5 million customers globally.

My PT Hub is the #1 software app for personal trainers. It is used by over 2.2 million clients worldwide and have more 80,000 trainers to manage their face-to-face and online clients.

My PT Hub is an online web and mobile app, enabling personal trainers and fitness professionals to manage their clients by creating customisable training and nutrition programmes, whilst tracking their progress and achievements.

Peninsula has been providing professional services to small businesses across the UK since 1983. The company provides 24/7 support for UK businesses across HR, Employment Law and Health & Safety. Their services also include management, insurance, employee wellbeing, and much more besides. Their service is provided by a handpicked team of experts, so customers can be sure they’re getting the best service. They have expanded to provide these services to small businesses in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Santander UK is a large retail and commercial bank based in the UK and a wholly owned subsidiary of the major global bank Banco Santander.
Santander UK is one of the leading personal financial services companies in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest providers of mortgages and savings in the United Kingdom. The bank has circa 20,000 employees, 14 million active customers, with over 800 branches and 64 corporate business centres.