Running a franchise Articles

Name: Hammad Cheema (42) Organisation: Visiting Angels West London Years trading: 1.5 When it comes to challenging times to launch a franchise in the care sector, it doesn’t get much worse than right at...

Name: Kris McLernon Organisation: Wilkins Chimney Sweep Years trading: 14 months Kris McLernon spent 14 years serving in the Armed Forces, working as a recovery mechanic for REME before venturing into the franchising business....

Franchise focus A true believer that everything always works out for the best, Yousif talks about the sweet success of Heavenly Desserts. My current business partner and I were franchisees of another business....

Recession. Is it going to arrive this year? A Bank of England statement in September 2022 said it was very likely – the figures were later changed so the outlook didn’t...

Sometimes it can seem that there are never enough hours in the day for everything we want to accomplish. A never-ending list of priorities at work, combined with family or caring...

“The franchise industry can continue to collaborate, learn and strengthen” Jo Middleton is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author and investor, and owner of the Franchise Business School and Wizziwoos Kids Clubs As we...

Shortages of key workers are rife and they are impacting business growth for many franchises. In the care sector, there are about 105,000 vacancies and about 34 per cent of people...