By Bethany Wales Franchise Brands, the franchise company behind brands including Barking Mad and Filta, has more than doubled its revenue for the second year in a row following its latest acquisition. The Macclesfield-based company revealed that its statutory revenue jumped from just under £70m to £121m in 2023, boosted by its purchase of Pirtek Europe for £210.8m that April. Franchise, which is AIM listed, said that since the buyout Pirtek had “traded at record levels” and that it continued to “contribute as expected to the group’s results”. The business achieved a similar doubling in scale t…