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The Franchising Centre has been named the Team of The Year at the British Franchise Association Conference which took place on Friday the 29th June at the ICC in Birmingham. Following a year of transition, The Franchising Centre has been announced at the winner of the Team of The Year by the British Franchising Association, the UKs voluntary self-accrediting body for the UK franchise sector. The award recognises the company that demonstrates how the development or implementation of strategy hel...

Farrah Rose, Director of International Franchise Development with The Franchising Centre, travelled to Malta last month to join Her Excellency, Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca, the President of Malta, before flying to Lisbon to join the President for a state visit at the Hotel Corinthia. The purpose of the Presidential visit to Lisbon was primarily to re-establish Portuguese-Maltese trade proposals and re-establish a commitment to work towards improved economic, political and cultural relations bet...

Two new franchisees delivered via the Franchise SuperMatch lead handling serviceIt's been a fantastic month for the Franchise SuperMatch lead handling service with two recruits for the Mould Doctor franchise for March. Mould Doctor offer the opportunity to run a van based or management franchise territory and offer a unique service that's highly in demand. Mould Doctor franchisees help eradicate the ever increasing issue of mould (residential and commercial) and with new legislation being passed...

Ashtons Franchise Consulting has recently welcomed a new consultant to their team, Edinburgh based, extending Ashtons full service franchise support to clients in Scotland and beyond. Charlie Dickson, BA; MBA, has an extensive career in franchising, both as a franchisee in his early career with Esso Petroleum and then from working for a variety of franchisors in senior management positions across a number of retail, technology, automotive and E-commerce organisations. Charlie has significant...

Franchise Lawyers are expensive. Contracts are scarcely worth that paper that they are written on these days so why bother? These are the thoughts of some who don’t understand the nature of franchising It is strange that a franchise relationship starts with a detailed and restrictive legal agreement in a way that no other relationship is governed– even partnerships often begin with a quite loose agreement that evolves over time. Let’s look at this from the standpoint of both parties. First,...