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Top 5 Reasons Why Franchisors Fail
The 'business of franchising' is something that no successful independent business owner who is franchising for the first time has ever experienced! It can be a shock to the system, and without good advice, that shock can be terminal! Read Dugan Aylen's article "The...
Franchise Your Business Through A Recovery Grant
Exciting Escapes use a Grant Fund to investigate franchising… David & Peter Gale set up Exciting Escapes in 2016 always with a view to grow it and ideally via franchising. Exciting Escapes is, as the name might suggest, a business that operates themed escape...
New owners at The Franchising Centre
For the last 25 years The Franchising Centre (TFC) has been run under the successful ownership of Brian Duckett and Paul Monaghan. In 2018, they shared their plans with the franchising community to secure TFC’s legacy with a new senior management team.With...
Big News from the Global Franchise Awards 2020
The Franchising Centre is very pleased to announce that our very own Farrah Rose, Head of International Development, has been awarded the prestigious Category Winner prize for Contribution to International Franchising at the Global Franchise Awards 2020. International...
How To Become A Franchise Owner In 2020
Becoming a franchise owner can be an attractive proposition if you’re business minded. Low failure rates established brand awareness, and rather high profits make this option appealing to many entrepreneurs. This market has grown at a staggering pace over...
Ask the Experts – What Makes a Good Franchise..?
...and How Do I Know if it's an Ethical and Honest Business? It is important that people conduct thorough and full due diligence when considering a franchise proposition. At The Franchising Centre, we evaluate a business using a system we call 'Five Star...
If you’re thinking of buying a franchise, don’t let either Brexit or a general election hold you back!
We’re all pretty fed up with it, but Brexit rumbles on, and now we have the added complication of an election in December. No matter what your stance on Brexit is, there seems to have been a tendency by a lot of entrepreneurs and businesses, to put decisions on hold...
How To Get Your International Expansion Right
By Farrah Rose. Published in Global Franchise (Oct 2019)International franchise development is a very mature and supported method of business expansion, not only in the Americas and the U.K., but throughout Europe, the Middle and Far East, Australasia, and certain...
From the ‘blind leading the blind’ to a profession to be proud of
Published in Franchise World Magazine (Oct/Nov 2019) An interview with Brian Duckett, chairman of The Franchising Centre (TFC), who has been making his living from franchising for the past 40 years. Duckett started as a franchisee then headed up two...
What did the Romans ever do for Franchising?
The TFC team are delighted to have been involved in the Great British Franchise Cycle in the month of August 2019 to raise awareness and funds for the Franchise Trust. We have been lucky enough to enjoy many miles of cycling including the coast to coast (C2C) national...