Oct 4, 2012

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Ins and outs of the rail bidding business
Financial Times
The country's rail network is split into 19 franchises, of which half are profitable – chiefly the London commuter lines and the big intercity routes, like the West Coast mainline. When bidding to run a profitable route, train operators promise to pay ...
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Krispy Kreme to enter Singapore market
Winston-Salem Journal
The franchisee operates other retail outlets there and in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. "Their unique understanding of the Singapore consumer, coupled with their sound business experience across a variety ...
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Correction: Bond at 50-Franchise story
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — In an Oct. 3 story about the James Bond franchise, The Associated Press erroneously reported that all of MGM's owners booked a loss on $5 billion in loans to the studio backing the franchise. In fact, whether the owners gain or lose in ...
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DineEquity, Inc. Announces Completion of Its Applebee's Restaurant ...
DailyFinance
... number of franchisees; credit risk from IHOP franchisees operating under our previous business model; termination or non-renewal of franchise agreements; franchisees breaching their franchise agreements; insolvency proceedings involving franchisees ...
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Prospective franchisees slow to embrace social media
iTWire
The survey, conducted by FranchiseBusiness.com.au, of 600 Australian prospective franchisees, revealed that almost a third had no experience at all in social media, with most still slow to gain the necessary experience in managing social platforms for ...
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Largest Valvoline Instant Oil Change Franchisee Offers PINK Wipers for Breast ...
RedOrbit
As of September 2012, the Henley Companies operate 196 VIOC franchise locations spread among the following states: California, Delaware, Florida, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and ...
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Dry cleaning franchise is exciting project for local family: Lapels offers ...
Ahwatukee Foothills News
Kline and his wife decided to open their own franchise of a dry cleaning business, Lapels, which is based in Massachusetts. They opened their first location in Gilbert and one week later opened a drop-off site in Ahwatukee Foothills. Next month, they ...
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Travel Leaders Franchise Group is providing to business travel-focused ...
Business Travel News
Travel Leaders Franchise Group is providing to business travel-focused members a new client travel policy assessment "process." The automated and customizable solution, according to Travel Leaders Franchise Group president Roger Block, "assists clients ...
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RFG to speed up pizza delivery
The Australian
Yesterday RFG declared it had settled on a final price of $41m for the Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars franchise company, with up to $4m in additional payments if the business clears certain performance hurdles in the first two years after the sale. The terms ...
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Franchise Industry Gains Benefits and Incentives with Matco Mobile Options
Equities.com
Mobile franchises have been around for years and but are seeing a renaissance due to the added benefits they offer, such as: • Lower start-up costs—Mobile franchise owners can lighten the financial burden of starting a business by eliminating real ...
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Affi sees 20% franchising growth this year
Business Mirror
The domestic franchising industry expects to post a robust growth of as much as 20 percent this year from $11 billion in sales in 2011 with 18 businesses going into franchising for the first time, according to the Association of Filipino Franchisers ...
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How important is customer service to your franchise?
Select Your Franchise (blog)
Using this statement as a policy can actually make your franchise business's customer service worse. It makes staff unhappy if a manager sides with the customer when the staff member was following company policy, and using this idea an unreasonable ...
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Electric franchise again going to voters
The Durango Herald
"I didn't hear anybody say cut police or lay off city employees," said Councilor Sweetie Marbury, noting that the city has had franchise agreements with power companies since the 1950s. Officials also said LPEA currently is the only utility not paying ...
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New Online Destination Answers Small Business Owners' Plea for More Support
DailyFinance
New research* from The UPS Store shows small business owners feel they don't always have the level of support they need to cope with their daily challenges. As a business made of locally owned franchises, The UPS Store plans to provide small business ...
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Sharp Project model could be a world franchise
Manchester Evening News
The Sharp Project is already home to 50 media companies and yesterday announced American 3D imaging giant EON Virtual will open its European headquarters there, creating an initial wave of 240 jobs. EON will move into One Central Square, which will ...
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Aberdeen Resident Brings Peachwave Yogurt Franchise to New Jersey
Patch.com
"A friend of mine found this franchise down in Florida and before I knew it we were looking at locations in New Jersey," Prachar said. Prachar and his friend, Marty Eisner, who is now his business partner, almost chose to open the shop in Basking Ridge ...
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Rail franchise blame game gets up steam
Politics.co.uk
Fifteen months have already passed since Virgin, FirstGroup and two other rail companies bid for the lucrative franchise. FirstGroup, which business analysts now expect may be unable to offer an expected dividend to shareholders after being told it had ...
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Southport franchise Felicity Hat Hire featured on BBC 1's The One Show
Southport Visiter
Starting as a small private hat hire shop in Churchtown Village, Felicity and her family have built the business up into a nationwide franchise. The current affairs programme praised the business, which was started from scratch 24 years ago by Felicity.
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McDonald's Dividend Depends On How Well Its Franchisees Do
Seeking Alpha
Unlike many other franchise companies, McDonald's gives a lot of financial performance information in Item 19 of its FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document). Item 19 has pro forma financial results for restaurants that hit three different annual sales ...
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East Coast Wings approved for $7.5M credit facility
Fast Casual
Created in 2010, the lending program is the first of its kind, providing a collaborative effort between lender and franchisor to set up a predictable model for franchise financing. Specifically created for start-up and expanding franchise businesses ...
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Spotlight on key advisers in inquiry into franchise fiasco
The Times (subscription)
Government advisers from Atkins, the transport consultancy, and Eversheds, the City lawyer, are to come under scrutiny in the independent investigation into the West Coast Main Line fiasco. Atkins and Eversheds, who between them have earned tens of ...
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Committee forwards bills to grant exclusive franchises to taxi associations
Virgin Islands Daily News
Testifiers spoke of their association members as small business owners and said the franchises offer the associations the ability to closely monitor how services are being rendered and to deal quickly with any situations that may arise. Although no ...
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Blunder hits rail franchise chain
The Argus
Five companies were being considered to run the services - the Go- Ahead Group, the First Group, the Stagecoach Group, the MTR Corporation and the Abellio Group and a decision was due in the coming months. But yesterday transport secretary Patrick ...
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You've Just Been Given Control of a Great Video Game Franchise!
The Verge
We're glad to see that you've survived the harsh pressures of business school, and have learned all you'll ever need to know about favoritism and nepotism! It's time, now, to put the skills to our test! Here at Big Game Publishing, we feel that it's ...
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IoD shocked at West Coast Main Line franchise failures
Stock Market Wire
Businesses need a stable, reliable rail network and certainty in the provision of key infrastructure. Government tendering processes must be whiter than white, or firms will be deterred from applying to take contracts on, which will harm service ...
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Rail franchise collapse branded a 'shambles'
Glasgow Evening Times
In later editions of yesterday's Evening Times, it was reported the West Coast Main Line franchise, awarded to First Group, was being withdrawn after it emerged the process was flawed due to Department For Transport errors. The UK Government said it ...
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Unilever may sell Skippy business in US, Canada
Live 5 News
LONDON (AP) - Unilever has announced that it will consider selling its Skippy peanut butter business in the US and Canada as part of a strategic review. The company says it is also considering other options for the brand. It said in a statement ...
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Mooyah looking for franchisee to expand brand into Springs
Colorado Springs Business Journal
The timeline for developing Colorado Springs stores depends mostly on finding the right franchisee, Adams said. From there it usually takes about six months to find the right location, ready it and open for business. Finding the right franchisee could ...
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Entrepreneurs Turn to Mobile Phones and Tablets to Buy Franchises and ...
PR Web (press release)
Mobile commerce is catching on even in the high-end market of buying a business. Investors who want to buy a franchise are adopting mobile phones and tablets at a rapid rate to research and apply for franchise opportunities. The number of investment ...
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Company news in the Lehigh Valley
Allentown Morning Call
The Home Instead Senior Care office that serves Lehigh County is under new ownership. Previously owned by Michael J. Crum, the franchise office is now owned and operated by Frank and Kimberly Koze D'Amico. The locally owned business helps seniors ...
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Business, Nonprofit of the Year Named in North Little Rock
KARK
Tweet. A North Little Rock business and a nonprofit organization have been named best of the year. The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce has selected Wyndham Riverfront as its 2012 Business of the Year and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central ...
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James Bond: How the 007 films became a family business
BBC News
Since 1995 the entire franchise has been in the hands of Cubby's daughter, Barbara, and his stepson, Michael G Wilson. But family connections permeate every aspect of production - such as the directors, stunt teams, accountants, legal advisers, art ...
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BBC News
Getting better on third down is Raiders' first order of business
CBSSports.com (blog)
The Raiders are on pace to allow a franchise record 500 points. They have just three sacks and haven't intercepted a pass. Their running game ranks last in the NFL. No wide receiver on the team has more than 12 catches. Allen, though, is zeroing in ...
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Aurelio's Pizza Teams with Soos & Associates for Next Step in Growth Plan
Pizza Marketing Quarterly (PMQ)
Since 2010, Aurelio's has embarked on an aggressive business enhancement and streamlining initiative to grow its footprint nationwide.Toward this goal, Aurelio's has developed new franchisee communications tools, revamped its web site, piloted online ...
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Maryland's pet industry a breed apart
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Dan Gross/The Gazette Roy Haaser, here grooming Toni, a standard poodle, says business the last two years at his Groomery & Olde Towne Bed and Biscuit in Gaithersburg has been the strongest in its 38 years. ... Two people own franchises in Maryland.
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Shanahan assumes leadership of DDIFO
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
BUSINESS WIRE)--Edwin Shanahan, the new executive director of the DD Independent Franchise Owners (DDIFO), has officially taken over day-to-day operations of the franchisee organization as of October 1st. The news was released at DDIFO's National ...
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Franchise industry expects 25% revenue growth by yearend ...
By Text and photo by Ben Arnold O. De Vera, InterAksyon.com
Homegrown companies belonging to the Association of Filipino Franchisers Inc. expect domestic sales this year to grow by a fourth as many member-firms expand across the country.
Interaksyon.com

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Need Advice on Investing in Franchise Business
I know many of you are business savvy. I'm looking to see what is the best route in investing into a franchise business. OBVIOUS capital is the name of the game.
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Silver Cos. affiliate offering financing to franchisees - Business ...
Financing would be available only for franchisees opening the business on a Silver property. Locally those include the Cosner's Corner area, Carter's Crossing , ...
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Diverse Franchise Business Opportunities: Maaco Body Shop ...
MAACO is recognized as one of the best franchise business opportunities available today. There are nearly 500 MAACO franchise Centers operating in the U.S. ...
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Franchise Book Now Available In Audio - Small Business News
More than 100000 books, from best-selling novels to best-selling business books are now available on Amazon.com in audio versions. And my own book, ...
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NYC Business Solutions — Is a Franchise Right for You? By Joel ...
Is a Franchise Right for You? By Joel Goldstein, Group Marketing Director, MFV Expositions If you often find yourself daydreaming at your computer thinking of ...
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Sara Waskow - FranNet Franchise Business Opportunity Consultant ...
Sara Waskow. Dallas/Fort Worth. Phone 817-821-7997. Address P. O. Box 92501 . Southlake, TX 76092 swaskow@frannet.com. Oct 17, 2012 / Dallas, TX ...
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high quality wholesale modern paintings - Franchise Business Talk ...
The first few steps you should consider are the place you will be placing the large oil Modern Paintings...
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Metal Supermarkets Adds Franchise Management Veteran to Team
Then, as Director of Business Development with Mini-Tankers USA, Inc., Tibbs was responsible for the development and growth of franchise and corporate ...
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