Franchise Seminars
The Franchise Alliance
FREE Educational Seminars on Franchising
The Franchise Alliance is a group of franchisors who co-sponsor with NatWest a series of free educational seminars about franchising. The seminar format has been running since 2000 and since their inception has seen nearly 6000 people attending these weekly events. As the name suggests this is an alliance of like minded franchise companies, who all run successful franchise systems in the UK. The ethos of the group is to promote ethical franchising and to introduce people to franchising as a way of starting a business.
The general population in the UK, may have only have heard of franchising through reference to MacDonald’s or The Body Shop, however in many homes, on every high street and in most office blocks there are franchise businesses operating. The franchise industry in the UK produces a turnover of over £10.3 billion annually. Franchising is not small business and everyday we may be using a franchise business without knowing it.
The Franchise Alliance holds seminars across the UK, throughout the year. The format of the events is a chance for people looking at starting a business to consider franchising as option, whether in the future plans of their own business or in actively joining a franchise and becoming a franchisee.
Franchising can offer people looking at self-employment a greater chance of success than starting their own businesses, but it is a path that many people are not aware is open to them. This is where the seminars have proved to be a fantastic source of information and initial research.
The seminars cover all aspects of franchising: the concept, its history, the advantages and disadvantages, and the six steps to finding the ideal franchise.
We also outline the levels of financial support that banks can provide to people looking to buy a franchise, in a section entitled ‘Raising Finance’.
The seminar ends with a series of case studies from The Franchise Alliance franchisor members, who outline their franchise systems and business opportunities, as examples of the wide variety of industries and business sectors that franchising covers.
The free seminars give a prospective franchisee a foundation of advice and information across the commercial, financial and legal aspects of franchising. The feedback from those who attended the seminars last year sums up how useful the events can be as an insight into franchising:
‘’This was a superb professional seminar – extremely well organised & presented. I would recommend it to anyone interested in franchising without hesitation.’’
‘’Very useful and informative session which I would have no hesitation in recommending to others interested in franchising’’
‘’Probably the best three hours taken out of my life. Everything was explained without the jargon and covered a varied cross section. It has motivated me to change my life forever.’’
‘’Very informative. It’s been an eye-opener from a vague idea about the concept of franchising to real sound knowledge.’’
‘’Very good. I wished I was exposed to this seminar 10 years ago and I probably would have made simple but significant life-changing decision in how I approached running a business. It’s amazing how many ‘if only, I’d done this before’ I muttered to myself this evening.’’
Franchising Seminars Schedule
Venue | Date | Venue |
Manchester | 7th Feb (Tues) | Manchester Marriott |
London | 14th Feb | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 21st Feb | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 7th March | Manchester Marriott |
London | 14th March | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 21st March | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 4th April | Manchester Marriott |
London | 11th April | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 18th April | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 2nd May | Manchester Marriott |
London | 9th May | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 23rd May | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 30th May | Manchester Marriott |
London | 6th June | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 13th June | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 27th June | Manchester Marriott |
London | 4th July | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 11th July | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 18th July | Manchester Marriott |
Manchester | 5th Sept | Manchester Marriott |
London | 12th Sept | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 19th Sept | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
London | 3rd Oct | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Manchester | 4th Oct (Weds) | Manchester Marriott |
Birmingham | 17th Oct | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 31st Oct | Manchester Marriott |
London | 7th Nov | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 14th Nov | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
Manchester | 28th Nov | Manchester Marriott |
London | 5th Dec | Mayfair Conference Centre |
Birmingham | 12th Dec | Crowne Plaza (NEC) |
To find out more about FREE franchising seminars or book your place please complete the enquiry form below;
