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Posts Tagged ‘franchise_community’
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 2nd August 2007.
People interested in franchising might well be interested to hear about the Kent Franchising Exhibition happening next month. It’s a show that does what it says on the tin - if you’re thinking of franchising and are in the area the show should give you some ideas.
The interesting thing for me is that this seems [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 12th July 2007.
Forgive the day-late posting but I was having my hair cut yesterday. Not much of a momentous occasion, you might think, and let’s be honest you’d have a point. However, it’s relevant because the Rush people, who beautify the Clapperton bonce, operate on the franchise model. And the bloke who was cutting my hair has [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 13th June 2007.
OK, first an apology - no civilised human being should ever use a word as clunky as ‘franchiseable’, let alone put it in a headline. Anyone with any ideas for a substitute is welcome to get in touch.
Nevertheless, I was reading an interesting article the other day on how you know your organisation is ready [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 6th June 2007.
Franchise News is carrying a story about Kall-Kwik, the printer, on its website here. Those of you who don’t want to click on the link needn’t bother - it’s about the Maidstone branch of that organisation getting coverage on The Apprentice, translating (into French) and printing a poster for one of the teams.
Presumably the hack [...]
Posted by Guy Clapperton on 23rd May 2007.
Sometimes you see something and it just looks right. This is an example of a franchise that appears interested in more than just running at a profit - it’s clearly got that in mind but it’s likely to put something back into its area, which in this case is roads. Granted, Autosheen is a car [...]
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