Franchise Articles


Feb 10, 2017

5 Reasons to buy a Franchise

Most of us dream of leaving our dull nine-to-five office jobs and the humdrum of regular working life and striking out on our own as entrepreneurs. But why should we choose franchising as a route to...
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Feb 10, 2017

Women in Franchising

Research suggests that more women than ever are looking at self-employment as an alternative to employed and corporate professions. This is for a number of reasons: women are still finding it...
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Feb 10, 2017

What to Look for in a Franchise

For budding entrepreneurs considering franchising as their route to success and self-employment, the temptation to leap straight into a franchise purchase can be overwhelming. And certainly...
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Feb 10, 2017

Top Ten Most Popular Franchise Industries

#topTen ol {margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 80px;} #topTen ol li{margin-bottom:12px;} Every year brings its trends and fashions and the franchise industry also follows suit, with a changing...
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Feb 10, 2017

Questions and Answers with Brian Duckett

What's the difference between a 'franchise' and a 'business format franchise'? A franchise is simply a right or privilege granted to a person, or a corporation, to do something. That something...
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Feb 10, 2017

What is Franchising?

What is Franchising? Franchising turnover in the UK in 2010 was £12.4 billion. In addition to that, over 521,000 jobs were attributable to franchising and there were over 890 different business...
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Feb 10, 2017

Questions and Answers with Brian Duckett

How can I best prepare prior to attending a franchise exhibition? When you start the process of investigating which franchises you want to shortlist for further consideration, you should build a...
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Feb 10, 2017

Understanding The Franchise Agreement

If you have never looked at a franchise agreement before, at first glance it may seem that lawyers do all they can to make it as complicated as possible! To the prospective franchisee this will be...
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Feb 10, 2017

A Brief History of Franchising

Like most things American, its origins can be found in Europe. The word Franchise comes from ancient French language and means holder of a privilege or right. In the middle ages what we now know as a...
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