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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 [...]

The Best Soft Skills That Every Entrepreneur or Business Owner Should Learn Now

The Best Soft Skills That Every Entrepreneur or Business Owner Should Learn Now

If you find yourself at home with more time on your hands due to the COVID-19 crisis, you can use this as an opportunity to brush up on 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 [...]

Creative Ways For Maintaining Customer Relationships When Business Isn't "As Usual"

Creative Ways For Maintaining Customer Relationships When Business Isn't "As Usual"

During the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis or any other time when business isn’t running as usual, it can feel like you’re losing touch with [...]

Try Out These 8 Outside-the-Box Marketing Ideas to Grow Your Business and Engage Your...

Try Out These 8 Outside-the-Box Marketing Ideas to Grow Your Business and Engage Your...

It’s easy to slip into a rut, using the same old promotional material templates time and time again. So, we’ve collected eight of the best and [...]

10 Tips for Building Truly Effective Social Media Marketing Campaigns

10 Tips for Building Truly Effective Social Media Marketing Campaigns

Social media marketing is an invaluable tool to businesses of all shapes and sizes. So today we present a practical guide to help you deploy [...]

How to Choose the Right Digital and Social Media Channels to Promote Your Franchise...

How to Choose the Right Digital and Social Media Channels to Promote Your Franchise...

Whether you’ve been a business owner for years and years or are an entrepreneur just starting out on your franchising journey, reading this [...]

More Uplifting Examples of Point Franchise Businesses Using Digital Marketing to Build...

More Uplifting Examples of Point Franchise Businesses Using Digital Marketing to Build...

It’s a challenging time for all businesses. But many are combatting the COVID-19 crisis by focussing on building strong customer [...]

20 Questions: How Can I Maintain My Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis?

20 Questions: How Can I Maintain My Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis?

As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds across the world, many of us are experiencing more negative emotions than we otherwise would. You may be [...]

Amazing Ways Point Franchise Businesses Are Supporting Local Communities During the...

Amazing Ways Point Franchise Businesses Are Supporting Local Communities During the...

As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, businesses across the world are doing everything they can to help those in need. Let’s take a look at just a [...]

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 [...]

Lessons Learned: Real-Life Stories of Franchising Failure

Lessons Learned: Real-Life Stories of Franchising Failure

Running your own business can be nerve-wracking for a variety of reasons, and fear of failure stops many would-be entrepreneurs from [...]

Incredible Examples of Point Franchise Businesses Using Marketing to Enhance the...

Incredible Examples of Point Franchise Businesses Using Marketing to Enhance the...

Today we shine a spotlight on the fantastic ways that Point Franchise businesses have been communicating and using marketing effectively to [...]

How the COVID-19 Crisis Makes Online Advertising More Important Than Ever

How the COVID-19 Crisis Makes Online Advertising More Important Than Ever

Today we consider how the COVID-19 crisis and the UK population being told they need to stay at home makes online advertising more important [...]

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 [...]

Staying Connected With Customers Is Critical During the COVID-19 Crisis

Staying Connected With Customers Is Critical During the COVID-19 Crisis

Many companies are finding it hard to maintain sales performance amid the COVID-19 crisis, but the way you communicate with your customers as [...]

Top 8 Tips for Being a Happy Franchisee

Top 8 Tips for Being a Happy Franchisee

It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks involved in running a business. But how can you make sure you get the most out of [...]

Why Alex Markov Chose to be a Nationwide Cleaners Franchisee

Why Alex Markov Chose to be a Nationwide Cleaners Franchisee

Nationwide Cleaners investor Alex Markov told us about how he became a franchisee, as well as why he’d recommend the franchise to other [...]

10 Tips for Working From Home Like a Pro

10 Tips for Working From Home Like a Pro

With the UK Government advising everyone who can work from home to do so, millions are going to be adapting to the new working environment [...]

12 Tips to Help Your Business Survive the COVID-19 Crisis

12 Tips to Help Your Business Survive the COVID-19 Crisis

This is a very difficult time for business owners. As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis continues to impact companies across the world, we [...]

Starting a New Business Doesn't Always Lead to Immediate Success: Here Are 5 Ways to...

Starting a New Business Doesn't Always Lead to Immediate Success: Here Are 5 Ways to...

It’s safe to say that starting a new business doesn’t always lead to immediate success, but there are some things you can do to [...]

6 Tips for Working With a Business Partner

6 Tips for Working With a Business Partner

Working with a business partner can be tricky, particularly when the going gets tough. Perhaps you rushed into collaborating without talking [...]

25 Sustainability Tips to Create a More Environmentally-Friendly Business

25 Sustainability Tips to Create a More Environmentally-Friendly Business

These days, everyone’s talking about how to protect the environment. Often, it’s easy to make environmentally friendly choices at home, but [...]

The Importance of Building Relationships with Suppliers

The Importance of Building Relationships with Suppliers

Success in the business world is defined by the relationships you forge. Today, we unpick why building relationships with suppliers is so [...]