Gulf Franchising to open Pitman Training in Riyadh

A sub-franchise agreement was signed lately between GFC and Dar Al Maarifa, a leading Saudi educational group according to which several Pitman centers will be catering to both public and corporate clients in the capital, Riyadh.

"Pitman Training is one of our leading franchise sales opportunities for the GCC which offers IT, secretarial, and business skills diplomas and courses, and for which we foresee a great success in the Saudi market," commented Yasser Kouatly, Vice-president for strategic development at GFC.

"The Saudi trainees and students will be benefiting from the state-of-the-art teaching techniques to achieve the career of their dreams, while relying on a brand equity that has been evolving since 1837 and which has been selected as the top training center brand in London for 2007," added Mr. Kouatly.

GFC is perceived as the only Kuwaiti-based company to offer sub-franchising opportunities in the whole GCC region and covering three different franchise sectors: services, restaurants and fashion. GFC's capital has been recently approved to increase from KD11.8m to KD23m as to respond to a promising expansion plan of the company in the MENA region.