Franchising in the UK

The Franchise Development Centre

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If you considering hiring franchise consultants to assist in the development of your business, just take a minute to think about the potential impact they can have.

Choose well and they should be instrumental in helping to develop a franchise network that could generate significant profits for you. Make a poor choice and not only have you wasted your consultancy fees, but more importantly your business might miss out on those profits from franchising or even, incur losses if not done correctly - it's a big decision.

You should speak to more than one firm of consultants and compare what each has to offer, find out who they have worked with and ask for evidence of success.

There are a number of things to look for in a good franchise consultant. Below is a list of attributes that we insist on as a minimum standard for our team - feel free to use it as a checklist when interviewing other consultants.

Each one of our professional consultants:

• Is BFA accredited and takes the BFA's Qualified Franchise Professional qualification.
• Is part of a company that can show a long track record in working successfully with a range of franchised businesses.
• Has themselves got practical experience of running a franchise business.
• Has received formal training within an established consultancy group.
• Is part of a company that requires continuous professional development to ensure knowledge and skills stay leading edge.
• Is part of a company that can take care of all your franchising needs including initial development and launch, franchisee recruitment, staff recruitment, training, international expansion and more.
• Is part of a company that will not try and push you towards a particular supplier, form of advertising or favoured lawyer.
• Is focused on providing the solution you need rather than an off the shelf package that may or may not be suitable.
• Has high values of honesty and integrity, enjoys their work and gains genuine pleasure from seeing you succeed.

Franchising a business is a journey. Choose a consultant and team who will be with you every step of the way to help, support and guide you with your best interests at heart.

You can find out more about good franchise consultants here.

International Franchising

The International Franchising Centre

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Cross border franchising is the heavyweight category of franchising and you need top class professionals to see you through. International franchising is NOT domestic franchising plus a bit of translation!

A good international franchise consultant requires skills and knowledge that can only come with specialising in this field over a long period of time.

Below is a list of attributes that we insist on as a minimum standard for our team - feel free to use it as a checklist when interviewing other consultants.

In making your decision here are some factors to consider:

• We have unparalleled experience having worked with over 200 international franchised businesses on four continents.
• Our consultants have personal experience of running international franchise businesses.
• Our consultants have received formal training within an established consultancy group.
• We require that our consultants maintain a programme of continuous professional development to ensure knowledge and skills stay leading edge.
• We can take care of all your international franchising needs in-house including initial development and launch, franchisee recruitment, staff recruitment, training, international roll out and more.
• We have a professional network of 30 associates around the globe to support your expansion.
• Is part of a company that will not try and push you towards a particular supplier, form of advertising or favoured lawyer.
• Is focused on providing the solution you need rather than an off the shelf package that may or may not be suitable.
• Has high values of honesty and integrity, enjoys their work and gains genuine pleasure from seeing you succeed.
Our team has the unsurpassed experience, knowledge, contacts and track record to make sure you achieve your goals on time, cost effectively. No matter what aspect of international franchising  you are considering contact us now and receive the full support of the UK's top team.

You can find out more about good international franchise consultants here.