Running a franchise Articles

If you could increase employee motivation and satisfaction in the workplace by 60 per cent right now, would you? I appreciate 60 per cent sounds like the kind of promise you...

What’s the best way to reduce late payment to a minimum? I try to keep my three-year-old self in check, but when it comes to late payers I can’t help stamping my...

Love it or loathe it, technology continues to advance. And in terms of consumer behaviour, it would seem the general public love the convenience of technology. In 2020, it’s estimated that...

When I ask prospective franchisees: “What’s your exit strategy?” most of them are surprised and a bit bewildered. Some say: “I haven’t even started yet”, “I haven’t thought about it”, or...

The NatWest/British Franchise Association survey revealed that the hotel and catering franchise sector was one of the most popular types of franchises to run. As someone who has been working in...

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2020 is the year of the rat. However, for franchisees 2020 is set to be the year of bookkeeping. With HMRC’s Making Tax Digital initiative coming...

It’s a fact: franchises are far more resilient than non-franchise start-ups. While 58 per cent of non-franchise businesses fail in their first five years, 82 per cent of franchises thrive way...

An often used characterisation of the franchise model is that buying a franchise is akin to buying a ‘business in a box’. In some ways, this oversimplification seems fair. The brand is...