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I am an entrepreneur with over 24 years experience and a Director of Franchise UK. Franchise UK, the UK's largest franchise directory. I love working with franchisors & small businesses & promoting & supporting entrepreneurship. I am married with two children and enjoy keeping fit, golf and time with my family.

What are the best franchise opportunities?

Why Consider Franchise opportunity

What are the best franchise opportunities? Franchising has been around a long time in the UK. Investing in a franchise opportunity is a great way to enter self-employment as franchises generally have a much lower failure rate than independent start-up businesses. Franchising is also a great way to change career direction as when you invest …

How to recruit franchisees

Recruitment Franchises

How to attract potential franchisees? For many Franchisors the most difficult task is recruiting franchisees to grow their business. Often a lot of effort is put into the franchise documentation such as franchise agreements, franchise operations manuals & other documentation but the recruitment of franchisees & strategy to achieve this is left until last or …

Top Three Franchising Philosophies That Guarantees Success

Top 3 Franchising Philosophies What are the top franchising philosophies that will help your journey into franchising? Franchises are appearing all over the country because it offers a safe investment, less risk and good return on investment. Since the initial days of franchising in the UK, some philosophies that guarantee a successful franchise have remained …

How to search for an outstanding franchise business

How do you find a franchise opportunity? How do you find a franchise in the UK that’s right for you? Gone are the days when it would take you months to look for the right franchise UK business to invest in. The internet has made it easier to look for different franchises for safe investment …

How to make a franchise successful in a small town?

How to make a franchise successful away from major cities? How to make a franchise successful away from the big towns & cities? Franchise businesses thrive in large cities and suburbs but opening a franchise in a small town is a different story. Small towns pose a few challenges, for instance, you have a limited …

Franchising Trends – Prediction for 2019

What will be the franchising trends 2019? What will be the franchising trends 2019? With the creation of many flexible and innovative franchises such as home based franchises, low cost franchises and part time franchises, people from all walks of life have been exercising their entrepreneurial skills in order to provide exciting products and services …

Why invest in a franchise instead of a start-up business?

Why invest in a franchise instead of starting up alone? Starting your own business is only first of the many decisions that you need to make as an aspiring entrepreneur. The entire process will include a risk assessment to determine the amount of risk franchise UK owners are willing to undertake in return for the …

What are the most profitable low cost franchises in the UK?

What are the most profitable, low cost franchise opportunities? Aspiring entrepreneurs and students who want to earn extra money are opting to invest in franchises UK. Franchising allows quick earning opportunities without having to invest a lot of time. Many invest into part time franchises to first evaluate the playing field and determine whether franchising …

Franchising Trends of 2018

Franchising trends 2018? What was hot, what was not? With the constant evolution of advanced technologies, a wide range of business opportunities have been introduced. Franchising is a business trend that originated nearly a century ago, and is definitely at its peak in 2018, with predictions of further growth in future years. Here are the …

Advantages of owning a part-time franchise

Why invest in a part-time franchise? So what is a part-time franchise & why so popular? Franchising is a trend that many aspiring entrepreneurs are taking on, and it is seeming to be a very profitable and advantageous choice for many. However, for those who need a more flexible work schedule, investing in a part-time …

Franchising 101 – What franchising is all about

Franchising 101 – What is franchising all about? It is a fact that franchises have a better chance of success over a long period of time than small independent businesses. However, opening a franchise may not be right for every business. So, what is all this buzz around franchises? And is the buzz worth it? …

New digital franchise association off to a flying start

franchise association

Quality Franchise Association UK launch success The Quality Franchise Association ( QFA ) is a new, not for profit, digital franchise association. The QFA philosophy stands for encouraging franchising for all. The QFA provides free information for both prospective Franchisee’s & Franchisor’s. The QFA is a fully digital franchise association. It does not organise & …