Harmony at Home Nominated as Finalists in Prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards for ‘Lifestyle Franchisor’ Category
Date: August 16, 2023 - by Harmony at Home Head Office Team 
Nanny and Household Staffing Agency franchise, Harmony at Home, has made it to the finals of the prestigious 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards.
Founded in 1977, the British Franchise Association (BFA) is a self-regulating governing body, formed to accredit and promote franchise systems that meet strict ethical and business criteria.
Fighting for their position amongst hundreds of other entrants, Harmony at Home are finalists in the ‘Lifestyle Franchisor’ category.
Founded in 2004 by Norland Nanny and mother of three, Frankie Gray, Harmony at Home’s guiding philosophy is simple: to provide parents and childcarers with outstanding levels of service and care. Today, Frankie and her team are proud to count many of the UK’s most experienced, reliable and professional nannies and childcare providers on their books.
Together, they offer Harmony at Home childcare and nanny services not only to parents around the UK but also internationally. Every one of the franchises adheres to the same exacting Harmony at Home standards to ensure that all of their clients receive a premium level of childcare service.
Commenting on the announcement, Founder and Director of Harmony at Home Limited Frankie Gray said: “We are absolutely delighted and honoured to have reached the finals of these prestigious awards, which is testament to our national office team and our Franchisees steadfast commitment to uphold our exacting standards and unified reputation, and to be the absolute best at finding nannies and household staff for our clients. It’s also a celebration of each of our Franchisees successful businesses, we are incredibly grateful for such an amazing community of Franchisees. We are thrilled to sit alongside such huge brands and are very much looking forward to meeting fellow finalists at the BFA conference and Awards celebration in November as a preeminent Nanny and Household Staff recruitment agency.”
Harmony at Home’s Franchise Support Manager, Charlotte Maggs commented: “It is such an honour to have reached the finals in these extremely prestigious awards and we are absolutely delighted for each and every one of our hard working franchisees, and the team and National Office. It is without doubt, huge testament to the hard work and dedication that every member of the network consistently puts in and we are so very grateful for this to have been recognised. We’d like to extent huge congratulations to all of the finalists and very much look forward to joining them at the BFA conference and Awards celebration later in the year.”
Pip Wilkins, Chief Executive of the BFA said: “We would like to offer our enormous congratulations to all this year’s finalists. We received a huge amount of entries, and it was wonderful to read of all the amazing work being done in the UK franchising sector. We applaud our finalists for their enthusiasm, dedication and tenacity and for continuing to uphold the highest standards of the association.”
UK Head of Franchise, Commercial Banking at sponsors HSBC Bank Gillian Morris said: “Shortlisting candidates for the HSBC BFA Awards is one of the toughest challenges of the year, once more the candidates were a very high standard, and it was very tough to shortlist just a few entries. I was really impressed at the diversity of entries across brands and sectors, which is a great testament of the strength and reach of the franchise industry. I am looking forward to meeting the finalists and wish them all luck!”
Winners will be announced at a gala black-tie event following the BFA’s annual conference on 9th November 2023.
