The register
The register lists Franchise Brands PLC in Macclesfield as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Franchise Brands PLC, number 10281033, incorporated 2016: 10 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at Ashwood Court Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, SK10 2XF, SK10 2XF. By its SIC codes the business is in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including FB Holdings PLC.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Franchise Brands PLC already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.