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13-February-2009

Franchise Resales Limited launches a Consultancy Service

Franchise Resales Limited, which provides structured resales systems for Franchisors and their Franchisees, has launched a Consultancy Service in addition to their portfolio of services available to the UK Franchise Industry.

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13-February-2009

Choice Hotels Reports Full Year 2008 Adjusted Diluted EPS of $1.78, Domestic Unit Growth of 6.1%

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH)  reported the following highlights for fourth quarter and full year 2008

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13-February-2009

THE LITTLE GYM HARPENDEN BRINGS UK SITES TO SEVEN

Following a three-year search for premises, The Little Gym Harpenden is gearing up for its big opening next month. Situated on the Rothamsted Research campus, just off West Common, The Little Gym offers a unique motor skills and curriculum-based gymnastics programme for children of all abilities, from 4 months to 12 years.

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04-February-2009

BFA FRANCHISOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2009

The British Franchise Association’s (bfa) ‘Franchisor of the Year Awards’, sponsored by Express Newspapers and HSBC, announces that it is now open for entries.

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04-February-2009

Dominos look to a New Year and New You

This month Dominos look at how the start of the year can be the busiest for franchisors, with more and more aspiring entrepreneurs contacting them to kick start a new career in franchising.

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28-January-2009

Franchisor to Franchisee at Martin & Co

It is a significant reflection on the quality of a franchise operation when a franchisor becomes a franchisee. Too often the marketing promises of franchising businesses fail to live up to expectations, but the case of Martin & Co’s Chelmsford franchisee, Stephen Frost, is a great example of a businessman really putting his money where his mouth is.

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14-January-2009

Belvoir franchise gives advice on deposits

Each month, UK tenants lose more than £15,000 in un-returned deposits from landlords according to Belvoir, Britain’s biggest lettings specialist. However, Belvoir, which has an office on, Lincoln Road, in, Peterborough, says tenants need to realise that, if they follow a few golden rules, there is no reason why their deposits should not be returned in full at the end of a tenancy.

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05-January-2009

CHOICE HOTELS OPENS FIVE NEW EUROPEAN PROPERTIES

Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH), the global hotel group behind the Comfort, Quality, Sleep Inn and Clarion brands and one of the largest and most successful lodging franchisors in the world, today announced that it has opened five new hotels in Europe and is on track to open a further three in January 2009.

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19-December-2008

Martin & Co franchise set to bail out estate agents with appointment of Senior Portfolio Buyer

Sharon Titchmarsh, formerly of Belvoir and Director of business brokerage Enable, and more recently employed as Portfolio Buyer at Countrywide Residential Lettings, has joined Martin & Co to develop the momentum for business acquisitions in 2009.

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16-December-2008

Dream Doors franchise annual conference is a success

Dream Doors franchise has just held its sixth annual conference at the Marriott Hotel in Portsmouth. The director general of the British Franchise Association, Brian Smart, attended the event to talk to franchisees about the development of the Portsmouth-based brand into a national franchise.

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