Fresh Business Thinking: Gerald Thompson of McDonald’s in Manchester and Oldham was last night crowned 2010 bfa HSBC Franchisee of the Year, supported by Express Newspapers. One of 16 exceptional finalists, Gerald was praised for the outstanding success of his franchise alongside his tireless support and dedication to local community projects. 2010 bfa HSBC Franchisee […]
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Franchising.com: To help raise awareness and join the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, Home Helpers, the nation’s leading senior care franchise specializing in non-medical and personal care and companionship, has formed a team to participate in the 2010 Memory Walk in Cincinnati, Ohio, to support the Alzheimer’s Association on October 2, 2010. Home Helpers is committed
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Centre Daily Times: Today, 7-Eleven, Inc. announced The HOLLABACKS as the winner of its Second Annual 7-Eleven® and “Slurpee® Battle of the Bands” competition. Home-grown rock and popular bands battled in this multi-tiered competition, but only one from the 906 entries emerged the winner. “We want to thank the Slurpee brand, our friends, family and
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BigNews.biz: National massage therapy franchisor, Elements Therapeutic Massage, Inc., sponsored the Teachers’ Networking Luncheon at the 2010 American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) conference in Minneapolis, Minn., held Sept. 22-25. This is the second year Elements has sponsored the luncheon, which honored the Teacher of the Year, Melissa Wheeler from the National Holistic Institute, located in
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Business Day: TASTE Holdings yesterday announced details of the proposed acquisition by its subsidiary Scooters Pizza of St Elmo’s, a pizza franchise, saying the purchase would vertically integrate its food division and increase economies of scale in its franchising and manufacturing divisions. AltX-listed Taste said on August 31 it would acquire the franchising, food manufacturing
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Kristen Brown is very familiar with plastic bags. She has been packing them and dealing with them since she was 15 years old reports WBTV.com. “I have some experience in that, because my father invented the first plastic grocery bag in 1977,” Brown said. Now in her professional life she works with the Environmental Protection
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If you were to ask Ann-Marie Burton how she would describe herself, she would say that she’s a stay-at-home mom that stumbled into social media reports itbusiness.ca. The Burlington, Ont. woman left a career in consumer packaged goods to stay at home with her first daughter more than three years ago. But she soon found
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If you’ve been to Times Square in New York, you might have noticed an Old West-style showdown going on. On one side: The Naked Cowboy, aka Robert Burck, who has been a mainstay on the square since he started strumming his guitar in the (near) buff in 1997. On the other: Sandy Kane, a former
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When Dan Morrison saw a woman in India hauling water for miles, he decided to do something about it reports Reuters. He committed to spending $5000 to build a well. That philanthropic effort turned into Citizen Effect, a website Morrison launched last year to help others complete similar projects. “I went home, wrote a Christmas
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According to Entrepreneur, there’s an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants, “Chocolate With Nuts,” that’s all about starting a business. Here’s the plot, and what real entrepreneurs can learn from it: In the episode, SpongeBob is struck with the idea that he’d like to get rich after receiving a high-end luxury magazine in the mail by mistake.
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