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diddi dance Founder is a Finalist in Best Business Women Awards

September 29, 2015 by Rebecca

AM diddi danceCongratulations are in order for diddi dance and Founder Anne-Marie Martin who a is a finalist in the Best Business Women Awards 2015. Anne-Marie is a finalist in two categories for these awards: Best Business Woman Working with Children & Families and Best Business Woman in Franchising.

The Best Business Women Awards were created by Debbie Gilbert, a multi award winning Mumpreneur who has been running small businesses since 1999. She knows first-hand the huge impact of winning a business award and believes that women running small businesses should be truly recognised for their achievements.  These new awards are specifically for women who are making a real difference not only in their own lives but in their local community.

About the categories Anne-Marie is a finalist for:

Best Business Woman Working with Children & Families – This award will be presented to the best business that supports children or families. They must prove the impact they make in their field and how their business provides support that makes a clear difference.

Best Business Woman in Franchising – This award will be presented to a woman who is performing brilliantly in a franchise business or who has franchised their business. Open to any type of business and to both franchisees and franchisors.

BBWA 2015 finalistThe Best Business Women Awards final will be held on 15th October 2015 at Batchwood Hall. For further information about the awards click here.

 

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Filed Under: Awards, diddi dance, Franchising, National News Tagged With: Featured

diddi dance Franchisor and Franchise Director are award winners!

May 29, 2015 by Rebecca

Anne-Marie Martin and Rebecca Duschl were thrilled to have won two national awards in this year’s prestigious NatWest EWIF Awards.

The Encouraging Women into Franchising Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the work of women in the UK franchising industry and the awards ceremony, held in London on Tuesday 12th May, saw Anne-Marie, Founder & Franchisor of diddi dance, win the coveted Woman Franchisor of the Year sponsored by FranchiseFinance.

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Scooping two awards, we also saw Franchise Director, Rebecca, win the competitive Woman Franchise Employee of the Year sponsored by busibricks Franchise Manager.

diddi dance Rebecca award

Anne-Marie commented about the wins:

I am overwhelmed with our success at the EWIF Awards. There were so many nominations for these awards and for both Rebecca & I to have won an award is just fantastic. diddi dance has come a long way since its beginning 12 years ago and with our amazing team & new developments such as holiday themes & CDs, I can’t wait to see it where it leads us next.

To read more about all the winners from the day just click here.

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For more information about EWIF and to become a member of this ever growing company/community just click here. Meetings held in all areas of the UK throughout the year.

 

To be a franchisee with this award winning company find out now Is It For You?

Filed Under: Awards, Celebrate, diddi dance, Franchising, National News

diddi dance Franchisor and Franchise Director nominated for EWIF awards!

April 27, 2015 by Rebecca

Founder & Franchisor Anne-Marie Martin and Franchise Director Rebecca Duschl have been announced as finalists in the 2015 NatWest EWIF Awards.

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Anne-Marie is a finalist for –
EWIF finalist logos-Woman Franchisor-1 copyand when asked about her nomination she said:

To be a finalist in this category is really thrilling. I appreciate and value the work EWIF do for encouraging, supporting & motivating women in business.

 

Rebecca is a finalist for –
EWIF finalist logos-Woman Franchise Employee-1 copyand she couldn’t be more excited to be nominated again this year in this category.

 

The winners will be announced on 12th May, 2015 so we will be keeping our fingers crossed for you two!

 

For more information about the EWIF Awards or to attend and see what it is all about for yourself go to http://www.ewif.org/the-natwest-ewif-awards-2015.html

Filed Under: Awards, Celebrate, diddi dance, Franchising, National News

diddi dance featured in 5 Star Franchise article

October 20, 2014 by Rebecca

5-Star-Franchisee-Satisfaction-Logo-2014-High-ResRecently diddi dance was honoured with a 5 Star Franchise rating from Smith & Henderson after our franchisees took the annual Franchisee Satisfaction Survery and awarded diddi dance a 95%  – click here to see the report now!
Recently, all the new 5 Star Franchisee Satisfaction award receivers where included in a news article – the Oct/Nov edition of Franchise World. Founder Anne-Marie was featured herself after she was asked what she thought about being awarded the special rating.

To read all about it see the article below!

Franchise World - Oct, Nov - Page 47 copy

 

To learn more about diddi dance’s franchise opportunities why not visit our dedicated Franchise page and request some information today!

Filed Under: Awards, diddi dance, Franchisees, Franchising, Get children moving!, National News

diddi dance Founder Anne-Marie up for Mumpreneur Award!

October 8, 2014 by Rebecca

We at diddi dance want to congratulate mum and entrepreneur, Anne-Marie Martin, who has earned herself a place in Mumpreneur Finalist_badgethe 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.

diddi dance Anne MarieAs 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.

Filed Under: Awards, Celebrate, diddi dance, Franchising, National News

diddi dance Founder Anne-Marie is up for Business Parent of the Year!

July 17, 2014 by Rebecca

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.

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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.  diddi dance Anne Marie and Lily with logo

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!

Filed Under: Awards, Celebrate, diddi dance, Franchising, National News

diddi dancers love diddi dance franchising!

May 9, 2014 by Rebecca

Some of our lovely diddi dancers wanted to take some time to tell you why franchising, and especially diddi dance franchising, is so great! Listen to what they have to say in the video below and if you want more information about starting a diddi dance franchise visit our Franchise page today!

Filed Under: Campaign, diddi dance, Franchisees, Franchising, Get children moving!, National News

diddi dance’s Franchise Director is a Finalist in the 2014 NatWest EWIF Awards!

April 17, 2014 by Rebecca

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.

EWIF Award 2014 Finalist - Franchise Show Woman Franchisor Employee of the Year

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!!!

Filed Under: Awards, Celebrate, diddi dance, Franchising, National News

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