The British Franchise Association (bfa) is the best place to start, outlining the key rules that must be respected for a business model to be considered a ‘business format franchise’: Other forms of ...

The deadline for entries is Monday 2nd June 2025. The BFA HSBC UK British Franchise Awards will be held on 6 November 2025 in Telford, Shropshire. More information can be found on the BFA website: ...

The Franchise Association of South Africa’s new chairman, Ayabulela Njingolo, shares a general outlook for franchising in these turbulent ...

The ‘commercial failure rate’ has dropped from 0.9% in 2018 to 0.5% in 2024, demonstrating the success of business format franchising. Steve Thatcher began his Revive! smart repair franchise ...

it needs to look at the franchising business format as the ideal way to roll out viable business enterprises based on the tried-and-tested universal franchising principles – not only on the ...