Sandip Chauham and Ketan Patel from Leicester became close “beer buddies” after moving into the same halls of residence at Nottingham Trent University. A trip to US dramatically altered their lives when they were introduced to the concept of franchising. After returning to UK they were discovered the Jani King franchise.
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Raising finance is often the biggest hurdle for anyone seeking to start a business and as we all know the big risks are financial. There has been concern however that the lack of access to finance is a major barrier to ethnic minority business success.
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Due to the strong working culture of ethnic minorities, franchisors are actively targeting these groups as a main source of future growth.
This year's census is expected to show that ethnic minority communities total more than 5m people, or 10% of Britain's population. It has been estimated that the ethnic population will double within the next 50 years.
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You may think you have to start a franchised business in the UK from scratch but this is not always the case. Many existing UK franchisees are looking to sell their franchise.
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