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Posts Tagged ‘franchise’
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 21st May 2008.
All this talk recently about the economy and how we’re all doomed has of course distracted us from the main thrust of business discussion at the moment - who’s going to do well on The Apprentice?
Yes I know, I’m supposed to be writing either about business and finance or franchising. But The Apprentice is now [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 27th February 2008.
I was looking at the Franchise Chat website the other day when a piece caught my eye - the Independent had reported on the sale of the Pret a Manger business.
The item had my attention for two reasons. First, being picky, I wondered why the franchise people were interested because Pret hires staff rather than [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 13th February 2008.
…regular readers who want to see more on franchises (Wednesday used to be franchise day on this blog but we expanded it to include finance as well) could do decidedly worse than to click here. You’ll find a podcast from The Franchise Show.
There are interviews with high-turnover franchisors and franchisees, as well as a blog [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 30th January 2008.
People who want to enter franchising might like a quick glance at the 2008 British Franchise Directory which is now available, and before you ask, neither I nor SmallBizPod have any connection with the publication.
One of the best things about it is that the publishers have made it so much more than a simple directory. [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 9th August 2007.
Something that’s often worth reading is the thoughts of franchise owners that come my way occasionally. One such franchise is Domino’s Pizza, which sends me a monthly bulletin. This month it was about the value of advertising and how to piggyback a national campaign from your parent company. Here are some relevant extracts:
“… a [...]
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