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Baby Swim Teachers Soaring to New Heights

Puddle Ducks Baby Swim Teachers Feb 2010

Six intrepid candidates from around the country have spent an intensive seven days at the Manor House hotel in Alsager, Cheshire learning how to become a Puddle Ducks baby swim teacher.

Tracy Townend, Managing Director of Puddle Ducks said “The course is incredibly hard and we always warn the candidates to expect tears at some point! All of them are so passionate about baby swimming, they put so much energy and enthusiasm into their training and are excited about returning to their local franchise to put all their training into practise”

The candidates, who came from as far afield and Wakefield and Dorset, will all start their new baby swim classes after Easter.

Posted on 11th March 2010 by Tracy

Franchise Conference a HUGE SUCCESS!

Puddle Ducks Franchisees 2010

February is probably the most important month in the calendar for Puddle Ducks Franchising Ltd. At the beginning of the month, once again we held our national franchise conference.

This year, ten franchisees and five members of staff from Head Office met together for a fabulous day at the prestigious Crewe Hall. We enjoyed a meal together with staff from Mid Cheshire the night before in a private dining room. The conversation flowed freely as everyone caught up with each other’s activities and generally got to know the growing team. Lindsay sang a confident rendition of Humpty Dumpty and Luisa managed to speak for a whole minute on sheep!

Friday morning and we were down to business! Sarah M rolled out the new customer database platform which was accompanied by “oohs” and “aahs” around the room as franchisees saw the potential it offered. This was followed by a series of presentations by Tracy and Jo as they explained changes in the pipeline for 2010. In the afternoon, our wonderful new franchise director, Sarah Roberts, introduced herself and her role within the organisation. Sarah also lead a useful interactive session. Sarah is already helping to develop the business strategy for Puddle Ducks Franchising and will be identifying key measures to support franchisees in developing and managing their own business plans.

The late afternoon saw each franchisee in the pool with Ali who rolled out our most exciting changes to the teaching programme yet. So much development has been happening, primarily from our observations from our Swim Academy children but also from experience that Ali gleaned from around the world at the World Aquatic Baby Conference this year. We can’t wait to start teaching the new programme around the country after Easter.

All the franchisees were engaging and positive with huge levels of passion, commitment and enthusiasm. We are all extremely excited about what we can achieve together over the next 12 months.

Posted on 17th February 2010 by Tracy

Thank you to Pink Spaghetti

Underwater Pink Spaghetti Baby

We were thrilled when one of our customers pointed us to the 1st December 2009 blog entry on www.pinkspaghetti.co.uk. Puddle was there - fronting a lovely testimonial by business owner, and long-term Puddle Duck's customer Caroline Gowing.

Caroline said of Puddle Ducks "Puddle Ducks are specialist at what they do, but they are also parents, and they have a passion for getting it right. At 4 Charlotte was doing lifesaving skills, which are done regularly, and now at 5 she is confident doing front crawl, back stroke, breast stoke, treading water and more. As well as important life skill, and exercise, it is also fun and something loved by children - the perfect class!"

Thank you Caroline - we are thrilled that you have enjoyed your baby swimming classes with Puddle Ducks so much and we wish you lots of luck in your new venture.

Posted on 16th December 2009 by Tracy