Cambridge Evening News: A process which will lead to the management of Hinchingbrooke Hospital being franchised, possibly to the private sector, has started. The scheme is the first of its kind in the country and follows debts of nearly £40 million being run up at the NHS hospital. Members of the stakeholder panel, set up […]
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Wausau Daily Herald: Any parent with young children knows how difficult cooking a meal can be when there are small hands trying to help. Rather than shoo them out, stay-at-home mom Joy Frystak invites her three young daughters into the kitchen with her. And that inspired her to start a new business. Frystak, 33, of
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PR.com: Running a business while raising a family can be an extremely rewarding yet challenging path for many moms. Just ask Lara Galloway, Mary Hickman and Melissa Lierman. With eight kids under 10 between them and successful individual businesses, they manage many of the same challenges other mom entrepreneurs face. “We found that we are
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Best Syndication: These are very hard times for the American automotive industry, but an exclusive franchise study by Franchise Direct has revealed that automotive franchises are doing well nonetheless. With Americans holding onto their cars for longer than ever before, their analysis of the Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD’s) of 30 automotive franchises found that more
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Salt Lake Tribune: Emphasizing that Usana Health Sciences is not afraid to answer questions about what distinguishes its multilevel marketing approach from a Ponzi scheme, the company brought in master questioner Larry King to probe the issue. King’s appearance was a surprise for the 8,000 Usana sales associates who filled most of EnergySolutions Arena’s lower
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Reuters: LifeVantage Corporation has been granted a third patent for its flagship product Protandim® from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Protandim has been clinically proven in earlier studies to slow the progressive rate of aging by reducing oxidative stress and this new patent further documents Protandim`s effect on antioxidant enzymes in vivo, describing
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Brandon News and Tribune: An index that tracks publicly traded companies engaged in business format franchising has recovered the losses it recorded earlier in 2009. The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index had climbed 11.1 percent by the end of the second quarter 2009 with widespread gains in 40 of 50 components, some in excess of
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The Wall Street Journal: Starbucks Corp.‘s top international executive said the chain plans to continue expanding its modest presence in France after striking a deal to take full control of the country’s operations. In France, “there is a tremendous opportunity because of the availability [and] quality of real estate for us to continue an aggressive
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Chain Leader: Chain Leader blogger and restaurant-chain marketing veteran Karen Brennan outlines the Top 10 things she has learned so far. For the full report, check out Brennan’s blog. 10. Customers own the brand. A brand is a set of expectations, and if your guests don’t believe your messaging, it may as well not be
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Franchising World: As the relationship between lead generation and the Internet continues to evolve, franchisors will watch for the most successful yet cost-efficient ways to get their concepts in front of target audiences. Though it may seem hard to believe in this day and age, information wasn’t just one click away a decade or so
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