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What is a franchise? All about franchising Franchising is a very complex area, but if you do your research properly and as a consequence manage to find the right franchise for you, it can be very rewarding. Before however you start to look at franchise opportunities of interest, you need to initially understand what franchising is and if it is the right route into business for you. Following our franchise guidelines as outlined in this section will help you to answer the important questions to ask when buying a franchise business such as “why buy a franchise?”, “I want to buy a franchise, where do I start?”, “What do you need to buy a franchise?” and “how much is it to buy a franchise”. Our “buying a franchise advice section” will help you to answer these questions and many more. We will take you through each stage of the franchise decision making process, giving guidance and clarification where possible. As well as providing a comprehensive franchise guide, we, and other franchise experts, are also on hand to answer any questions you may have. Let’s start at the beginning and ask the question, what is a franchise? What is a franchise? In simple terms, a “franchise” is an agreement between two parties which allows one party i.e. the franchisee, to market product or services using the trademark and operating methods of the other party i.e. the franchisor. There are two types of franchise methods – business format franchising and product and trade name franchising. Business Format Franchising The most common method in the UK is Business Format Franchising. Using this method, when you buy a franchise, the franchisor grants you, the franchisee, the use of their logos and trademarks, as well as a turn-key system for doing business. This includes helping the franchisee with site selection, store layout and design, recruiting and training staff, marketing the business, preferred supplies contacts and more. The franchisee in return has to pay an upfront franchise fee as well as ongoing royalties to the franchisor. The franchisor uses this money to help further develop the system through marketing, product and market research, and ongoing support. There are many examples of business format franchising opportunities, including – food franchises, automotive franchises, estate agency franchises, retail franchises, recruitment franchises, children’s franchises, coffee franchises, pet franchises, fitness franchises to name a few. Many of these are ideal franchises for women, many are home-based franchises, part-time franchises and mobile franchises, and not all required a high level of investment, some are considered low-cost franchises. Product and Trade Name Franchising The other franchise method is Product and Trade Name Franchising. This type of franchising does not involve royalty fees. The most important thing that the franchisor provides to someone buying a franchise in Product and Trade Name Franchising is the product. The franchisee is required to purchase the product or range of products exclusively from the franchisor. The franchisor also provides national marketing and advertising campaigns, logos and trademarks. This type of franchising is mainly associated with industries such as petroleum, soft drink distribution and automotive. Product and Trade Name Franchising has three distinctive characteristics: The franchisee sells goods which are supplied by the franchisor or a person affiliated with the franchisor; The post What is a franchise? appeared first on The Business Growth Show. […] The Power of a Guarantee A business requires many ingredients in order to be successful on a sustained basis. One such ingredient is the ability of the business to stand out from the crowd and is commonly referred to as its unique selling point. The Unique selling point or USP can take many different forms but the offer of a compelling guarantee is a powerful example and that’s what we are going to concentrate on here. What is a Guarantee? Find out Why the Offer of a Good Guarantee is So Important for Your Business → (Angela, February 2015) Read more customer comments → Funny Finish http://lowres.cartoonstock.com/health-beauty-gym-weight_loss_regine-pounds-guarantees-exercises-kmhn492_low.jpg If you have any questions or would like to discuss how to create a powerful guarantee for your business with a Free 1 Hour Consultation, please contact Sam on 0800 954 2099 or complete our online form. Kind Regards, The post A guarantee for your business appeared first on The Business Growth Show. […] The unemployment market today is as high as it has been for a number of years. Young people are considering their options more carefully than they have done before. No longer is a direct passage from GCSE to A Level then to University the norm. The economic climate is such that employers are looking for better value for money in the people they employ. People perhaps need to be more multi skilled than they used to be and are expected to go that extra mile to help their business win the next contract or get an order out on time. We need a workforce to be more flexible and we need the opportunity to develop our young people into what fits our business needs today. Jon Middleton The post Apprentices can help your Business Grow! appeared first on The Business Growth Show. […] Headz Up Business exhibited at 4 of The Business Growth Show events in 2011 and is looking forward to Exhibiting again in 2012. Towards the end of last year we were asked this question ‘Why do you exhibit as opposed to visiting The Business Growth Show?’ Prior to exhibiting at The Business Growth Show we had visited a few of the business events and so we had a pretty good answer to the question. We found the below benefits of exhibiting outweighed merely visiting The Business Growth Show and we would like to give you the Headz Up!
Apart from the obvious direct sales from exhibiting it’s also important to understand the additional intangible benefits from exhibiting at events. So if you are unsure as to whether you should exhibit or not to exhibit, we hope the above is helpful in your exhibition planning for 2012. End. For attention of the Editor Additional References: Notes to Editors: Headz Up Business, has gained a reputation for being instrumental in so many individual & business’s success through delivering Business Training , Business Networking & Business Conferences! Headz Up Training offers professional Business Training to Corporate, Public Sectors & Individuals. Amongst our current portfolio we provide result driven, relevant Social Media Training for Business. Headz Up Premier Networking events provides monthly events to support, stimulate business growth & positively promote you and your business. We are also notorious for our exclusive professional Women in business only Networking: Headz Up 4 Business Women Networking. In addition to the above, Headz Up Business is planning The first Social Media Conference: Midlands & The Women’s Conference: Midlands. With a line up of fantastic keynote speakers these events are going to be amazing experiences for all who attend. : Register online and get a FREE Business Listing, Affiliate Opportunities, we also provide monthly competitions and give you the Headz Up on loads of discounts, special offers & deals. Become a Member and have the opportunity of featuring your products & services within our newsletter.* Media contact and further details: – Pushpa Alexander, Business Development: Headz Up Business, Pushpa@headzupbusiness.co.uk Tel: 07772 045850 www.headzupbusiness.co.uk The post Benefits of exhibiting appeared first on The Business Growth Show. […] Recently I popped into a Chelmsford based customer, located at Waterhouse Business Centre, to catch up with Steve Jakes at BlueCloud CRM. This inspiring cloud based solutions provider, are clearly dedicated to providing customers with a management system specifically designed for SME’s, offering access to modern marketing tools as part of the packages provided. Steve discusses […] […] In our latest research, the Business Growth Service has collaborated with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) to investigate whether there is such a thing as a ‘mindset of high growth’. While research into growth has historically focused on locating it in … […] |
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