Under 10% of Franchise businesses are currently reporting that they are not breaking even. Taking into account recent market circumstances this would appear to be a outstanding statistic. On top of that 61.7 percent of the franchisees confirm that their organization can be classed as “satisfactory” or “highly profitable”, their confidence is extremely high and [...]

In considering whether a franchise or franchise opportunity is the right business choice it is worth considering just how the franchise market is set out. Here in the UK the idea of a franchise for sale  somehow has less kudos than an opportunity to invest in a privately owned business. There is a level of [...]

When recently considering the possibility of a franchise for sale I identified, after some initial research that the bulk of franchises for sale are in the service area. A lot, for example are in fast food, from chip shop and burger takeaways to Chinese and Thai offerings, all ready to be picked up off the [...]

Franchising an organisation is certainly not a good idea for all business owners. The decision to reproduce your hard earned success over a huge geograph area and to give away every day control is a awkward thing for some entrepreneurs. In most situations there will have been a lot of hard work and effort put [...]

While a Franchise is a low risk way of entering and operating business for a franchisee, franchised organisations can and do not make it. Before you answer a franchise for sale ad you must think about the downsides of a franchise opportunity, including the major disadvantage of going into any business; the chances of losing [...]

In order to take maximum advantage of a Franchise Opportunity you will firstly need to have some capital to invest in order to make the acquisition. However before you do that it would be sensible to make sure that you will be able to carry out the rest of the crutial ingredients needed to make [...]

Historically recession has been the breeding ground for the Franchise model. In a period of financial tightening there is a certain attractive quality to pursuing a  Franchise Opportunity no doubt but there has been much debate on the particular economic circumstances the World finds itself in and does this affect the traditional Franchise model.   [...]