by Franchise Team | Dec 19, 2018 | News
As we approach the end of 2018 The Franchising Centre can look back on a year of challenges and triumphs, topped off by being recognised as the British Franchise Association’s Affiliate and Supplier Team of the Year. I’ve written elsewhere about there being just too...
by Franchise Team | Dec 14, 2018 | Franchisor Advice, News, Press
By Brian Duckett. Published in Franchise World Magazine (Dec/Jan issue) When I attended the recent European Multi-Unit and Master Franchise Conference in London, one of my consultant colleagues from the U.S. made an interesting statement which he followed with an...
by Franchise Team | Nov 29, 2018 | Franchisor Advice, News, Training
Having been asked to present at the BFA conference recently on culture, gave me the opportunity to stop and think about what culture, in a business context, actually means. I’ve read around the subject of Culture within businesses and observed both positive and...
by Franchise Team | Oct 27, 2018 | Events, International Franchising, Master Franchising, News
Having just returned from three inspiring days in London at the first European Master and Multi-Unit Franchising Conference organised by franchiseupdatemedia.com I have to say how impressed I was with the quality of the content provided by real-life practitioners of...
by Franchise Team | Oct 12, 2018 | News, Press, Training
As a coach and facilitator, I work with businesses and individuals by helping them create visions for their businesses, their future and inevitably, this leads on to setting objectives or goals for the long, medium and short-term. Generally, as a society, we deem new...
by Franchise Team | Oct 11, 2018 | Master Franchising, International Franchising, News
If ever there was a ‘flavour of the month’ in franchising it’s the trend towards multi-unit and multi-brand franchisees. The franchisors I knew back when the BFA was being formed will be spinning in their graves at the thought of multi-unit, never mind multi-brand,...