franchises Archives

Arch Financial Products Enters Asia And Middle East Market With Financial Partners Stake

HedgeWeek: UK-based alternative investment manager Arch Financial Products has made a substantial investment in Financial Partners Group, an international firm of independent financial advisers groups with offices in Middle East and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Arch has taken a 48 per cent stake in Financial Partners to boost the IFA firm’s expansion in the Middle […]

Arch Financial Products Enters Asia And Middle East Market With Financial Partners Stake Read More »

Palms Brand Adding New Properties

Franchise Site

Hotel Interactive: The popularity of the new â€œ3 Palmsâ€ brand for upscale independent and condo-hotel properties continues to grow with signed agreements that will add two properties to its portfolio. The two hotels are a 76-room new construction in Dothan, Alabama, which is expected to open in September of 2009 and a 60-room conversion in

Palms Brand Adding New Properties Read More »

Working For Start-Up Of Franchise Businesses

Franchise Site

The Star: Keeble Hawson has been appointed legal adviser to a project which aims to encourage more people to set up franchise-based businesses in the Sheffield area. The law firm, which is affiliated to the British Franchising Association, has been awarded a two-year contract for city development company Creative Sheffield‘s Franchising Development Project. At present

Working For Start-Up Of Franchise Businesses Read More »

Franchise Seminar In El Paso, Oct 23-25

Franchise Site

The UTEP Franchise Center will have a franchise management certificate seminar at the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 23-25. “The Franchise Centerâ€™s 2-day management certificate program is designed to give participants a well-rounded look at franchising and help them decide whether franchising is the â€œright business decisionâ€ for them, Ibarreche said.” The

Franchise Seminar In El Paso, Oct 23-25 Read More »

New Horizons Announces Expansion Plans

Franchise Site

Irish Franchise Magazine: Computer training franchise New Horizons has plans to expand outside of Dublin. A centre opened in Galway earlier this month and another centre is to open in Cork next year. New Horizons is a US computer training franchise and the Irish franchise rights were awarded to Liam McMahon in 2003, after he

New Horizons Announces Expansion Plans Read More »

McDonaldâ€™s Supports Fair Pay For Employees

Franchise Site

Scoop.co.nz: McDonaldâ€™s New Zealand remains committed to offering fair pay to its 7500 employees across the country, and disputes comments made by Unite Union regarding the company and its wage negotiations in the wake of further strike action announced by Unite today. Managing Director Mark Hawthorne, himself a former McDonaldâ€™s restaurant employee, says: â€œMcDonaldâ€™s is

McDonaldâ€™s Supports Fair Pay For Employees Read More »

As Economy Hurts, So Does Franchising

Franchise Site

TMCnet: Vinod Kapoor believes in healthy food. If times were different, he might consider adding another Saladworks franchise unit to the three he already owns. But with food prices high and some sources of credit freezing up, many of the restaurant franchisees he knows are trying to sell units instead, Kapoor said. The problem is

As Economy Hurts, So Does Franchising Read More »

Vishal Retail Looks To Raise

Franchise Site

Daily News & Analysis: Vishal Retail, a Rs 1,000-crore New Delhi-based chain, is weighing a second round of fund-raising through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route to mop up Rs 200 crore. Company sources said expansion is imperative, so if money canâ€™t be raised via QIP, the company strike revenue-share agreements with mall developers and

Vishal Retail Looks To Raise Read More »

Acting Locally, Branding Nationally

Franchise Site

Chain Leader: During winter in Florida, residents want to revel in the sunshine that eludes much of the country. So managers of the Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Tijuana Flats last year started a promotion to help a sub-segment of their customers dine on the outdoor patio. Building on the irreverent attitude the Tex-Mex chain is

Acting Locally, Branding Nationally Read More »

Hauling Junk (With A Touch Of Class)

Franchise Site

New York Times: Value-added junk hauling may sound like a questionable product to sell: it assumes that people will pay hundreds of dollars to get rid of ratty sofas and assorted flotsam in professional and socially conscious ways. Its biggest selling points are friendly employees who presumably look more respectable than the local odd jobber,

Hauling Junk (With A Touch Of Class) Read More »