BF April 2010 Issue

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Franchisenews
NEWS
Enter the
SHORTS
Dragons’
QUICK AS A FLASH
When Essex County Council’s inward
investment department INVEST Essex
Den
needed 1,000 fully customised USB ■ Are you ready to turn your idea into a multi-
flashdrives in a hurry, Graham Marshall million pound reality? The BBC’s award-winning
and his team at Recognition Express in Dragons’ Den is the ﬁ rst and longest running
Essex rose to the challenge producing business investment series, with a track record of
them in just seven days, including backing future millionaires. In the coming months
importing the flashdrives from China. the production team will be scouring the country
Paul Martin, marketing development to ﬁ nd the next generation of Britain’s best
manager for Invest Essex, said: “We entrepreneurs and will be exhibiting at The British
gave him an extremely tight deadline but & International Franchise Exhibition in London on
it simply wasn’t a problem.” 19 & 20 March. If you think you’ve got
For more on Recognition Express, what it takes to enter the Dragons’ Den, register
see page 99. for tickets at www.franchiseinfo.co.uk
TODDLERS CAN HANDLE IT
A brand new nursery school in
Edinburgh is teaching toddlers
IT skills. Lynne Kerr, owner of
ComputerXplorers south-east Scotland,
teaches ICT to a group of nursery
pupils from Bruntsfield House Nursery.
Lynne Kerr said: “The classes
have a huge impact on the children’s
preparation for primary school,
especially as ICT is central to the
Government’s plans for education.”
For more on ComputerXplorers, see
page 120.
SIGNS OF A NEW START
It’s a new start for 29-year-old Gill New launch
Brown, who opened her Fastsigns
franchise in Derby this January. ■ FOUNDED IN 1907 by Samuel Smith, A typical Ringtons franchisee will have an
Gill said: “You’ve got to take the Ringtons remains the only company in the exclusive territory of around 40,000 to 30,000
plunge. I fancied going into the signage world to deliver tea, coffee and biscuits households, divided into 10 routes with 125
industry because I think it’s a solid door-to-door. Having survived two world regular customers per route. Franchisees will
business. People always need signs. wars and several recessions, the business carry a range of teas, coffee, biscuits and seasonal
I’m really excited about the future and has taken the strategic decision that future items to customers’ doors in a traditional wicker
meeting our first customers.” expansion will be through franchising. basket. For more, turn to page 30.
Comment
number of franchisees that consist of parent
and child teams who run successful businesses.
The benefits of a good franchise to the
young entrepreneur are the same as to more
“
WITH the recent publicity mature individuals. They provide a tried-and-
surrounding the levels of tested business model, which increases the
unemployment amongst probability of the venture succeeding. Add
18 to 25 year olds in the UK, it is worth to that the obvious benefit of having to take
exploring the opportunities and benefits that responsibility for the financial and operational
franchising can offer them. well being of the business and the discipline
In my experience at Dublcheck I have and necessity for reliability. Franchising is a
found that quite often, older members of the genuine solution when considering Carol Stuart-Gill is the founder of Dublcheck, a
family provide both practical and financial the general development of management franchise that provides commercial cleaning.
help to anyone in this age group. We have a young people.
”
For more on Dublcheck, see our cover story on page 14.
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