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Apples and Apples or Apples and Pears?
Chris Roberts – Director, Franchise Finance Ltd Chris Roberts of Franchise Finance discusses the difficulty of comparing figures from different franchisees. We would all probably agree that comparisons...
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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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As the franchise exhibition season gets underway
Cathryn Hayes Head of Franchising HSBC Bank plc Cathryn Hayes of HSBC provides some tips to help your new franchisees get finance as the franchise exhibition season gets closer. “As the franchise...
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Easing the pain of term renewals
Simon Pullum – Managing Director, Azura Group Simon Pullum of The Azure Group talks about methods for renewing franchise terms: “Phew, it’s over again for a few weeks. As the end of each term...
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Useful tips on exhibiting successfully
Sally Butters is Director of Media at Coconut Creatives Sally Butters of Coconut creatives gives you some ideas on how to prepare for a franchise exhibition, and how to get the most out of it on the...
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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 much service fee am I owed?
Simon Pullum – Managing Director, Azura Group Simon Pullum of The Azura Group discusses management service fees and how best to calculate them. “How Much Service Fee am I owed? – The perennial question...
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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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Making the right payment choice
Richard Holden, head of franchising at Lloyds TSB Commercial Richard Holden of Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking discusses payment options and the importance of making the right choice: “As technology...
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Is your franchise ready for PAYE changes?
Rhea Samrai of Dennis & Turnbull talks about the upcoming changes to PAYE: “From the 6th of April, changes to the PAYE process using Real Time Information (RTI) will take effect. A recent survey of...
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The Sticky Issue of Restrictive Covenants Part 2 – Holding Over
Fiona Boswell – Senior Associate Solicitor, Freeth Cartwright LLP Fiona Boswell, Senior Associate Solicitor at Freeth Cartwright LLP and Head of FC Franchise Build, Manage, Grow, Exit ™ Unit, discusses...
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How much is ‘Sweethearting’ costing your franchise?
Richard Dorf, Managing Director of PXtech Richard Dorf of PXtech warns of ‘sweethearting’, where employees give free goods away to friends and family: “Most of us will be familiar with spending money...
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Social Seedia!
Ian Fox & Annette Du Bois, Professional Social Media Managers and founders ofwww.smangel.co.uk/ Ian Fox and Annette Du Bois of ‘smangel’ discuss how best to use social media to benefit your...
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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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Who owns your franchisees’ customer data?
Jim Connell is Business Developer at Wildfire Technology Ltd Jim Connell of Wildfire Technology hosted a discussion to answer this question. Here he discusses the results. “Recently I posed this...
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The process of becoming different
Ian Nicholson of OfficeTeam discusses how you can undertake change with your franchise network. “Making minor changes to your process flows or consolidated purchasing before they are forced upon you...
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Online Booking Systems
Simon Pullum – Managing Director, Azura Group Simon Pullum discusses the advantages of using online booking systems to keep on time of franchise payments. “For many Children’s activity franchise...
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