Franchises and Business Opportunities in the UK EN http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/75UGLRBKd-c/article.cfm CHAMPAGNE corks were popping at FASTSIGNS® York when the company won an award less than two years after going into business. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1704 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/qJpXzN6gHPo/article.cfm What do Franchisees really think about the ChariSnack franchise opportunity? We asked two franchisees to tell us about the experiences of owning a ChariSnack Franchise. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1705 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/eJNtcvW6AEA/alchemy-network-business-opportunity1706.cfm Comprehensive financing packages offered by a major bank are to be made available to prospective partners and consultants looking to join The Alchemy Network. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/alchemy-network-business-opportunity1706.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/L7LbjbMjZCQ/alchemy-network-business-opportunity1707.cfm A millionaire entrepreneur has spoken out to support the bonus culture, adding that generating earnings through boosting profit is the way that all business people should be rewarded. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/alchemy-network-business-opportunity1707.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/nIyMTulGkXY/article.cfm New Management Service Fee Structure Equals More Profit ? and Bigger Smiles ? for Kitchen Facelift Franchisees http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1708 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/kR4hCsewZlY/article.cfm founders of Marla Custom Blinds http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1709 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/LmZnLMZ8zpY/article.cfm What better endorsement for a franchise than when the business development manager reaches into his own pocket to buy a territory! http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1703 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/yZz7Ny6O_ag/charisnack-van-based-franchise1702.cfm What do Franchisees really think about the ChariSnack franchise opportunity? We asked two franchisees to tell us about the experiences of owning a ChariSnack Franchise. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/charisnack-van-based-franchise1702.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/wmVtdFDxew8/platinum-property-partners-franchise1700.cfm The property investment sector has had a turbulent couple of years and many landlords and investors have been forced out of the market by a lack of cashflow and capital. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1700.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/Ztr6VQ_LMsQ/blue-bird-care-franchise1701.cfm From local authority housing manager to successful businesswoman ? Sue Milakovic embodies the Bluebird Care success story. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/blue-bird-care-franchise1701.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/cIkIv_7x-j8/fast-signs-franchise1698.cfm Mark Wright, owner of FASTSIGNS® Bolton, has come up with a winning sponsorship deal with Bolton Arena. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/fast-signs-franchise1698.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/Zkq0pzONhm8/franchises-for-women1692.cfm It is a proven fact that active networking can significantly contribute to business growth. Start-up businesses find their first customers, micro-businesses increase their sales pipeline, and SMEs generate new streams of income through joint ventures, raising their profile, and adding to their client base. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/franchises-for-women1692.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/xblUg8M-Z9w/womens-franchises1693.cfm As a serious, or is that serial, networker I see many business cards daily. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/womens-franchises1693.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/076mhaAiGlc/franchises-for-women1694.cfm There''s no getting away from the fact that face-2-face networking is an essential part of any business?s marketing strategy - businesses ignore that fact at your peril! http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/franchises-for-women1694.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/KoGSf2yqwxs/franchising-over-50's1695.cfm Older entrepreneurs are a significant force behind the creation of new businesses. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), stated that 50 - 65 year-olds founded 27% of the successful start-ups between 2001 and 2005. The trend continues and many are turning to franchising. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/franchising-over-50's1695.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/64zmdr32XpU/article.cfm JENNY Boreham is on top of the world after winning a national award for FASTSIGNS® Chelmsford. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/article.cfm?id=1696 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/TjooMZIgsZI/fast-signs-franchises-for-women1697.cfm JENNY Boreham is on top of the world after winning a national award for FASTSIGNS® Chelmsford. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/fast-signs-franchises-for-women1697.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/bT3ol4o-hX0/auditel-franchise1699.cfm STUDENTS across North Lincolnshire will obtain the experience of running a business as part of a Young Enterprise scheme. The programme allows youngsters to set up their own real companies for a year and market a product, under the watchful eye of industry experts http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_november_2009/auditel-franchise1699.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/yrvzlAxiou0/orca-web-sites-franchise-Chichester1685.cfm ORCA Local Franchisee, Graham Youd, has quickly built up a substantial Franchise business in Chichester. Andrew Myers went to meet him? http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-web-sites-franchise-Chichester1685.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/U8qHTqjsRKE/orca-internet-franchise1686.cfm ...Dean Watmough, Managing Director of the ORCA Websites Franchise, offers some free advice to small businesses http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-internet-franchise1686.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/Y0bCjOaVn48/orca-web-design-franchise1687.cfm ?don?t? let your business flatline, get online! http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-web-design-franchise1687.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/EgUHINbNgso/orca-web-sites-franchise-franchisees1688.cfm ? last month saw more and more small businesses across the UK get online and start exploiting the commercial potential of the Internet! http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-web-sites-franchise-franchisees1688.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/gLFlLckQcUg/orca-local-franchise1689.cfm ... The ORCA Local Franchise is a great opportunity for you to help promote local businesses to local people http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-local-franchise1689.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/4M1DiXnE0rg/orca-website-franchise-online-business1690.cfm ... as the latest figures show a 12% rise in online sales year-on-year. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-website-franchise-online-business1690.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/iSCimnlcSIc/orca-web-sites-recession-proof-franchise1691.cfm ...Despite the recession, ORCA Franchisees are cashing in on small businesses? demand for the Internet. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/orca-web-sites-recession-proof-franchise1691.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/tqJgfgtxcJ4/0800-handyman-franchise1682.cfm 0800 Handyman is pleased to announce the launch of its first new franchise operation outside the Greater London area. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/0800-handyman-franchise1682.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/RaZo8s_8EE0/oven-clean-cleaning-franchise1683.cfm Sheree Parker is one of Ovenclean?s longest operating franchisees. She joined the network in 2001 and over eight years has built a highly successful management franchise. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/oven-clean-cleaning-franchise1683.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/roHD9_57iM4/allkare-recession-proof-franchise1684.cfm Business won?t dry-up for Allkare in a recession-proof industry http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/allkare-recession-proof-franchise1684.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/gwb0sBXRtpw/your-hipsearch-property-franchise1676.cfm Government plan to get out of recession with growth in the green economy http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/your-hipsearch-property-franchise1676.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/jFuslTe_y3w/your-hipsearch-green-franchise1677.cfm Your HIPsearch http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/your-hipsearch-green-franchise1677.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/JuLAFkjivdg/your-hipsearch-property-franchises1678.cfm Your HIPsearch http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/your-hipsearch-property-franchises1678.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/ncg1_vIIuws/your-hipsearch-franchise1679.cfm Carl Brookes, part of the YourHIPSearch Home Information Pack network http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/your-hipsearch-franchise1679.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/7SKaopafVOw/your-hipsearch-green-franchises1680.cfm YourHIPSearch to expand training centre locations http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/your-hipsearch-green-franchises1680.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/43JebxEl7EM/auditel-franchise1681.cfm Newark-based Gordon Brearley had 20 years of senior management experience with NatWest/Royal Bank of Scotland. He had already taken the plunge into self-employment as a banking industry consultant but this involved too much time away from home. He was convinced by the franchising model and working with a proven system which would enable him to ?quick-start? a business without having to develop a new concept. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/auditel-franchise1681.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/7VUTxKN-n1w/franchise show1617.cfm Regional franchise show organisers Job Done have announced that they are to stage the latest in their series of franchise roadshows at the brand new Milton Keynes football stadium & conference centre, Stadium:MK. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/franchise show1617.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/0e_vzEAFxxU/platinum-property-partners-franchise1666.cfm Judy Mizen, a married mother of three, worked as a physiotherapist, specialising in neurological rehabilitation, until her first child was born eleven years ago. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1666.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/B2ZPlZcWfWk/platinum-property-partners-franchise1667.cfm 2009 is providing some superb opportunities to acquire profitable property investments ? we?re unlikely to see again in our lifetime a series of circumstances when property investing has looked so attractive. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1667.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/zS1wzilbyYc/platinum-property-partners-franchise1668.cfm Simon and Anna Mackaness run a property investment franchise business from their home just outside Northampton, providing high-quality, all inclusive accommodation to working professionals. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1668.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/6uSkSFHKKyY/platinum-property-partners-franchise1669.cfm Sarah Walker, PPP Franchise Partner Investment location: Poole & Bournemouth, Dorset http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1669.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/hcmXpsqATBc/platinum-property-partners-franchise1670.cfm In times of economic recession, maintaining good levels of cashflow in your business is more important than ever. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1670.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/MePEm2JBEZw/platinum-property-partners-franchise1671.cfm Platinum Property Partners (PPP), the UK?s fastest growing buy to let property investment franchise has reported its busiest first quarter since the company launched in July 2007. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1671.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/h1WufSUnVEo/platinum-property-partners franchise1672.cfm In 2006 Neil Mansell was working as a business development manager in the City, in a job which his boss had told him offered no real prospects for advancement. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners franchise1672.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/zwShn-VNLmc/platinum-property-partners-franchise1673.cfm Re-defining the way we do business to take account of wider employee and community needs will help kick-start economic and social recovery, says entrepreneur and multi-millionaire property investor Steve Bolton. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1673.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/M7sdl7-AUyY/platinum-property-partners-franchise1674.cfm It''s all too easy in business, when the chips are down, to slash expenditure and take the attitude that you can't afford to focus on anyone or anything else. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1674.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/eDK2d-B2U-w/platinum-property-partners-franchise1665.cfm The concept that ?standing on the shoulders of giants? is the most efficient route to success has been proven time and again, so it?s no surprise that franchising, as a sector, has continued to flourish, even in these difficult times. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/platinum-property-partners-franchise1665.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/0qud3HoaZ3U/childrens-franchise1675.cfm NECK & NECK are about to inaugurate another sales outlet, this time online. Commencing this month, the companies merchandise can be purchased directly via their website. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/childrens-franchise1675.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/LaL-T43yv-4/video-inventory-franchise1661.cfm recently offered his advice to Frazer Fearnhead director of The Video Inventory Agency a company that helps protect landlords interests by providing video evidence to support written inventories on the condition of rented property. http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/video-inventory-franchise1661.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/jEch3UgpjNQ/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1662.cfm Attilio Crespi http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1662.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/MEwgrgHGC3g/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1663.cfm Joao Paulo Aveiro Canoso http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1663.cfm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/franchises/~3/kGJIEeWrIMQ/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1664.cfm Angel Blanco Salgado http://www.franchiseexpo.co.uk/franchise_news_october_2009/health-franchise-beyond-the-franchising1664.cfm