Bizcommunity.com: Java Brands is the newly formed holding company for the development and management of well-known brands Ola Milky Lane, Juicy Lucy, Chicken King and the newly introduced Java Heights Specialty Coffee brand. It has been formed through the restructuring of quick service restaurant group Retsol, from 1 February 2010, to split the management responsibilities […]
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Daily Gleaner: The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise in the Regent Mall will remain in operation until a new franchisee is found to operate the store. Lloyd Shears, director of franchising for the confectionery business, said it’s being run corporately for the time being, but there has been interest from the Fredericton business community in
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Bizjournals.com: Culver’s is teaming up with the American Red Cross on a special fund-raiser on Tuesday to help ongoing relief efforts in Haiti. Throughout the day on Feb. 16, Culver’s franchise owners have agreed to donate 10 percent of chain-wide sales to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund. Prairie Du Sac, Wis.-based
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State and local budget crunches mean government contractors will have to wait longer to get paid, the WSJ‘s Marshall Eckblad reports. An Illinois non-profit named Springfield Arc Inc. is doing the people’s work, serving the mentally disabled. Trouble is, the people are six months late in paying. The state of Illinois owes the Springfield-based provider
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Ten types of businesses you can start on the cheap, by Anita Campbell at Business.gov. In many cases they can be run out of a home office. Most require minimal equipment beyond a computer, phone, printer, a few tools, and perhaps your car or truck. You won’t need advanced degrees or highly specialized training beyond
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Lisa Barone at Small Business Trends highlights two big problems with Google’s local business listings – including how competitors can hijack your listing. Many small business owners and those that work with them began receiving emails about their local business results for the month of November. The emails contained information about where the business ranked
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Mondaq News Alerts: Summary – The new law The Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) replaces the existing law on the how security is taken over assets (except for land and buildings). Franchisors have just over a year to prepare for the commencement of the new regime in May 2011 and will need to start preparing
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The Franchise Magazine: Bluebird Care‘s first franchise owner is expanding her business with the opening of a second office. Sue Milakovic became the first Bluebird Care franchise owner in April 2007 and three years on she is set to launch her second office in Stafford. When Sue initially launched her Bluebird Care franchise she recruited
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A young man by the name of Louis Braille was only 12 when he began working on a system of reading and writing that relied on raised dots. Thomas Alva Edison was only a teen when he got to work on his telegraphic repeating instrument. And Tharon Trujillo was 10 when he came up with
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BusinessWeek is reporting that more people are working from home, and more of them are working for themselves, according to Census data released. The chart above compares the growth in the number of self-employed people working exclusively from home to growth in total home-based workers and the total number of people employed. The number of
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