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Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was recently ranked in Entrepreneur magazine’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list. This highly competitive list recognizes the 150 companies with the greatest franchise unit growth in North America, based on data submitted for Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500^® ranking. Thanks to its exceptional growth, Supporting Strategies was ranked #146.

"Supporting Strategies is honored to be included on the Entrepreneur magazine Fastest-Growing Franchises list. Our growth and inclusion on this list speaks to the need for reliable, professional outsourced bookkeeping services for small businesses nationwide," said Supporting Strategies Founder and CEO Leslie Jorgensen. "By partnering with franchisees who have deep experience in their local business communities, we've hit upon a formula that really resonates."

“Franchising trends are always changing, and our ranking of the fastest-growing franchises offers crisp insight into what’s hot right now,” says Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur's editor in chief. “And through this list, we’re also able to see the strategies that help newer brands ramp up quickly and that enable older ones to maintain their momentum."

Entrepreneur’s 2019 Fastest-Growing Franchises ranking is based on each company’s net franchise-unit growth in the U.S. and Canada from July 31, 2017 to July 31, 2018, with ties broken based on percentage growth. Supporting Strategies’ position on the ranking demonstrates the brand’s rising popularity with both franchisees and customers.

To view Supporting Strategies in the full ranking, visit entrepreneur.com/franchises/fastestgrowing. Results can also be seen in the March issue of Entrepreneur, available now on newsstands.

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Regdos Becomes Managing Director of New Franchise

Supporting Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of our latest office, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Al Regdos, Franchisee and Managing Director, is an accomplished, bottom line-driven finance executive with 16+ years of experience leading organizations through startup and rapid-growth stages. He brings a sophisticated understanding of business priorities and is a proven team builder and team player dedicated to managing operations and projects effectively and efficiently.

"I'm very excited to leverage the Supporting Strategies brand and scalable business platform to provide superior bookkeeping and operational support services to Charlotte businesses," Regdos says. "Through my years of experience, I know the necessity of managing businesses by the numbers. Supporting Strategies | Charlotte, NC, will provide excellent and seamless client service so business owners and executive management can focus on the very reason they went into business in the first place."

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Supporting Strategies CEO Leslie Jorgensen was recently featured in an Accounting Today article on going virtual.  In the article, Jorgensen shares how adopting a virtual business model that embraces cloud technology and a remote workforce has enabled Supporting Strategies to offer top notch outsourced bookkeeping services to small businesses since 2004.  Read the full article here. Read More

Independent Survey Shows Franchise Owners Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Performance

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was recently named a top franchise for 2019 by Franchise Business Review. This is the 14^th annual ranking of the top 200 award-winning franchise opportunities. The list is available at https://franchisebusinessreview.com/page/top-franchises/.

Supporting Strategies is an outsourced bookkeeping provider who enables growing business owners to focus on their core business. Supporting Strategies has developed a proven, scalable business model with highly automated systems and processes to deliver cost-effective bookkeeping services. With a low overhead and variable cost delivery model, franchisees are able to closely match costs to revenues.

Franchise Business Review, a franchise market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only rankings and awards for franchise companies based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes its rankings of the top 200 franchises in its annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises.

Supporting Strategies was among 310 franchise brands, representing over 30,000 franchise owners, that participated in Franchise Business Review’s research. Supporting Strategies’ franchisees were surveyed on 33 benchmark questions about their experience and satisfaction regarding critical areas of their franchise systems, including training & support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations, and financial opportunity.

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Holmes Becomes Managing Director of New Franchise

Supporting Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of our latest office, in Northwest New Jersey.

Peter Holmes, Franchisee and Managing Director, brings 30+ years of experience in executive management, establishing finance and operations departments and identifying changes to improve the bottom line for small to mid-size companies. He excels in developing strong analysis techniques that give him insights into a company's operations, allowing him to provide valuable information to management for organizational analysis and strategic planning.

"Throughout my career, I have had long-term engagements with several businesses, building finance and operations departments from the ground up, analyzing their financial position and making suggestions to improve profitability," Holmes says. "As a Franchisee with Supporting Strategies, I am excited to help businesses save time and expense on their bookkeeping services while also offering the type of operational support that would normally require the hiring of an expensive C-suite level employee."

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Supporting Strategies was recently recognized by Hubdoc as one of the Top 50 Cloud Accountants of 2018 in the United States. 

This is the fifth year Hubdoc has released the annual Top 50 list, which aims to recognize accounting and bookkeeping firms in North America who are setting an example when it comes to leveraging cloud technology. The list is compiled from hundreds of applications, many of which included exciting stories showcasing how cloud technology has enabled both advisors and their clients to reach their goals.

“Supporting Strategies is honored to be named to the Hubdoc Top 50 Cloud Accountants of 2018 (United States) list.  Embracing cloud technology is key in allowing us to deliver top notch value and efficiency to our clients,” says Leslie Jorgensen, CEO and Founder, Supporting Strategies.

The entire Hubdoc Top 50 Cloud Accountants of 2018 list can be viewed here.

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Santinelli Becomes Managing Director of New Franchise

Supporting Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of our latest office, in Wilmington, Delaware, serving the counties where Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania meet. Gianluca Santinelli, Franchisee and Managing Director, is a Certified Public Accountant with EY audit experience along with deep accounting and controls expertise. He excels in improving financial processes, reducing costs and increasing profitability and cash flow through automation to help businesses be faster, simpler and/or better.

"Businesses need to be agile, just to survive in the digital age," Santinelli says. "Constant changes to, and unpredictability in, consumer demands and technology will force companies to either adapt or be left behind in short order. I am very excited to bring my experience with real-time financial reporting, higher-quality accounting services and eliminating redundant accounting tasks through technology/automation to my community's business owners. We will enable their growth and success, freeing them to 'work on the business, not in their business' and offering comfort in knowing they have a partner on their journey."

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Finerghty Becomes Managing Director of New Franchise

Supporting Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of our latest office, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC.

Sandra Finerghty, Franchisee and Managing Director, is a sales and business operations professional with 24 years of experience working at some of the best-known brands in high tech. With the launch of Supporting Strategies | Durham & Chapel Hill, NC, she will apply her expertise to benefit small, growing businesses throughout Wake County and beyond.

"North Carolina is an amazing place to live and work, and the Triangle region is booming with new businesses forming, along with huge growth potential for our existing small and mid-size companies," Finerghty says. "Being a Raleigh native and living in North Carolina my entire life, I'm excited to give back to my community in helping local businesses with their bookkeeping and operational support needs."

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Independent Research Data Shows Franchisees Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Innovation and Creativity

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was identified by independent franchisee satisfaction research firm, Franchise Business Review, as one of 2018’s Top Innovative Franchises.

Supporting Strategies has provided efficient and effective outsourced bookkeeping services and operational support to growing businesses since 2004. Supporting Strategies’ skilled, experienced professionals use secure, best-of-breed technology and a proven process to deliver a full suite of services, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, financial reporting, and payroll administration. Supporting Strategies has more than 70 offices across 29 states and offers opportunities for franchisees to capitalize on the rising demand for outsourced bookkeeping and controller level services among growing businesses.

Franchise Business Review, a market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only ranking of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes rankings of the top franchises in its annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises, as well as guides throughout the year ranking the top franchises in specific sectors.

To select the companies on the list, Franchise Business Review analyzed 18 months’ worth of data from approximately 24,000 franchisees representing more than 280 brands. Franchise owners were asked about their brands’ innovation and creativity as well as their overall satisfaction with their brands and their likelihood to recommend them to others.

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Independent Research Data Shows Veteran Franchise Owners Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Performance

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was identified by independent franchisee satisfaction research firm, Franchise Business Review, as being just one of 80 franchises to qualify for its 2018 Top Franchises for Veterans list.

Supporting Strategies has provided efficient and effective outsourced bookkeeping services and operational support to growing businesses since 2004. Supporting Strategies’ skilled, experienced professionals use secure, best-of-breed technology and a proven process to deliver a full suite of services, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, financial reporting, and payroll administration. Supporting Strategies has more than 70 offices across 29 states and offers opportunities for franchisees to capitalize on the rising demand for outsourced bookkeeping and controller level services among growing businesses.

Franchise Business Review, a market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only ranking of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes rankings of the top franchises in its annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises, as well as guides throughout the year ranking the top franchises in specific sectors.

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