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The 2010 bfa/NatWest survey revealed

28-04-2010 Franchise industry contributes £11.8bn to UK economy despite recession Highlights: • 94 per cent optimistic about future business • Nine out of ten... read more »

Independence day for Threshers franchisees

18-03-2010 Independence day for Threshers franchisees   The administrator of First Quench Retail Ltd, KPMG, is offering surrenders of the headleases for the majority of the... read more »

The new face of ChipsAway

18-03-2010 The new face of ChipsAway   Automotive franchise ChipsAway has unveiled Channel Five's lively presenter of Fifth Gear, Vicki Butler-Henderson, as the famous face... read more »

Future outlook

18-03-2010 Future outlook   "The latest study on the franchise industry reported 1.4 per cent growth for 2010*, many times greater than government projections for the UK... read more »

Franchisor awards on its 21st anniversary

18-03-2010 Franchisor awards on its 21st anniversary   Express Newspapers and HSBC join the British Franchise Association to recognise and celebrate the best in ethical... read more »

The youth of today

18-03-2010 The youth of today   Unemployment amongst the under 25s has reached 923,000 - should more be done to bring youthful enterprise into franchising?   With almost... read more »

Climb the SEO ladder

28-04-2009 It's time to learn the starting steps for SEO techniques. Vesna Siljanovska gets straightforward advice from the online experts Online media is like the video that... read more »

A positive outlook

28-04-2009 The times are tough, but play your cards right and your fortune cookie could point to a prosperous future, explains Vesna Siljanovska The redundancy level for the last... read more »

Why franchising is still lovin' McDonald's

28-04-2009 Alison Church speaks to Derek Rogers of McDonald’s about the unique selling points of one of the world’s most renowned fast food chains In last year’s... read more »

Spotlight on UEA

28-04-2009 The mysteries of the Middle East are unravelled by Marcus Wallman to reveal a franchise market that is rapidly expanding When walking from the car park of the Dubai... read more »

Marketing Feature - generate enquiries and reach your online goals

28-04-2009 Prospective clients visit your website to ‘check you out’ so your website must be fresh, current and generate enquiries for you. Sarah Cook explains how you can... read more »

In it for the long haul...

20-03-2009 The franchise sector has many key affiliated companies that provide services to support it; and in the current economic climate, it has never been so important for franchisors... read more »

How big is your carbon footprint?

20-03-2009 Save money and cut back on budgets are probably some of the rather sobering words we’ve all been hearing of late. However, thanks to a recent standard that has been... read more »

Train your franchisees to be the best in sales!

20-03-2009 How can I ensure my franchisees are selling at their best? This is the question often asked by many franchisors. Never before has it been so important for franchisors to ensure... read more »

Spotlight on Mexico

20-03-2009 Mexico, with its rustic charm and dramatic arts, appears to be nurturing its franchise industry to ensure steady growth; Ferenz Feher Tocatli, CEO of Feher & Feher, reveals... read more »

When times are hard, efficiency is essential

20-03-2009 Few franchisees would have lived through a recession and fewer still may be notching this up as their fourth says Bharat Patel, a chartered accountant and CEO of X-Genics, who... read more »

Franchise spotlight on Portugal

30-08-2008 Spotlight on Spain and Portugal   The hottest franchise markets in Europe Football is not the only thing that gives Spain reason to celebrate. Along with its... read more »

Hot leads generated this summer

26-08-2008 Hot leads generated this summer   It hasn’t all been about Pimms, strawberries and ice cream this summer. The British Franchise Exhibition held at the SECC in... read more »

What is so good about franchising

25-08-2008 What’s so good about franchising…? It seems franchising has it all, but franchisors just need to shout a little louder, discovers Vesna Siljanovska If you were to... read more »

Franchisor News - Autumn 08

21-08-2008 New consumer law affects franchisors and franchisees Franchisors in the retail and leisure fields will need to understand and help their franchisees comply with The Consumer... read more »