Driver Hire’s Southampton franchisees are BFA Business Builder Finalists
Ash & Charline Mustafa, owners of Driver Hire Southampton, are 2024 BFA HSBC UK British Franchise Award finalists in the ‘Business Builder’ category.
Partners both at work and home, they took a “a leap of faith” when they decided to buy the existing Driver Hire Southampton business in 2019. A once in a century pandemic made it an even bigger leap than they could have imagined. But their determination to succeed for themselves and their young family, coupled with solid franchisor support, has turned them into impressive business builders.
Over the past three years Ash, Charline, and their team have delivered outstanding levels of growth. They have transformed a well-performing business into a great-performing one, achieving a 105% increase in turnover and taken Driver Hire Southampton from 33rd in the Driver Hire league table to 6th place.
The list of award finalists was announced by the British Franchise Association (BFA) on 15th July 2024. Gillian Morris, UK Head of Franchise, said: “My heartfelt congratulations to the deserving finalists in this year’s British Franchise Awards. Shortlisting the entries and choosing the finalists is one of the toughest challenges of my year but it’s one I love. I was truly inspired by the brilliant businesses amongst this year’s entrants and the finalists really do represent the best of British franchising.”
We are delighted for Charline and Ash (pictured left) and the rest of the team, and we look forward to the BFA HSBC Awards evening on 7th November 2024 when the winners will be announced.
