Mount Family Group named Select Staffing franchise business of the year

Select Staffing has named the Mount Family Group Ltd of Burlington its Franchise Business of the Year for 2010. The company operates Westaff franchises in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island and Remedy Intelligent Staffing franchises in Massachusetts and has revenues of approximately $26 million.
Pictured from left to right are: Irwin Much, Paul Sorensen, James Mount, Natalie Jordan, Steve Sorensen.
Mount Family Group Ltd is owned by James Mount of Colchester and Karen Mount of Williston.
James Mount added, ‘We were totally surprised. We won the award in 2009 and we did not expect to win it again this year. In many ways, this is more rewarding because Karen and I have just become the sole owners of Mount Family Group, having purchased all of the shares from David and Fran Mount in October.’
‘We are proud of this honor ‘ the second time we have been given this distinguished award. We are first among over 60 franchise owners and that makes us very proud of our work and the work of all of our associates and the nearly 40 employees of our company,’ said Karen Mount of the honor.
Locally, Mount Family Group has offices in Burlington, St. Albans, Barre, St. Johnsbury and Plattsburgh. Select Staffing is located in Santa Barbara, California and franchises Westaff and Remedy offices as well as operating staffing offices under the Select brand.
Photo of Karen Mount by Taslim Sidi of Bring To Light Photography.