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Advantages of home and garden franchises
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd There are more than 26 million homes in the UK, and more are being built all the time to serve the growing population. What better way to...
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Left the Forces? Try franchising
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd If you’ve just finished serving in the Armed Forces and are looking around for your next step, franchising could be an option. Many...
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Have you been mystery shopped?
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd On Wednesday the 7th of November, franchise suppliers from around the UK will be exhibiting at the Franchise Supplier Showcase at the...
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Keeping costs down for your franchise network
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd In the early months of the recession, companies took major action to reduce their costs, often in the form of large-scale redundancies....
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What you should consider when setting your franchise fee
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd The initial franchise fee you set when starting your franchise sends a very important message to potential franchisees. There are several...
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Start the preparation for a successful 2013 NOW
Sally Butters is Director of Media at Coconut Creatives Many franchisors find the task of planning the next steps in their franchise recruitment a daunting task but with just a few simple steps you can...
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How are your franchisees’ management skills?
Steve Jones – Managing Director, Select Your Franchise UK Ltd A recent survey by time.effective.com asked business owners to assess their own management skills in five key areas – sales, marketing,...
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Relationships – how to maintain the ‘romance’ in franchising
Jim Connell is Business Developer at Wildfire Technology Ltd Most business conflicts are not about “this or that”; when you get to the bottom of it they are more likely to be about “you and me”. We...
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Are you managing your IT or using IT to manage your franchised business?
Jason Paton, Managing Director of Blue Rising Systems IT Systems play a vital role in the management and recording of business processes and transaction information. For franchisors, ensuring accurate...
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Keeping your franchise going in the recession
Richard Holden – Head of Franchising, Lloyds TSB Commercial Richard Holden from Lloyds TSB Commercial has some interesting comments on how franchisees can keep their businesses going despite the...
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Territory Mapping – A cost or an investment?
Jon Bellamy, Managing Director for Atlas Mapping Franchise territory mapping can be seen as one of those tasks where you can cut out the middle man and do the work yourself. Jon Bellamy of Atlas...
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Top tips for leveraging your industry experience for a better life
Are you keen to become your own boss? Do you know how to choose the right route to build your own successful business? Here are some tips to help you leverage a better lifestyle and income in the...
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The 5 questions franchisee candidates will always ask
Dimitri Kyprianou of Tech4T discusses the questions prospective franchisees usually have about their franchise territories. ‘What franchise territories are available near my home? The key here is to...
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Does cloud computing offer your franchise business a silver lining?
Jim Connell is Business Developer at Wildfire Technology Ltd Jim Connell of Wildfire Technology Ltd has some great ideas about how to manage your franchisees effectively as your network grows. “How...
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The Census 2011 – A powerful and must have dataset for B2C Franchisors
Jon Newsum-Smith, GIS Project Manager for Overview Mapping Jon Newsum-Smith of Overview Mapping discusses the benefits of the 2011 census in franchise territory mapping. ‘Despite just entering 2013,...
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An intelligent perspective on increasing revenue
Jon Bellamy, Managing Director for Atlas Mapping Jon Bellamy from Atlas Mapping discusses the benefits of plotting your customers’ locations for increasing revenue for your business. “With the right...
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How videos can be a powerful tool to promote your franchise
Sally Butters is Director of Media at Coconut Creatives Sally Butters of Coconut talks about the role played by videos in franchise marketing. “Videos have become an essential marketing tool in the...
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How to change a territory border
Stuart Lee, Sales and Marketing Director of Atlas Mapping Stuart Lee of Atlas Mapping discusses the available options to help make informed decisions about changing franchise territory borders. “It is...
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Managing National Accounts
Simon Pullum – Managing Director, Azura Group Simon Pullum of the Azura Group provides advice on how to manage your national accounts. “In many networks National Accounts are a key source of additional...
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The breaking point of a flexible territory offering
Stuart Lee, Sales and Marketing Director of Atlas Mapping Stuart Lee of Atlas Mapping discusses the unforseen implications of adding small urban areas to a franchise territory: “An optimised franchise...
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