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One week before Gill Thomas was due to launch her franchise business offering music classes to preschool children, she got a shock. She had chosen to call it Musical Minors and had assumed that the name had been registered as a trademark by her lawyers. Then she discovered that another franchise b...
March 23rd, 2008

The interest in the TRANSLATIONS-INTERPRETINGS.COM MSOC franchise system increased 2007 by approximately 50 percent compared to the previous year. Another year closed - by far the most successful year for TRANSLATIONS-INTERPRETINGS.COM MSOC since the introduction of the franchise system. The only ...
March 21st, 2008

Q: Steve — I just want to give a word of warning to other would-be entrepreneurs. It's not for everybody! I went into business with a partner last year. The business is fine, but I am not. I hate the long hours and the uncertainty. I also make less money. Don't do it! — Dave A: I agree that ownin...
March 19th, 2008

New franchise operators struggle to compete with scads of chains. Peter Taunton set his fitness franchise apart with an unusual fee structure. Less than a year after launching three small, independent gyms near Minneapolis, Peter Taunton believed he had a business concept ripe for franchising. His S...
March 17th, 2008

Communications agency SASS has recruited the services of R.O.EYE, an affiliate marketing agency, to help drive sales leads to the 80 studios nationally of the portrait photography franchise Venture UK. Venture UK is a SASS client. SASS, based in Mere, Cheshire, has built a website which offers m...
March 15th, 2008

A franchise agreement is the legal document that dictates the relationship between the franchisor and the franchisee to some great extent. So, be clear in all the clauses and terms of the franchise agreement. Also make sure that you are represented by a franchise attorney who knows how a franchise s...
March 13th, 2008

Marks & Spencer Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Stuart Rose, who revived earnings at the U.K. retailer after taking over four years ago, will become executive chairman and stay through 2011 as sales growth slows. Rose will take over from Terry Burns, who is stepping down as non-executive cha...
March 11th, 2008

Silverjet, the UK-based all-business class carrier, is in talks with investors in the UAE to launch its franchise airline from Dubai. Lawrence Hunt, CEO of the one-year-old airline, told Khaleej Times that the talks are in advanced stages, and if an agreement could be reached the launch of an al...
March 9th, 2008

Insurer and broker Brown & Brown Inc. has bought a book of Subway restaurant franchisee insurance accounts from Columbus' Franchise Insurance Agency Inc. Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Brown & Brown said the purchase was made through a subsidiary, Brown & Brown of Connecticut Inc., but didn'...
March 7th, 2008

The only familiar signs at the McDonald's in this large Asian community are the golden arches, the drive-through and the menu. Gone are the plastic furniture, Ronald McDonald and the red and yellow palette that has defined McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food chain. Leather seats, earth tones,...
March 5th, 2008

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