If you missed last week's The Franchise Show, then don't worry because another great franchise event is coming up in March!
The British & International Franchise Exhibition, endorsed by the British Franchise Association (bfa), will bring a vast range of new career opportunities to Olympia, London on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 March 2010.
Featuring a host of new and leading franchise industry businesses, valuable conference presentations and helpful experts from banks, accountants and lawyers, the event will provide aspiring business owners with all the knowledge they need to take a major step forward into a new venture. This year the exhibition will feature more than 100 franchising companies covering a vast range of industry sectors from travel and recruitment agencies to food and drink, health and fitness, cleaning companies and automotive repairs. The choice of franchises available at the exhibition is huge, giving visitors the perfect opportunity to find the business that is an ideal match for their interests and skills.
As well as many leading names in franchising, the list of exhibitors includes new companies with exciting proven ideas and concepts from all over the world.
The extensive conference programme, with keynotes speakers including Toni Mascolo,co-founder of Toni & Guy hair salons and Brian Mullens of McDonalds, will cover the key franchise-related topics including couples in franchising, high level investment franchising; franchise resales; management in franchising, hands-on franchising, women in franchising, franchising your business and Growing Your Own Business.
The International Conference, sponsored by the UKTI, will discuss both how to launch a franchise in the UK and how to take a UK based franchise overseas. The bfa will also address the key issues of trends, benefits and challenges associated with franchising.