Helping out busy entrepreneurs and navigating grief at work: Caroline Gowing and the Pink Spaghetti story
From pivoting services and business models to hitting a £3m turnover and losing her co-founder, Pink Spaghetti’s Caroline Gowing knows …
Tag: Franchise
How To Finance A Franchise With No Money
Owning a franchise is a goal for many aspiring business people and entrepreneurs. By opening a franchise, you get access …
Franchise fees explained for potential franchisees
In the UK alone, there are over 1,000 franchise systems – some recognisable like McDonald’s, and others less so, but …
What Is A Franchise In The UK?
Some of the world’s most successful companies are franchises and have become household names across the globe. Just look at …
How to start a franchise in the UK: Everything you need to know
By Sam Jones
A franchise is a type of business that offers an entrepreneur the opportunity to buy into a proven and successful …
The remarkable growth story of Hummingbird Bakery
While cupcakes are synonymous with the UK food scene today, that wasn?t the case in 2004. Hummingbird Bakery founder Tarek Malouf took a serious punt.
Business owners should embrace new and smarter working practices
By Steve Byrne
With the way his business is run, Steve Byrne has been able to experiment with smarter working practices and believes others would be silly not to as well.
First Women Awards winner packs “manicured” punch in fight to revamp UK courier market
Kate Lester, CEO and founder of Diamond Logistics, is a businesswoman on a mission to revolutionise the UK logistics industry, we found out in the aftermath of our First Women Awards recognition.
Shakeaway: Reinventing the milkshake via local products and a focus on customer experience
Since opening its doors in 1999, Shakeaway, which dubs itself as “the world’s largest milkshake bar company”, has been rapidly expanding across the UK – and more recently the Middle East, India, and US.
Why investors see Disney, and its consistent great performance, as stock “magic”
Since Oscar season in February 2014, movie and entertainment stocks have been outperforming and continuing to advance. In the first days of May 2015, however, the tide has turned with every stock in the sector except for Disney posting a loss.