Rainbow International’s Steve Bramley to join BFA Board

Steve Bramley, Head of the Support department at disaster recovery and specialist commercial cleaning franchise group, Rainbow International, has been elected onto the main board at the British Franchise Association (BFA).

Board members are elected from the franchising industry and most of them are volunteers, so give up their time and provide their expertise to support to the BFA and to help raise the profile and opportunities for franchising in the UK.

The BFA is the only self-regulating, voluntary accreditation body for franchising in the UK. Its remit is to develop and continuously improve the standards of good practice in franchising, and to accredit franchisors who meet these standards.

Bramley appointment

As a Qualified Franchise Professional, Steve was formerly the Regional Chairman on the Midlands Forum at the BFA and following his key contribution on this panel has been elected onto the main board. The appointment has been sanctioned by the BFA members, their franchisors.

Steve will have specific responsibility on the Finance and General purpose committee to promote ethical franchising and to lobby the part franchising plays in the economy to peer and pressure groups, government departments and to industry and commerce. Today, franchising is a £15.1 billion industry, with over 44,000 franchised units and some 600,000 people employed in the industry, so it plays a very significant part in the UK’s economic growth and outlook.

Comment

Steve commented on his appointment:

“This is a great opportunity for me to continue to help the BFA with some of their great work and tireless efforts to promote the business and value of franchising across all of the stakeholder parties involved. I think that the BFA provide so many benefits to our members and I hope that my contribution will help to further strengthen the role that franchising plays in the British economy”.

Rainbow – the first-port-of-call franchise group for disaster recovery

Rainbow International’s business now offers a network of more than 65 multi-personnel, multi-vehicle franchises and is on average just 23 miles from any incident in the country. The network provides fire damage restoration, flood restoration, accidental damage restoration and specialist commercial cleaning services to domestic and commercial clients and is used by the UK’s top insurance companies and all major loss adjusters as well as many commercial organisations. Find your local Rainbow branch and choose the branch finder option which is located on every page of the web site or contact the 24/7 Rainbow’s national helpline now on 01623 422488.