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Franchising marketplace: a snapshot
Many aspiring franchisees waste their time targeting the wrong sectors, reveals the FranchiseSales.co.uk quarterly survey. The global survey of franchisors and franchisees, whose average age is 43 and 80% of ...
Video: Finding the Right Franchise
FranchiseSales.com Chairman Marcus Markou provides some tips on how to find the franchise opportunity that is right for you, in this short video. ...
Preparing your Business Plan
Planning is: Taking prudent, calculated risks rather than blindly reacting to events Making the best use of available resources Setting a path to achieve the lifestyle you want All businesses ...
Top Ten Tips on Choosing a Franchise
The benefits of the franchise model have been well established, but how do you decide which franchise is right for you? Suzie McCafferty, international development director of Smart Cartridge, one ...
The Franchise Agreement: the essentials
A franchise agreement is the contract you have to sign when you buy a franchise. It sets out the period of the franchise; the obligations that franchisor and franchisee have ...

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Case Studies

énergie Fitness For Women Franchisee - Kate Franklin
When Kate Franklin, an experience retail marketer and general manager decided that she wanted new challenges in her professional life she chose to look at franchises that included activities she ...
Richard Harrison and Jim’s Mowing UK
Richard Harrison has been the UK director of Jim’s Mowing since it expanded into the country three years ago, and is tasked with making the UK operation even bigger than ...
Card Connection franchisees: Cath Dorran and Margaret Roberts
Card Connection is one of the UK’s largest card publishers and is the market leader in the franchised distribution of greeting cards. A British Franchise Association member, it now has ...
Helen Dowling and Exceptional Thinking
A successful standalone business, Exceptional Thinking is now selecting its first franchisees. Its founder, Helen Dowling, talks to us about a franchise opportunity offering fairly regular hours, the chance to ...

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Consultants

MP-PR
MP-PR is a specialist PR consultancy with a firm focus on franchisee recruitment. It provides tailored publicity campaigns and lovingly crafted lead-management solutions that get results for franchisors. Through powerful ...
Sherrards Solicitors
Sherrards works with some of the biggest names in the UK and International franchising sector.Sherrards Solicitors is a long established and rapidly expanding commercial law firm.Its recent growth has been ...
FRANCHISE RESALES LIMITED
Franchise Resales are experts in managing the resales of existing franchised businesses. Approximately 30% of all purchasers of franchises in the UK do so through buying an existing business and ...
MatchPoint Franchise Consulting Network
Franchise Matching ServiceUse MatchPoint Network's Free Franchise Finder ServicesStart your own business today! With thousands of franchise systems available, you have a huge choice. As a result, the task of ...
Franchise Development Services
With 21 years experience, Franchise Development Services is the world's largest national and international Franchise Development organisation. FDS offer full brand development and market penetration solutions incorporating related management infrastructure, ...

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Events

Global Franchise Event Calendar
Please see below for a list of franchising events taking place throughout the world. US West Coast Franchise Expo - Los Angeles Convention Center 4 - 6 November 2011 www.wcfexpo.com ...

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Franchisor Information

Franchising marketplace: a snapshot
Many aspiring franchisees waste their time targeting the wrong sectors, reveals the FranchiseSales.co.uk quarterly survey. The global survey of franchisors and franchisees, whose average age is 43 and 80% of ...

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News

Franchising marketplace: a snapshot
Many aspiring franchisees waste their time targeting the wrong sectors, reveals the FranchiseSales.co.uk quarterly survey. The global survey of franchisors and franchisees, whose average age is 43 and 80% of ...
FranchiseSales.com Launches Improved User Friendly Website
With more than 1,500 franchise systems, FranchisesSales.com is the world’s largest website helping franchisors recruit qualified franchisees. Between Jan 08 – Jun 08; more than 50,000 individuals approached a franchise ...
Chemex Strengthens Team as Business Continues To Grow
Chemex International is strengthening its management team as part of the company’s continuing expansion. The company has appointed James Trahearn as a non executive chairman and Ron Hutton (both pictured ...
The Original Smoothie Company is Ripe For Expansion
This week sees a £500,000 placing by The Original Smoothie Company, the latest entrant into the fast-growing UK health drinks market. Founded by Lord Clanmorris, the Company is pursuing an ...
Apollo Blinds Appoints New Chief
Britain’s biggest blinds store chain, Apollo Blinds, has appointed a new general manager. Gary Chambers will head up the company which has more than 85 franchise stores in the UK ...

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Videos and Podcasts

Video: Activ Franchisees Talk About Their Success
Why choose Activ Web Design & SEO? In return for a relatively low investment we offer you the chance to to build and sustain a secure lucrative long term business ...

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