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This section provides advice to help you understand what goes into running a franchise. We hope to be able to help you decide which franchise is best for you.
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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 ...
- The Misadventures of Franchise Sam
- Have you met Franchise Sam? He wants to run his own business, but never quite gets it right. Take a look at the cartoons below to see his attempts and ...
- Video: Understanding the Essentials of the Franchise Agreement
- Are you looking to buy a franchise? Then it’s essential you understand the franchise agreement before signing with a franchisor. Manzoor Ishani, a Senior Consultant Solicitor at Sherrards, guides potential ...
- Video: Benefits of Owning a BFA Accredited Franchise
- Mike Goddard, Chairman of the British Franchise Association (BFA), discussed the importance of choosing a BFA accredited franchise with FranchiseSales.co.uk. The BFA selects its candidates on a standards based system, ...
- Working out How Much Money Your Franchise Will Make
- By Robina Every, managing director of Card Connection You can minimise the risk that comes with starting a new venture by buying a franchise with a proven sales model. However, ...
- 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. ...
- What Do I Do Now?
- Very often potential franchisees tend to get excited over the latest new franchise opportunity - without any thought about whether it is the best business model, the right return-on-investment or ...
- Raising Venture Capital
- Mary Erb (right) from leading corporate law firm Heatons, explains how to set about raising funds to turn your business ambitions into profitable reality through the search for venture capital. ...
- 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 ...
- Don’t Pay Too Much National Insurance
- If you have income from more than one job, or if you have self employment income as well as being employed, you should take care to ensure that you do ...
- 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 ...
- How Franchisees Are Selected
- Working as a franchisee for a franchise means that you are working in partnership with another business. Different franchises look for different qualities in their franchisees. Certain franchise opportunities also ...
- Selling Your Franchise in the Future
- A franchise is a business; therefore, it is important for every business owner to have an exit strategy for his franchise. Every year hundreds of successful franchises are sold providing ...
- Franchising: the Pros and Cons
- Buying a franchise is, in many ways, the easiest way into the business world for the budding entrepreneur. But it also means sacrificing a degree of independence and control - ...
- Franchising: what's it all about?
- In essence, franchising is a means of growing an established business through the licensing of its business format and brand to an individual business person. The entrepreneur then owns a ...
