Jongleurs’ Franchise Expansion

Morning Advertiser:

The owners of the Jongleurs comedy brand are in talks with major pub operators to open two franchises by the end of the year, 15 in 2010, and a further 10 the following year.

Maria Kempinska and John Davy, the brand owners, are looking to run a joint venture with a leisure operator.

Davy said: “We are in talks with a couple of major pubcos at the moment with a view to either franchising the brand for sole operators, or offering a larger UK or territory licence.

“There is a lot of competition out there, but not much differentiation.”

Davy said there had also been strong interest from individual operators.