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7 Tips for Marketing Your Milkshake Franchise

7 Tips for Marketing Your Milkshake Franchise

Lots of investors are starting to see potential in milkshake franchise opportunities. If this is you, consider implementing some of our top [...]

10 Clever Ways to Protect Your Mental Health as a Franchisee

10 Clever Ways to Protect Your Mental Health as a Franchisee

Running a business isn’t easy – in fact, it can be incredibly challenging at times. Franchisees are dedicated to making sure their unit is [...]

Marketing Fundamentals: A Complete Guide to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Marketing Fundamentals: A Complete Guide to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Search engine optimisation can have a huge impact on a business’s success. But the process of revamping your online content can be [...]

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, [...]

Why Your Perceived 'Worst Personality Traits' Can Actually Help You Become a Successful...

Why Your Perceived 'Worst Personality Traits' Can Actually Help You Become a Successful...

We’ve all got something we’d like to change about ourselves, but what if that ‘bad’ trait could make you a successful franchisee? Turns out, [...]

How to Stay Productive as a Franchisee

How to Stay Productive as a Franchisee

The biggest challenge for many franchisees is how to stay productive and make sure they’re achieving their goals. It’s not always clear how to [...]

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 [...]

8 Reasons Why Starting a Franchise Is a Great Way to Boost Your Local Economy

8 Reasons Why Starting a Franchise Is a Great Way to Boost Your Local Economy

There’s no denying that the UK economy is not at its strongest right now. But if you’re looking for a career change, starting a franchise is [...]

6 Ways to Improve Your Digital Marketing Skills

6 Ways to Improve Your Digital Marketing Skills

As the world adapts to the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s likely the ways in which we communicate and operate as businesses will [...]

5 Ways to Combat Loneliness When Working Alone

5 Ways to Combat Loneliness When Working Alone

Whether you’re working alone for the first time or have spent years flying solo, some working days can feel lonely. We’ve put together a list [...]

How to Protect Your Mental Health During Tough Times

How to Protect Your Mental Health During Tough Times

Staying mentally healthy when you’re experiencing difficult times can be hard. Even if you’ve never struggled with your mental health, [...]

Overcoming ‘Imposter Syndrome’ as a franchisee

Overcoming ‘Imposter Syndrome’ as a franchisee

Doubting your ability to run a business? Worried you don’t actually have what it takes? You could have Imposter Syndrome – a phenomenon [...]

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 [...]

4 Reasons Why It's Important to Build a Strong Business Support Network

4 Reasons Why It's Important to Build a Strong Business Support Network

A good support network can help you overcome the challenges of running a business. It can even be the difference between failure and [...]

4 Things Franchisees Never Have Time for But Are Essential for Running a Successful...

4 Things Franchisees Never Have Time for But Are Essential for Running a Successful...

Running a successful business can be hard work and you might feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day. But if you’ve suddenly found [...]

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 Launch a Franchise and Get Noticed

How to Launch a Franchise and Get Noticed

When it’s time to launch a franchise, you need to make sure all eyes are on you. But if you’re not sure what are the best franchise launch [...]

5 Tips for Developing Your Employees into Future Franchisees

5 Tips for Developing Your Employees into Future Franchisees

Spotting the future franchisees within your franchise can be tricky, whether you’re planning on handing the business on soon or just want [...]

Being a Successful Franchisee Means Adopting an Entrepreneur Mindset

Being a Successful Franchisee Means Adopting an Entrepreneur Mindset

If you want to be a successful franchisee, you’ll need to adopt an entrepreneur mindset. Not sure how to be an entrepreneur? We’ve broken down [...]

7 Common Habits of Successful Franchisees

7 Common Habits of Successful Franchisees

Ever wondered what the recipe for a successful franchisee is? There are lots of common franchisee traits that are found in those who start a [...]

Five Tips for Boosting Your Self-Confidence as a Business Owner

Five Tips for Boosting Your Self-Confidence as a Business Owner

One of the cornerstones of how to be a good business owner is self-confidence, but many of us aren’t blessed with very much. If you’re on the [...]

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 [...]

10 Tips for Creating Work-Life Balance When Working From Home

10 Tips for Creating Work-Life Balance When Working From Home

Working from home is a luxury enjoyed by many franchisees up and down the country. But things can quickly unravel when you get the urge to [...]