Following its Bronze award for European Franchisor of the Year, Caremark explores how a growing franchise network can preserve the personal relationships and local independence that help its businesses succeed

Dorian Gonsalves of Belvoir Group advises prospective franchisees on how to look beyond the marketing material and ask the questions that reveal whether a franchise opportunity is genuinely right for them.

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries’ Francesca Rau explores how connected technology, digital insights and automation can support franchisees while strengthening the relationships at the heart of franchising

Why struggling to generate franchise enquiries can actually be an awareness problem, and why throwing more money at lead generation will not necessarily solve it.

Prospective franchisees understandably spend a great deal of time choosing the right brand, carrying out due diligence and arranging finance. Yet signing the franchise agreement is not the finish line; it is the start of the real journey

Paul Lewis of Pitman Training explains why becoming an employer is one of the most significant transitions a growing franchisee faces – and why the skills that helped you start your business are not always the ones that help it grow

As AI leaders ask the UN to keep humans in control, Katie Bullon of Activ Marketing asks marketers the same question about their own work: who is really steering?

Lisa Stead of Stagecoach Performing Arts explains why being indispensable can become a limitation as a franchise grows, and how effective delegation creates the space to build something bigger

Rebecca Newenham, an experienced entrepreneur, business mentor, and franchise consultant, shares a simple networking mindset shift that could change the way you build relationships and generate opportunities for your franchise

Buying or selling a franchise is more than a financial transaction; it can involve identity, emotion, trust and difficult decisions on both sides

Alongside a tough economy and global uncertainty, employment law changes have dominated the SME landscape for more than a year

As franchise networks expand, maintaining consistency becomes increasingly difficult. In my experience, the greatest threat to sustainable growth is not rapid expansion itself, but rather the gradual erosion of standards that made the business successful in the first place