Entrepreneurs with families are not the absent fathers they’re often thought to be, according to Business.com’s recent survey conducted in time for Father’s Day, June 18. The survey is a snapshot of today’s business owners with children that Business.com is calling “fatherpreneurs.” “Small businesses and entrepreneurship are alive and well in the U.S., with one …
Franchise Deal, or No Deal? As those who have closed hotel transaction can attest, purchasing a lodging asset can be a very complicated process. Finding the right hotel to buy, negotiating acceptable terms for purchase, securing attractive financing, and getting over the inevitable franchise hurdles, actually getting to the closing table can be difficult to …
Somerset entrepreneur Martin McNeill is swapping blow torches for scourers by launching a specialist oven valeting business, Ovenu. Former metal smith Martin, 36, of Gillingham, will serve householders in Yeovil and the surrounding areas including Wincanton, Sherborne and Stalbridge with his environmentally-friendly valeting service. Ovenu’s valeting process is popular with householders across the UK, taking …
VinStickers™ Dealer Services, a new service for automotive dealers, is now available in select markets. The service preps vehicles for internet marketing – both on the lot and online – with minimal dealer involvement. VinStickers’ dealer service representatives handle VIN decoding, window stickering, photographing and Internet broadcasting of the dealers’ inventory. VinStickers™, LLC, the USA’s …
Squeegee Squad, a window cleaning franchise company, is looking to partner with a reality-based TV production company to document their franchise development and their expansion into high-rise window cleaning. Squeegee Squad wants to work with a reality-based TV production company in order to document their growth as a franchise company and expansion into high-rise window …
The Corleone Business Franchise Model Business format franchising lends itself well to families wanting to go into business together, although they must all be pulling in the same direction and be competent enough for a family-run business franchise to be a success. With everything at stake if both of the main breadwinners in the family are …
Although cleaning franchises may make some people think of mops and buckets, they actually cover a wide range of products and services and many of them are taking advantage of changes in society and technological advances to achieve strong growth. In the commercial sector, companies have discovered that outsourcing cleaning services can be cheaper and …
Smile You’ve Got A Cosmetics Franchise! Al Tayer Group, a leading diversified business entity in the Middle East signed a franchise agreement with Able C&C Co., Ltd., a Korea based cosmetics company which has the brand ‘MISSHA’. With the UAE planned as the first market that will have a MISSHA store by the last quarter …
Franchisees of Drain Doctor Plumbing were recognised for their achievements and contribution to the organisation’s growth and success over the past year at a special Gala Dinner award ceremony held during the company’s twelfth annual convention. Drain Doctor franchisees were flown out to the five star Golden Bay Beach Hotel in Larnaca, Cyprus for the …
Moon Mans 4 million pound MoonEstates Franchise Francis Williams and his wife Sue claim to have raked in £4million in four years – by selling land on the moon. As well as offering lunar landscapes, the Williamses trade in plots on other planets, including Mars and Venus. Only this week astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warned that …
Sun Capital Partners, Inc. a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of market-leading companies, today announced that one of its affiliates has made an investment in Dale and Thomas Popcorn, LLC (“Dale and Thomas”). The Dale and Thomas acquisition is being undertaken by the Sun Capital Securities Fund (“SCSF”), which is focused on …
A steady stream of Post Office franchising stories have appeared this week. The latest is of plans to franchise Golders Green’s crown post office which have been delayed, after the company due to take on the franchise failed to reach a final agreement with Post Office Ltd, it was announced on Monday. Alex Galbinski reported …