#137 Chatting about Franchising with Anna Neville

Today I’m chatting to Anna Neville of Kindslingo, Solopreneur Award Winner 2024. We chat about Anna’s background and business journey and how she started her business providing language services for children. We also chat about how Anna grew her business, how she investigated growth models and franchised it in 2013. Anna now has over 80 franchisees. Franchising is a very common model in the children’s sector. We chat about how important it is to learn languages from a young age, so much easier than when we’re adults. It’s now more common for languages to be taught in early years curriculum in nursery school Anna was a deserving Award winner. Here are the Judges words: “The true embodiment of a ‘solopreneur’ – with a drive for passion and understanding in her franchisee relationships, you could see the joy and sense of purpose Anna gets from her work. The magnitude of setting up a franchise business of this scale should not be underestimated. She deserves every success on her continued journey..”   You can find out more about Anna here; LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anna-neville-a41756106 Website: http://www.kidslingo.co.uk/   Start your Woman Who journey today   JOIN ELEVATE A lifetime membership online to ELEVATE your visibility through the opportunities, learning and support from like-minded women in business. 12 monthly payments of £25 or discounted to £250 plus VAT for full payment. No renewals, no further payments. Join here:  https://womanwho.co.uk/product/woman-who-achieves-academy-elevate-membership/    FREE STUFF Join the Let’s Get Visible® Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomanWhoCommunity for inspiration, visibility tips, networking, and a community to lift you up and support you on your business journey.   Download Free Resources: https://www.womanwho.co.uk/resources/   ATTEND A WOMAN WHO EVENT Woman Who Inspires Network, SPEAKER Bootcamps, Awards, & Strategy & Mastermind Days. Find out more here:   https://womanwho.co.uk/events/   WOMAN WHO ACHIEVES AWARDS 2025 Find out more here: https://womanwho.co.uk/awards/   LEARN If you’d like to start your public speaking journey then join me at SPEAKER: One-Day Bootcamp. You’ll learn all the tips, tools and techniques to stand out when you stand up and speak.  Book here: https://womanwho.co.uk/events/     WHO AM I? I’m Sandra Garlick MBE a former solicitor, founder of Woman Who and I’m a Business Growth & Visibility Strategist. I also create opportunities for women in business to power up their personal brand and get visible through the Let’s Get Visible® ELEVATE Academy, Woman Who & Solopreneur Awards, and SPEAKER Bootcamps. I was awarded my MBE for my services to women in business in the New Year’s Honours list 2020. I live in the Midlands (UK) and love solo travel in Italy, shoes, and football.   LET’S CONNECT LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandragarlick Website:         https://www.womanwho.co.uk Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/sandragarlickmbe   Woman Who Chat is Sponsored by Grow Radio  GROW Radio is an online radio station dedicated to bringing you a different podcast on the hour… every hour. I am proud that Woman Who Chat is played on GROW Radio every Tuesday at 3pm and Friday at 8am and to be part of their podcasting community. If you want to listen to the station, explore their shows, get your podcast onto GROW Radio or check out many of the blogs to improve your podcasting skills… head over to https://www.growradio.uk today!