Callum Floyd is a Franchising & Licensing Expert

Evaluating franchisor sustainability and buying a franchise is a critical issue when looking to buy a franchise business.  Long term franchising requires a viable franchisor. Franchisor Sustainability and Buying a Franchise Buying a franchise is a complex undertaking. There\’s a lot to understand; not least, the type of business, the market, the potential, the funding, your …

Franchising Research Highlights Franchisors and Service Providers sentiment continues to provide an optimistic outlook specifically across the areas of franchisee sales levels, franchisee profitability and franchisor growth prospects, and notably increased confidence in relation to access to finance. Franchisors sentiment toward general business conditions was substantially more positive this quarter for franchisors, with Service Providers …

Franchise Field visits are one of the most important franchisor management processes. A well-constructed and executed field management programme, in turn, can have a dramatic and positive impact on both franchisor and franchisee results. Impactful franchise field visits are the result of strong foundations There are reasons why franchise field visits are valuable, with key …

Franchisees make a big commitment via the franchisee investment when buying a franchise. Franchises range in value from circa $20,000 to what can often be more than $400,000. In some situations franchisees will invest close to or even more than $1 million – depending on the type of business, structure and situation involved. Franchisees that invest …

The July 2016 Franchising Confidence Index by Franchize Consultants indicated a strong outlook for franchisee sales and profit. Key Highlights – Franchisee Sales and Profit Responding Franchisors and Service Providers sentiment provides a more optimistic outlook specifically across franchisee sales levels and franchisee profitability. Franchisors sentiment toward general business conditions was slightly more sombre this quarter. …

Change is nothing new, and with change comes the need to conduct a Franchise Review and adapt. McDonald’s and many other blockbusting franchise companies would simply not be around today had they not regularly reviewed and revised their business formats, applying best practice to achieve and maintain their market their leadership. New Zealand franchise companies …

Franchize Consultants Franchising Confidence Index April 2016 demonstrates sustained strong franchisor confidence levels for many areas, like general business conditions, franchisor growth prospects, franchisee sales levels and, to a lesser extent, franchisee profitability. However, sentiment reductions were evident across many of these and other measures. Franchisors were still on balance quite positive about general business conditions (net …

How to franchise a Business with Strong Foundations? A franchise system needs to be designed and built responsibly, that is how to franchise a business to succeed. That responsibility starts with designing an appropriate franchise structure based on a successful operating business that has been proven in the field over a period of time. Franchising …

Franchise a business while achieving excellent results requires planning. In fact, anyone getting involved in franchising needs to do it in the right order. No matter if you are franchisor or a franchisee there is a prior stage. And the prior stage comprises a series of activities, that help pave the way for positive outcomes, …

Franchising and licensing a business can be a very successful way of growing and improving an established business. A new training programme provided by Franchize Consultants, Westpac and MYOB will help business understand the opportunity and steps involved. Wednesday 4th May – Westpac, Auckland – 3 hrs Tuesday 24th May – MYOB, Christchurch – 3 hrs Wednesday 25th May – …

Franchising and licensing a business can be a very successful way of growing and improving an established business. A new training programme provided by Franchize Consultants, Westpac and MYOB will help business understand the opportunity and steps involved. Wednesday 4th May – Westpac, Auckland – 3 hrs Tuesday 24th May – MYOB, Christchurch – 3 hrs Wednesday 25th May – …