Fast Casual: Starbucks Coffee Company and Opportunity Finance Network today announced that the Create Jobs for USA Fund has surpassed $1 million in donations within the first two weeks of the program’s Nov. 1 launch. To date, $6 million has been contributed to the Create Jobs for USA Fund, which includes a $5 million donation […]
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Franchiseindia.com: The 9th international franchise and retail show, Franchise India 2011 is set to be held on December 2-3, at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, India. The show is organised by Franchise India and Bloomberg UTV, supported by LIMA (International Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association) and IFA (Indian Franchise Association).The program is based on premeditated business planning
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Benzinga: Have you ever wanted to own a Subway or McDonald’s restaurant? If so, there’s a new website for that: Small Bizeo. Developed with the intention of helping people acquire a piece of the small business pie, Small Bizeo is considerably different from other advice channels. “Small Bizeo was born out of the need for
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Sacramento Bee: Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System, a leading franchisor of commercial cleaning businesses, honors America’s military veterans on Veterans Day and the rest of the year by providing incentives, training and innovative franchise models to help veterans become successful in new civilian careers. In fact, Coverall was ranked in the top 10 percent of all
Wall Street Journal: A lot of franchise buyers are looking to get into the driver’s seat. Literally. Over the past several years, there’s been a rising interest in mobile franchises, whose owners work out of a van, truck or trailer, driving around their territories to meet customers in their homes or elsewhere. These businesses—which offer
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The Ashburton Guardian: From potentially thousands of franchise business owners around New Zealand, Ashburton café owner Nigel Heney has been named cream of the crop. At the annual Westpac Franchise Awards in Auckland at the weekend, Mr Heney won the top award for the food and beverage franchisee of the year for the second time
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Franchising.com: The North Carolina Junior Tour provides affordable, nationally ranked junior golf tournaments to young men and women. Bojangle’s regional franchisee, Tri-Arc Food Systems, has been announced as the newest sponsor of the NC Junior Tour and Junior Golf Foundation. Their sponsorship helps keep entry fees low and nationally ranked junior golf tournaments accessible to
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Mondaq News Alerts: Courts and administrative tribunals are generally sensitive to the vulnerability of employees in employment relationships due to the often unequal bargaining power between employers and most employees. Various corporate structures, including franchise arrangements, that may be recognized for commercial law purposes, may not be recognized for employment law purposes, particularly if doing
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The Zimbabwe Standard: My healthy scepticism about most franchised chain restaurants is fairly well-known to regular readers. But possibly because St Elmo’s, at the Avondale Shopping Centre, is a Zimbabwean one-off, it’s never irritated me like some of the other multi-national operations have done occasionally. I drove to Avondale on a steaming hot, humid Wednesday
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Knutsford Guardian: A musical businesswoman who helps youngsters get into the swing of things has won a top award that recognises working mums. Frances Donkin, who runs Rhythm Time music classes for youngsters in Knutsford, has won Franchisee of the Year at the mumandworking 2011 awards in Brighton. The awards, hosted by X Factor’s Alexandra
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