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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 5th July 2007.
Now this is the sort of thing I like. Long-term readers might recall a few weeks ago I mentioned what I saw as the pointlessness of franchises entering and winning franchise awards since not all franchises shared anything in common.
There were a few comments, not least from the guv’nor round these parts, suggesting I wasn’t [...]
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 30th May 2007.
Since starting this blog I’ve looked at a lot of sites concerning franchising as you can imagine - more than I’d normally have done, even given my usual small business focus.
It’s sadly becoming an unaccustomed pleasure to find one that gets it right, but here’s one. The Which Franchise website isn’t actually all that elegant; [...]
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