San Francisco Chronicle:
Children’s music franchise group, Rhythm Time, is enjoying unprecedented growth this year
as two more franchises join the Company this month. This brings the total number of new franchises this year to six, which is the fastest level of growth since the Company started offeringfranchise opportunities in 2000.
Owner and founder, Kathy Doolan is delighted with the new franchisees who have already undertaken training and are now ready to launch their new businesses. “It is wonderful to see so many enthusiastic and talented individuals wanting to share in this thoroughly rewarding business ” says Kathy.
According to a recent review of the UK franchise industry by Franchise Development Services, more than 250,000 people are actively looking at owning their own franchise business and more than 1,500 franchise brands are expanding nationwide. They also found that franchising is the safest way to start a business – some 90% of new franchise owners succeed. In this current economic climate, increasing numbers of people have been made redundant or have simply lost their job and are exploring franchising as a proven business format for their skills, energies and ambitions.