We at diddi dance want to congratulate mum and entrepreneur, Anne-Marie Martin, who has earned herself a place in the final line-up of The Mumpreneur Awards, an annual ceremony aimed at celebrating parents throughout the UK who manage the difficult task of juggling business with family life. The mother of 2 from South East London runs diddi dance, a franchised company that offers 45 minute dance classes to children ages 18 months to 4 years old, originally started as one class back in 2006.

Anne-Marie and her company, diddi dance, have been shortlisted for the Boost category, which is open to any businesses that can demonstrate high growth. Since having launched diddi dance as a franchise in 2010 it now has 34 franchisees with 36 locations offering pre-school dance classes to toddlers across the UK. With such a loved company by both customers and franchisees, alike, Anne-Marie hopes diddi dance has what it takes to walk away with the prize.

As well as being shortlisted for this category, Anne-Marie is also in with a chance of winning the title of The Inspirational Business Mum 2014, which will be awarded to the mum who is an inspiration to all women in business, and could walk away with a fantastic prize.

Having reached the finals of The Mumpreneur Awards, Anne-Marie said, “To be a finalist for such a highly regarded award is so exciting. We at diddi dance have had such a great year, growing our network of franchisees and creating even more dance themes & music. It’s great to receive this sort of acknowledgement for all the hard work we do.”

Judging Anne-Marie’s entry will be a panel of top entrepreneurs but she’ll have to wait until 8th November, when the winners will be announced at The Mumpreneur Conference and Awards, being held at the Heart of England Centre in Warwickshire. This event is open to all parents who juggle family and business, and also for those interested in taking the plunge and starting up. Tickets prices start at just £49, and can be purchased through the Mumpreneur UK website, where you’ll find a whole range of resources and information for business mums www.mumpreneuruk.com.

For more information on being a diddi dance franchisee visit our Franchise page.

It was announced yesterday that diddi dance Founder & Managing Director Anne-Marie Martin is a finalist for the mumandworking Business Parent of the Year award.

mumandworking has described this category as:

Open to any parent who has founded their own business and is a shining example of how running a business alongside a family works! Judges will be looking for examples of successful, parent-run businesses going places!

That means mumandworking think diddi dance is going places! To be part of that find out more about our franchise opportunities here.

The National mumandworking Awards will take place at Campus London, October 16 2014. Winners and runners-up will be revealed on that day live at the awards as well as online throughout the day.  

When we asked Anne-Marie what she thought of this recognition she said:

It’s so fantastic to be nominated for such an award. As a working parent juggling running a successful franchise network, 2 children, school runs, potty training, etc. as well as still teaching on top of it, it is hard work but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

We could not be more happy for Anne-Marie and we will be keeping our fingers crossed in the hopes that she wins!

To see all the other finalist just click here!

We at diddi dance would like to take a moment to congratulate our Franchise Director, Rebecca Duschl, on being selected as a finalist for The Franchise Show 2014 Woman Franchisor employee of the Year Award.

This award is about “recognising the most successful franchisor woman employee during 2013” and since she has been with diddi dance, Rebecca has done nothing but support and encourage the success of the company.

In January 2013 Rebecca took on the role of Regional Franchise Manager for East Anglia & South of England and through her initiative and previous Marketing experience she helped the company have its biggest growth since launching as a franchise. Then in September 2013 diddi dance officially promoted Rebecca to Franchise Director, not only to help steer new franchisees into the company with ease but to also help current franchisees in whatever manner necessary to increase their growth, as well. Rebecca has said about being a finalist “I am truly honoured to have been nominated by my fellow diddi dancers and hope that I can only continue to impress & encourage those I work with.”

The Awards, which will be held on Thursday, 22 May at RBS House in London, are a chance to provide an exciting opportunity for the recognition of women’s development in franchising and others in the industry who have contributed to women in franchising. Both Rebecca and diddi dance Founder Anne-Marie Martin will be attending the awards with their fingers, arms and legs crossed.

If you would like to attend the awards you can apply for tickets simply by visit the EWIF website and filling in the application form.

And don’t forget to wish Rebecca good luck!!!