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Finalists announced for The Creation Station Franchisee of the Year 2014

Franchise owners from across the UK are gathering on Saturday 1st March for the ‘Release The Creation Station Magic’ 12th annual conference in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.

The day will deliver many magical moments including an inspirational talk from a surprise guest speaker and advice on how every franchise owner can develop and grow their inspiring business. Highlights of the day include the interactive shared best practice called ‘Pearls of Wisdom’, the launch of some new and exciting initiatives and the Best Franchise Awards.

Sarah Cressall founder and Managing Director said “The number of entrants for the Best Franchise Awards has been greater than ever. We have a positive and inspiring network who are proactively helping parents and organisations to inspire children imaginations and nurture creativity.”

There are a range of award categories: Franchisee of the Year 2014, Best New Franchisee 2014 and The People’s Choice Award, Best Member of Staff, Best Can Do Attitude and Best Retailer.

The following Creation Station franchise owners have been shortlisted for Franchisee of the Year: Lois Naylor from Wakefield, Jenny Seymour from Shefffield, Nina Lozdan operating in Finchley, Nicki Smith based in Bath, Louise Platt from Mid Beds, Melanie Dawson from Wimbledon and Hayley Sugden  who runs the Creation Station in Leeds.

The following Creation Station franchise owners have been shortlisted for the Best New Franchisee;  Sarah Finan from Chatham Maritime, Ruth Morris who inspires in Aberdeen, Tracy Hull from Basingstoke, Kevin Kerridge who runs the Creation Station in North Leicester and Nathalie Bailey-Flitter from Nottingham.

The short list for People’s Choice are Kim Vickery from Tetbury, Louise Platt from Mid Beds, Ruth Morris who runs Creation Station in Aberdeen, Nicki Smith who inspires imaginations in Bath, Kevin Kerridge from Leicester, Liz Cairns from South Ayrshire, Nicole Norman who runs Creation Station in Stevenage, Carly Miller from Bracknell and Jackie Farrow from Guildford.

The winners of the above awards and for Best Member of Staff, Best Can Do Attitude and Best Retailer, will be announced at the award ceremony at 3.30pm at the ‘Release The Creation Station Magic’ conference. Huge congratulations to all those shortlisted for reaching the final stage of this prestigious award.

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  • Art, Culture, Entertainment

Categories

  • event entertainment
  • toddller classes
  • baby classes
  • flexible working
  • arts and crafts
  • flexible franchise

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We are here to help nurture creativity and support others to inspire children imaginations.
Creativity unleashes potential and we are here to help inspire children's imaginations to help them explore, discover and develop. We work with parents, grandparents, carers, child care organisations, children groups, local communities, schools and event organisers to help them nurture creativity through fun and social art and craft activities. We love to encourage learning through creative play with our award winning educationally based arts and crafts classes, parties and events. 

Giving expression to your own imagination in a group setting provides lots of benefits. It helps young children learn to make choices, share, listen, observe, pretend, problem solve, as well as play and interact with others. 

The Creation Station has over 80 franchise owners across the UK, has inspired over 105 ,000 children and families and ran the Kids zone for the Olympics in Hyde park.


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