Before she had left her first Speed Dating event

9th March 2010

There was just one small problem at the time When the Music Stops was not a franchise business and didnt have what she wanted on offer. That didnt stop Susans enthusiasm however and by bending the ear of Mike Parker, When the Music Stops Managing Director, within a few months Susan had purchased the fore runner of todays franchise proposition and had given up her job at Royal Bank of Scotland to run her new business.
Almost 6 years down the track, Susan is now When the Music Stops longest serving franchisee and is still regularly running highly successful Dinner Parties, Speed Dating Events and Singles Party Nights in her exclusive Midlands area.

Says Susan: I enjoy speed dating events most of all, because its always so intriguing who gets together at the end of the evening I have always been a bit of a matchmaker for people I know and this is just the dream job as a consequence of that. But I also love a nice dressy occasion and so I do enjoy the dinner partys too, I try to organise them to a very high standard and that hard work behind the scenes does pay off particularly when there is some chemistry around the table and two people meet, that can be so pleasing for me and I get a real buzz from that aspect of my work. As an example I introduced Robert and Carolina in 2007 and theyre still together today just one of dozens of my successes

She continued: For Mums it is also a brilliant franchise for fitting in around your other commitments my son Mark was only 11 when I first took on the franchise and now I have a Grandchild too, who is Brooklyn aged 18 months. The other great thing is that Xanthea my eldest daughter has now come into the business too, which Im very proud about. Xanthea specialises in running the younger events, which gives the franchise an extra dimension too
So it is a franchise that has appealed to Susan over the years, its one that she still has considerable enthusiasm for and one that she gets a lot of satisfaction from. So the $64,000 question has to be would she recommend it?

Oh yes and I have done to many people over the years, it has worked very well for me and Im now just about to undertake my training for our new Matchmakers product, its all free within When the Music Stops, which is brilliant so yes Id say go for it and come and join our growing team