Friday 26th September 2014

We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new online store at www.premiereducationgroup.myshopify.com this Monday 29th September.

We are providing you with an optimised and more stable online shop with faster navigation. Images and sections also open faster than before saving you time. The new shop makes your whole shopping experience quicker and more engaging.

Franchisee, Matt Ewer operating in Rugby, Warwickshire has this week begun a social media pilot on Twitter and Facebook.

The central marketing team has supplied Matt with a detailed guidance document and will support him during the pilot. The pilot will run until Monday 3rd November and at that point, we’ll collate the findings and analyse the success. We’ll let you know the results.

These profiles have been setup and branded by the central marketing team – please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ him by clicking Facebook or Twitter.

In the meantime, please refrain from creating and using unofficial Premier Education Group, Premier Sport, Premier Performing Arts and The Golden Mile Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Franchisees/licensees are not authorised to do this and it breaches your signed agreements.

Golden Mile licensees, Darren Dicks and Shane Wright have struck gold following a successful meeting with the Sport and Active Leisure Team at the City of York Council. The council has agreed to work in partnership with The Golden Mile to increase fitness levels in school children across the city.

There are 50 primary schools within York and none of which are currently using Premier Sport. This is mainly due to an established competitor operating in the city.

Jeff lives in Nuneaton with his partner Joy and two children. He’s launching his Premier Sport business in Marston Green, Birmingham.

Jeff has always been involved in the commercial sales arena. For 25 years he’s enjoyed continued sales success in the domestic appliance industry. In 2010 he was voted “best sales manager” by his clients at the national business awards. The majority of Jeff’s career has been involved with selling high end, premium cooking and domestic appliances whereby sales are achieved by presenting the value and not the price. Jeff could immediately see the similarities with Premier Sport and although different, the principles and values are similar to achieve success.

The extract below from Robert Kiyosaki got Operations Director, Danny Melling thinking. Over the years he’s witnessed many franchisees who have become ‘stagnant’ and many that (and still do) love learning. A familiar pattern occurred in these franchisees - the stagnant ones didn’t continue trading for very long and those that love to learn are still growing their PS business!

“I love starting new businesses. I love the creativity, the people I meet, the challenges, and the rewards. In my day, the price for gaining the knowledge and the experience was high, yet in retrospect it was worth it. For you today, receiving the knowledge is much easier and more affordable.

This week a combination of new franchisees and both Premier Sport and Premier Performing Arts Activity Professionals attended the 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Learning in Physical Education and School Sport (QCF) at Premier Sport Training Academy.

Dick Matthews, External Verifier for 1st4Sport, visited during this particular course. He assessed the set up, running and delivery of the qualification. He was overwhelmed with the organisation, administration and management of the programme. This together with the expertise of both Andy Heald and Nick Preston, tutor and assessor delivering on the day, resulted in Premier Sport Training Academy receiving an ‘outstanding’ report from Dick.

Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew MBE is set to inspire the pupils from primary schools across York on Monday 29th September 2014. Duncan will be visiting Burnholme College, York.

Torquay franchisee, Georgina McKimm, has just received great news that she’s had a second successful funding application this year. She followed the Premier Sport process for funding bids which can be found on the BMS resource section and subsequently seen a huge return on investment for a second time.