Headquartered in Singapore and with representation in the USA, Every Franchise aims to provide efficient methods for potential franchisees to find an ideal franchise to match their income and lifestyle expectations.

Franchises are categorised by industry and by the amount of investment required, therefore making the search easy and fast. Franchisors are notified immediately by email each time a franchise sales lead is generated.

Lava IP International can also help companies turn their existing businesses into operations which can be easily franchised, through a combination of intellectual property consulting, franchise consulting, systems design, workflow analysis, and international marketing.

For more information, please visit www.everyfranchise.com, or contact us directly at info@wearelava.com.

Hong Kong has a population of seven million people, which is 95 percent Chinese, four percent other Asians and one percent European. Wine consumers in Hong Kong are likely to be the more Westernised Chinese, Europeans and expatriates working there.

This introductory reports provides a distinctive overview of the wine market in Hong Kong, with statistics, distribution channels network, a description of the position of wine in Hong Kong society, as well as trends and market entry positioning strategies.

This reports provides a roadmap for wine producers that are looking to increase their presence in Hong Kong, or are considering it as a gateway to export to China.

For more details about this report on the wine industry in Hong Kong, or to purchase a copy, please contact us at info@wearelava.com.

Australia has recently overtaken France as the market leader in the Malaysian wine market. With 5.8 million litres exported annually to Malaysia, the country represents an ideal opportunity for wine producers.

This introductory reports represents a solution for international wine producers who are aiming at selling or increasing their presence in Malaysia.

With distinctive information and statistics about the current wine market in Malaysia, including trends, habits of consumption, distribution channels and marketing positioning strategies, wine producers will be given a tool to make the most of Malaysia.

If you would like to find out more about this latest study, please contact our research team at info@wearelava.com.

The Netherlands does not produce wine but the Dutch are heavy wine consumers. With one of the highest standards of living in Europe, the Netherlands represents a major opportunity for wine producers looking to export their products.

This report is aimed towards wine producers who are interested in exporting their products to the Netherlands. It gives an overview of the current situation and position of wine in the Dutch society, with its consumption trends and habits, distribution channels recommendations, and market entry suggestions.

It also explains how international wine producers can enter the Dutch market and increase their market share.

To find out more about this report, or to order a copy, please contact us today at info@wearelava.com.

Belgium is at the centre of major European trade opportunities. With a rising wine consumption, the Kingdom represents a real opportunity for wine producers to export in a wealthy market.

This introductory report gives an overview of the current situation of the wine market in Belgium, current trends, and the position of wine in Belgium in both Flanders and Wallonia.

With its positioning strategies, useful channel distribution strategies and market entry recommendations, this report is a perfect tool for wine producers looking to enter the Belgian market or increase their market share.

For more details about this report, or to purchase a copy, please contact us at info@wearelava.com.

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Finding buyers can be a major challenge. Often it’s easy to identify companies that can ‘in theory’ buy your products and services – but how do you gain physical access to them?

Lava IP International helps our clients find real people within organizations that want to buy their products and services on a weekly basis. These Purchasing Managers and Procurement Directors want to know more about the benefits of relevant products and services from the international marketplace, and we help our clients ensure that they are part of this continual process.

We can help you answer many key questions, including:

• How do I get in front of the right people who make the purchasing decisions for my product or service?
• How can I reach out to buyers in a way that is meaningful to them?
• How can I find out which specific aspect of my product or service are likely to be most important to them?
• Which international markets are most receptive to my kind of product?
• Will I need to have a local presence there?
• When is the right time to approach a particular company?
• How can I assist with their decision making process during the buying cycle?
• How can I get involved with new buyers without physically having to visit them?
• How can I find out about local packaging or labelling regulations?
• To what extent do I have to localize my product?
• Which ‘easy wins’ can I take advantage of without having to set up a permanent sales office in a new market?

With a proven track record of identifying buyers for clients across Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Lava IP International has a solution for you no matter what your budget.

If you want to find new buyers in new markets, please contact us and tell us more about which countries you wish to target, together with the scale of your ambitions and we will be happy to discuss your plans with you further.

Initially put together at the request of a major Singapore public company, and drawing on the best practices of Lava IP International’s strategic planning projects over the past two years, the brand new TGD system enables companies to aggressively enter multiple international markets simultaneously and to turn them into organizations with a truly global footprint.

This is a very fast way for an organization to develop globally, and can help turn any successful national or regional business into an international success.

If you are seeking international business expansion and are considering investing in any international marketing or business development growth activities this year, make sure that you compare what the TGD programme has to offer.

Core features of the 10-month programme include:

• Market Entry and Business Development in 10+ Countries

Target the USA, Canada, UAE, UK, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, and The Philippines (or any other 10+ countries of your choice) simultaneously

• Intellectual Property Consulting

Leverage your company’s intellectual property and learn how to use local patent searches to give you a competitive advantage in each new market

• Legal Frameworks

Establish a solid, enforceable legal framework in which to operate your international operations as efficiently as possible

• Systems Consulting

Streamline your reporting systems so that your global sales activity is easier to monitor, benchmark your internal and external operational procedures, and gain an insight into current industry best practices in different regions

• Marketing

Learn new ways to develop business-to-business leads across different cultures and turn them into satisfied clients, as well as how to audit your internal marketing resources to find areas to improve

• Website Optimization

Gain fresh insight into Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Platform Benchmarking

• Advertising/Media Opportunities

Quickly identify niche-specific advertising and media opportunities for your company in each of the target markets

• No Disruption to Your Business

Your staff are free to continue with their core tasks as normal whilst the TGD programme is implemented, with the TGD programme requiring no travel and taking up no more than 1 hour per week of your current resources

• Guaranteed Results

All results are guaranteed, with no hidden costs

• An Immediate Start – No Waiting

No waiting for months for the project to be completed – you and your team can expect results within 1 week of starting

Leveraging on the work Lava IP International has completed for international private and public companies, this one-stop solution is aimed at larger SMEs, franchises and public companies that are looking for ways to expand their operations and client bases into new territories very quickly and efficiently, with maximum impact and minimum risk.

Private equity companies may also find the TGD programme of value for portfolio companies for which they need to drive international growth.

The TGD programme is an effective mix of consulting, hands-on implementation, project management, and operational excellence which draws on the strengths of Lava IP International’s unique mix of services.

For more details, deliverables, and available pricing options, please contact us today at info@wearelava.com.

Asia’s ASEAN region has set up a Free Trade Zone with China, which has been the world largest manufacturer for at least 3,000 of the last 4,000 years.

In 1850, China represented 33% of world GDP compared to Britain’s 32%, and just 2% for the embryonic USA.

In the intervening century, trade with the West contracted. However, in 1979 the Chinese government introduced economic reforms and began opening China to the outside world.

Since then China has enjoyed 30 years of 6-14% annual GDP growth, averaging 9% growth per year over the period.

On January 1^st this year, China and the 10 South East Asian members of ASEAN joined together to scrap tariffs and create a Free Trade Area spanning more than 1.9 billion people, hundreds of languages, 11 countries and three time zones.

The combined GDP for the new free trade zone is US$5.8 trillion, or 10% of Global GDP (2008 figures).

With Europe and the US in recession, this new economic zone will quickly rival the European Economic Area (EEA) and the countries included in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

“Since the financial crisis, demand for goods has declined from Europe and the United States,” said Dr. Tang Min, Deputy Secretary General of the China Development Research Foundation, based in Beijing.

“If the zone grows to include Japan, Korea or even Australia, it could be a similar size to the North American market. China’s goal is to quadruple GDP in 20 years, which implies an average 7.3% annual growth“, he added.

This new trade zone represents a significant source of new business for UK manufacturers and service companies in all sectors, from Software to Soft Drinks, Financial Services to Franchising, Education to Environment and Construction to Cosmetics.

In Financial Services, for example, Singapore has this year been ranked by the World Economic Forum above Hong Kong as the world’s 4th most important financial centre, up from 10th position in 2007.

From Indonesia to Malaysia and from China to Thailand, the whole region is rapidly industrializing, globalizing, urbanizing and consumerizing, driven by a fast growing, young middle class who have known nothing but rising expectations and upward mobility.

In Indonesia, for example, the middle class is estimated to have grown from just under 35m people to over 45m people between 2008 and 2010, as is the huge increase in personal disposable income that accompanies such growth.

In fact, the size of the fast-growing middle class in Indonesia is now larger than the entire populations of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland and Portugal combined.

The most common problems faced by Western organizations seeking to enter Asian markets are:

• Management culture and business methods
• Navigating Local and Central Bureaucracy
• Unclear Regulations and unpredictable Interpretation
• Lack of Transparency
• Contract Enforcement
• Economic nationalism

Lava IP International Pte Ltd is a business development company based in Singapore, the country that leads the entire ASEAN-China Free Trade Area in terms of transparency and having a business-friendly environment.

In 2009, Transparency International ranked Singapore as the 3rd most transparent economy worldwide, after New Zealand and Denmark. The next closest territories and countries within the new Free Trade Zone are Hong Kong, in 12th place worldwide, and after that Brunei, in 39th place worldwide.

For easy and transparent access to this multi-trillion dollar Free Trade Zone, there are many reasons why many British SMEs and multinationals are seeing Singapore as the perfect entry point.

Lava IP International can help companies and organizations to successfully enter this new and fast growing trade zone by offering:

• ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Business Development
• ASEAN-China Market Entry Strategies
• Country-Specific Services, Contacts & Insight
• ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Business Matching & Lead Generation
• Custom ASEAN-China B2B Market Research

A full list of Lava IP International’s services for government trade organizations, public companies and SMEs can be found at http://www.wearelava.com.

Lava IP International covers markets globally from its Head Office in Singapore and through its network of international regional associates.

Lava IP International Pte. Ltd.

Registered Office: The Peninsular, 3 Coleman Street #03-29, Singapore 179804

Company Registration Number: 200803238K

Tel: +65 9725 5229 (Singapore)

Tel: 07743 968 931 (UK)

Fax: +65 6742 4171

UK enquiries – please contact ken.garner@lavaip.com

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Lava IP helps companies find new distributors – or in some cases better distributors – for companies on a weekly basis. We don’t just look at quantitative metrics, such as market share – we assess a potential distributor or reseller’s complete service offering and level of capability, and match this to your own business requirements.

This makes it possible for us to match companies with well-suited distributors and resellers that really want to work with you – not just to enhance their overall product offering, but because they fully intend to promote your products and services, and they have the capability to deliver success.

On a larger scale, we are even ready to set up a turnkey global distribution network for you – whether it be 4 countries in your key target markets, or a network of distributors in 50 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, The Middle East and Africa. We can set up standardized reporting systems, metrics, and KPIs so that you can measure your success and avoid creating a highly fragmented distribution system.

We can help you answer many important questions, including:

• Which qualities of a potential distributor are going to be most important and most relevant for my business over the short-, medium-, and long-term?
• How can I benefit from a distributor or reseller stocking one of my competitor’s products?
• How can I compare different distributors more accurately?
• Should I work with a distribution partner that is already distributes similar products, or might it be better to work with a company that is distributing complementary products? When is this most important?
• How important is market share?
• Why do my distributors seem to have ‘lost interest’ in promoting my product range?
• My distributor in Country X seems to have disappeared. How can I get back on track?
• How can I best incentivize companies in my distribution network?
• What common – and not so common – mistakes are there when it comes to appointing distributors in new markets?

If you are not getting the results you expect from your international distribution partners – or would like to set up a regional or global distribution network for your products, please contact us and tell us more about your requirements and we would be happy to discuss your plans further.