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How to Adapt Your Business Model in the Face of Evolving Customer Needs

How to Adapt Your Business Model in the Face of Evolving Customer Needs

A lot has changed in the last 12 months, and businesses have been forced to review and alter their strategies to meet new requirements and [...]

Sector Spotlight: How to Run an Accounting Franchise From Home

Sector Spotlight: How to Run an Accounting Franchise From Home

Are you good with numbers and passionate about helping companies maximise their profit margins? Why not join the finance sector by launching a [...]

Sector Spotlight: How to Run an Interior Decorating Franchise From Home

Sector Spotlight: How to Run an Interior Decorating Franchise From Home

You might think interior decoration is reliant on site visits, sample shopping and face-to-face discussions. But modern technology has made it [...]

Sector Spotlight: How to Run a Fitness Franchise From Home

Sector Spotlight: How to Run a Fitness Franchise From Home

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on many businesses and the way they deliver their services. The gym sector has been particularly hard [...]

18 Business Performance Metrics You Must Grow to Love

18 Business Performance Metrics You Must Grow to Love

Every business owner should take the time to analyse their organisation’s performance metrics. Even if you’re working under a [...]

The Benefit of Short-Term Planning During Times of Uncertainty

The Benefit of Short-Term Planning During Times of Uncertainty

Short-term planning helps you set achievable goals over small intervals and make success seem attainable, even in the most unprecedented [...]

18 Tips for Preparing Your Business for the Holiday Season Ahead

18 Tips for Preparing Your Business for the Holiday Season Ahead

It’s never too early to start preparing for the holiday season. Here are 18 fantastic seasonal marketing ideas to boost customer engagement [...]

A Day in the Life: What It Takes To Run Your Own Cleaning Franchise

A Day in the Life: What It Takes To Run Your Own Cleaning Franchise

The cleaning industry is booming at the moment, so you might be wondering what it takes to run your own cleaning franchise. Whether you’ve [...]

Understanding The Best Way to Use the Recent VAT Cuts

Understanding The Best Way to Use the Recent VAT Cuts

A 15 percent cut to Value Added Tax in the hospitality and tourism sectors is just one of the measures Chancellor Rishi Sunak put in place [...]

5 Tips for Reopening Your Business Safely Post-Lockdown

5 Tips for Reopening Your Business Safely Post-Lockdown

If you’re in the process of reopening your business post-lockdown, follow these tips to make sure you protect your workforce and [...]

The Opportunities and Challenges of Being a Work-From-Home Travel Agent During...

The Opportunities and Challenges of Being a Work-From-Home Travel Agent During...

It’s a strange time for travel agencies. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced holidaymakers to cancel their hotly anticipated breaks and any [...]

How to Get Back Into Work Mode After An Extended Leave

How to Get Back Into Work Mode After An Extended Leave

Transitioning back to work after an extended leave isn’t always as straightforward and easy as you’d hope. If you’re concerned about how to [...]

How to be a compliant franchisee

How to be a compliant franchisee

Even though becoming a franchisee means you can operate your own business, you are doing so on behalf of an established brand. Therefore, [...]

10 Ways to Boost Employee Happiness, Engagement, and Satisfaction

10 Ways to Boost Employee Happiness, Engagement, and Satisfaction

Maintaining employee happiness should be high up on the priority list for all business owners. Aside from the fact that low levels of job [...]

7 Tips for Building a Profitable Franchise

7 Tips for Building a Profitable Franchise

Profitable franchise units don’t spring up overnight. But there are certainly some tips and tricks you can take on board to help you reach [...]

5 Tips for Switching to a Growth Mindset

5 Tips for Switching to a Growth Mindset

A growth mindset can be the difference between giving up and reaching success for many entrepreneurs. In this article, we’re going to answer [...]

Confused About How to Reopen Your Business in a Covid-Safe Way?

Confused About How to Reopen Your Business in a Covid-Safe Way?

Want to reopen your business, but not sure where you stand with the current COVID-19 situation? This article will set out what you’re [...]

Fun and Practical Ways to Reopen Your Business in a ‘Covid-Safe’ Way

Fun and Practical Ways to Reopen Your Business in a ‘Covid-Safe’ Way

If you’re looking for ways to reopen your business safely, we’ve rounded up some of the most amusing ways other companies have done [...]

How To Make Sure Your Franchise is ‘Covid Secure’

How To Make Sure Your Franchise is ‘Covid Secure’

The new UK Government guidelines have set out what employers should be doing to keep their workplaces ‘Covid secure’. Here’s everything you [...]

Everything You Need to Know about the New Government Guidelines on COVID-19

Everything You Need to Know about the New Government Guidelines on COVID-19

We’ve put together an overview of the government’s latest guidance on COVID-19, covering everything from reopening your business, to social [...]

Franchising 101: The Art of Making Tough Business Decisions During a Recession

Franchising 101: The Art of Making Tough Business Decisions During a Recession

When crisis strikes, business owners have to make considered, sensible choices, judging the situation and finding the most effective outcome. [...]

How to Boost Employee Morale During Tough Times

How to Boost Employee Morale During Tough Times

Every business should always be working to keep its employees’ spirits up. But when tough times hit, it’s more important than ever you look [...]

6 Tips for Running a Successful Commercial Cleaning Franchise

6 Tips for Running a Successful Commercial Cleaning Franchise

Whether you’re already operating a commercial cleaning franchise or are still thinking about starting one, follow these tips to make sure your [...]

10 Tips for Managing Conflict as a Franchisee

10 Tips for Managing Conflict as a Franchisee

When you’re a franchisee, you operate your own business, with the franchisor above you and your employees below you. To keep things running [...]

20 Questions: How Can I Protect My Business During the COVID-19 Crisis?

20 Questions: How Can I Protect My Business During the COVID-19 Crisis?

How can I best protect my business amid the COVID-19 crisis? That’s the thought on many entrepreneurs’ lips. But we’re here to help. We’ve [...]

How to Protect Your Employees During the COVID-19 Crisis

How to Protect Your Employees During the COVID-19 Crisis

If you’re wondering how to overcome an economic crisis and preserve your workforce for the future, keep reading. We’ve collected our best [...]

9 Business Strategies to Help Your Business Make a Comeback After the COVID-19 Crisis

9 Business Strategies to Help Your Business Make a Comeback After the COVID-19 Crisis

While the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in many businesses suffering and there being no certainty as to when and how things will go back to [...]

Create a Crisis Contingency Plan for Your Business...for the Future!

Create a Crisis Contingency Plan for Your Business...for the Future!

Crises can occur at any time – and without warning. You can put yourself in the best possible position by creating a crisis contingency plan. [...]

Create a Crisis Management Plan for Your Business...Now!

Create a Crisis Management Plan for Your Business...Now!

A crisis can strike your business any time, anywhere. If you didn’t have a contingency plan in place and you find yourself in crisis, having [...]

Business Stories: 6 Ways Businesses Have Overcome Economic Crisis

Business Stories: 6 Ways Businesses Have Overcome Economic Crisis

With the spread of COVID-19 set to turn the UK economy on its head, we thought we’d use this opportunity to highlight how businesses have [...]