Fitness franchises are set for a boost following the announcement of ‘The Miss February’ winner of the WZZR Real Radio Swimsuit Calendar competition in West Palm Beach, Florida sponsored by Kong, Kong Black Voodoo and Kong Red Horn. Each monthly winner of the WZZR.com/KONG 007 Swimsuit Competition receives a $500 cash prize and qualify to …
Todd Cardin has announced the opening of its Phoenix Office Arizona point of presence office. Todd Cardin stated his decision was based on the tremendous growth of the city. Already the country’s 5th largest city, Phoenix is expected to grow by an additional 2 million people over the next 20 years. This enormous population growth …
Franchise Management International, Inc, a premier provider of public charter and transportation services, today announced that the company is entering the online travel market. Franchise Management was initially created to take advantage of business opportunities that were often too large for smaller companies to fund successfully. The company attempts to obtain the rights to these …
San Antonio HR expert opens a new human resources and organizational development company. The firm’s unique blend of professional services, positions Nextaff to become one of the premier providers of human capital solutions in San Antonio. It’s not what you know, but who you know. Sound familiar? It might to the thousands of professionals seeking …
Kiln plc, which owns leading Lloyd’s managing agent R J Kiln & Company, has appointed Roger Bickmore to lead the company’s business development function. He joins the company from Aon Underwriting Management, where he was managing director. Mr Bickmore will be spearheading Kiln’s drive to develop new and existing markets and sources of business. Working …
Newly knighted easyEntrepreneur, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has been forced to concede defeat in a three-year legal battle against a local takeaway pizza business in North London. The Times reports that Sir Stelios, whose interests include the easyPizza delivery franchise, had sought to prevent Karl Kahn from using the EasyPizza brand on his stores in Crouch …
Successful franchises depend upon continuous feedback between franchisor and franchisee. Most franchisors and franchisees will start off feeling confident about their prospects for the franchise set up between them in a particular area, but the good relationship needs to be kept between franchisor and franchisee in order for a franchise to be successful. To get …
Ovenu, the professional oven valeting franchise, has warned franchisors that a lack of public awareness is hampering franchisee recruitment. A recent independent study commissioned by Ovenu oven valeting franchise revealed that almost one third of people questioned have very little idea of what a franchise is or how a franchise business operates. The study also …
Skin-care expert and former Dallas TV star Victoria Principal is joining forces with Home Instead Senior Care franchise to help seniors improve their lives. Principal and Home Instead Senior Care, the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors, will undertake a public education campaign designed as a ‘how-to makeover’ guide for …
Beginning June 20, Joey’s Only Seafood Restaurants rolled out its 2006 “Fresh Catch of Summer” menu featuring two new items — a Bacon Chicken Salad Sandwich and a Mandarin Chicken Salad. First Introduced in the summer of 2004, the “Fresh Catch of the Summer” concept has become a much-anticipated seasonal staple for the franchise chain. …
Jeremy W. Steele reports in the Lansing State Journal that in Ireland, the concept of hiring movers has yet to really catch on. He quotes Brian Hefferon, an owner of the second international franchise of Delhi Township-based Two Men and a Truck International Inc. Steele writes that nearly three-quarters of people in Ireland bypass professionals …
Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced that over the next two years its Sunglass Hut chain will have up to 50 stores in the Middle East thanks to new openings under a five-year franchising agreement signed today with Azal Group, one of the world’s fastest growing retail groups and a leading regional player. Leonardo Del Vecchio, Chairman …