Franchising News

A new affiliate relationship has been announced between leading franchise consultant Franchise Your Business and marketing and PR specialist, Coconut Creatives. The alliance has been formed to promote and support franchisors...

A record 471,500 new businesses opened their doors in 2007, the highest annual volume since Barclays started tracking the market in 1988. However, closures increased significantly during the same period. Over...

More than 10 million Brits dream of leaving their job and starting their own business, according to new research from Business Link.35 per cent of workers have recently thought about setting...

Half of the UK’s small businesses waste more than 24 working days a year on non-core business activity such as finance, IT and human resources, according to the latest research from...

New research has revealed that £18.6billion is owed to the UK’s small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) because of late payments. This is an increase of £2.6billion on the previous year. The research...

With climate change likely to increase the risk of extreme weather and floods, the Environment Agency is advising all businesses to take some simple steps to prepare for flooding.Small businesses are...

Despite an uncertain economic backdrop, the growth of franchising continues to gain momentum, according to the latest NatWest/British Franchise Association survey.The report reveals that the industry is now worth a record...

Eighty-three per cent of small to medium-sized enterprises in Britain are not charging interest on late payments - despite the fact that legislation allowing this was introduced almost a decade ago.This...