Clockwork Home Services' One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating Unit is the Nation's Fastest-Growing Franchise, According to Franchise Times' Just-Issued Annual "Fast 55" List.Benjamin Franklin Plumbing Also Increases Its Ranking as Result of its 377% Five-Year Averaged Franchised Unit Growth SARASOTA, Fla. -- Clockwork Home Services, Inc. (Clockwork) today announced that its One Hour Air Conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. & Heating unit has been ranked as the nation's #1 fastest-growing franchise, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Franchise Times' just-released annual "Fast 55" ranking of the nation's fastest-growing franchises. Franchise Times reports in its current March issue that for the last five-year period, One Hour had a five-year average franchised unit growth rate of 2,592% -- almost twice the reported growth rate of Franchise Times' next ranked franchise. One Hour moved to the #1 spot up from #2 in Franchise Times' prior year "Fast 55" ranking. Clockwork's Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchise unit ranked #36 on Franchise Times' 2007 list - up from #40 in the prior year - with an a five-year average franchised unit growth rate of 377%. "We are very pleased that Franchise Times has recognized the outstanding performance of our One Hour Air and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchises which continue to experience impressive growth and wide appeal to contractors that are committed to best practices in customer service and consider us a leader," said Tab Hunter Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm, July 11, 1931) is an American actor and singer. Biography Early life Hunter was born in New York City, New York, to immigrants from Germany. , president of Franchise Operations for Clockwork Home Services, Inc. "We are continuing to see significant momentum in our franchise sales, which are being driven by contractor's confidence in our brand reputation, on-time customer service policy and professional business practices. We believe that our strict standard of providing high quality and on-time customer service by professional and well-trained technicians is a good win-win recipe for our continued growth and future success in the home services industry." Franchise Times is one of the nation's most respected news sources on franchising operations and performance. This is the fourth year that Franchise Times has reported its "Fast 55" rankings of the nation's fastest-growing franchises. Selection criteria to make the "Fast 55" are: * A franchise brand that has been franchising for five years or less, no earlier than Jan. 1, 2001; and * Positive franchise unit growth each year. According to Franchise Times, in all, there were 19 industry sectors represented on this year's list with concepts in services industries dominating the list. As of January 1, 2007, One Hour and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing had a total of 148 and 138 franchisees and company-owned operations in more than 185 and 205 territories in the US and Canada, respectively. Collectively, these two franchises serve a population of nearly 40 million consumers. One Hour and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing provide air conditioning, heating and plumbing contractors with management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services, increased purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. , front line and technician training schools, and the benefits of a national brand. Clockwork currently operates electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning franchises within its portfolio of home services franchises. In only eight years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time organization, originally formed as VenVest, Inc., has exceeded $500 million in system-wide sales as of December 2006. About One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating One Hour is among the fastest growing HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free franchises in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . A customer's time is the No. 1 priority for One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating. The franchise offers customers on-time service & replacement and repairs done right the first time with courtesy, convenience, cleanliness, competence and character. The company is owned by Clockwork Home Services, Inc., Sarasota, FL. For more information about One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating franchising or to locate a franchise in your area, visit www.onehourair.com or call 800-746-0458. About Benjamin Franklin Plumbing Benjamin Franklin Plumbing is the fastest growing plumbing franchise in the United States. The franchise offers customers on-time service and replacement and repairs done right the first time with courtesy, convenience, cleanliness, competence and character. A customer's time is the Number 1 priority for Benjamin Franklin Plumbing. The company is owned by Clockwork Home Services, Inc. and is based in Sarasota, Florida Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the central west coast of Florida, USA. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. . For more information about Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchising or to locate a franchise in your area, visit www.benfranklinplumbing.com or call 1-800-695-3579. About Clockwork Home Services, Inc. Clockwork Home Services, Inc. is dedicated to improving the operations, efficiency, customer service and profitability of contractors in the home services industry in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. through affinity group A special interest group. This is a marketing term for a group of people with similar interests. membership and nationally branded franchises. Its companies include Mister Sparky spark·y adj. spark·i·er, spark·i·est Animated; lively. spark  i·ly adv. [R] Electrical Franchising, Benjamin
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