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 UNITED KINGDOM FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Nov/Dec 2003
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Printing.com sees monthly sales top £1m. Retail chain
Printing.com bucked the general gloomy signals coming from retailers
yesterday, announcing its total monthly sales had broken the £1 million
barrier for the first time. .... [more]
23 Dec, 2003
Scots retailers to lobby against New Year closure plan.
Scottish retailers revealed last night they plan to launch a major
lobbying effort to prevent Holyrood legislation that would ban large
stores from trading on New Year's Day. .... [more]
23 Dec, 2003
Dejected stores count on 11th-hour rush. Pre-Christmas
sales fail to attract more shoppers to the high street. .... [more]
23 Dec, 2003
Retailers suffering Christmas gloom. Anecdotal evidence
of the poor Christmas trading experienced by many retailers was backed
up by leaked figures at the weekend, which showed Marks & Spencers
and other specialists in fashion and women's clothing suffering the
most. .... [more]
22 Dec, 2003
M&S 'hit by weak Christmas sales' UK retail giant. Marks
& Spencer has suffered a sharp drop in pre-Christmas clothing sales,
press reports claim. .... [more]
22 Dec, 2003
Fashion sales plummet at M&S. Thousands of Marks & Spencer
staff are set to miss out on their annual bonus after a huge slump
in clothing sales at the High Street giant this Christmas. .... [more]
21 Dec, 2003
Farmer Autocare marks return to basics. Sir Tom Farmer
has unveiled the details of his new car repair business - which he
says offers would-be entrepreneurs the chance to make a typical 250
per cent capital return on an investment over five years. .... [more]
18 Dec, 2003
In good company. Want to run your own business but scared
of the risk? Buying a franchise could be the perfect solution, says
Suzanna Drew-Edwards. .... [more]
9 Dec, 2003
Retailers braced for a miserable Christmas as shares tumble.
High Street retailers are hoping for a last minute surge in sales
as they face the prospect of the worst trading Christmas in years.
.... [more]
29 Nov, 2003
Esquires brand will live on, says new owner. THE collapse
of the company controlling the Esquires Coffee House franchises last
night grew more complex as the Edinburgh solicitor aiming to revive
the brand mounted a robust defence of his new operation. .... [more]
27 Nov, 2003
Esquires coffee chain crashes. The Scottish company
behind one of the UK's fastest growing coffee franchises is set to
go into liquidation, leaving in its wake a trail of bad debt and creditors.
.... [more]
26 Nov, 2003
Speyside Hotel Launches Restaurant With Innovative Partnership.
A nine bedroom hotel in the heart of Speyside is believed
to be the first of its size to franchise out its restaurant operation.
.... [more]
25 Nov, 2003
Business without the birth pains. Don't assume that
a franchise has to be started from scratch. Many existing franchisees
are looking to sell their businesses, which provides opportunities.
.... [more]
19 Nov, 2003
Benefits of being a team player. The first step has
been taken: the franchise has been set up. Now comes the task of developing
a customer or client base. .... [more]
19 Nov, 2003
Starbucks chain stays on the boil. Coffee chain Starbucks
is racking up growth of between 8% and 9% in like-for-like British
sales despite speculation that the steam is coming out of the High
Street market. .... [more]
14 Nov, 2003
Irish sandwich bars chain to spread. One of Britain's
biggest sandwich bar chains has finally decided the time is right
to move into the London market. .... [more]
10 Nov, 2003
McDonald's may no longer relish Pret. McDonald's heightened
speculation that it would pull out of its investment in Pret A Manger
after scrapping its stake in the sandwich chain's Japanese arm. ....
[more]
7 Nov, 2003
Drag Queens Celebrate O'Briens Award in a Giant Coffee Cup.
Coffee lovers Imperial and Davina Devine (Drag Queens) are joining
Derek Mc Donnell, (CEO Deemac Coffee Services) and Bernadette McCullagh,
(Group Marketing Manager O'Briens) and the O'Briens staff to celebrate
the first O'Briens Quality Growth Coffee Awards in a life size coffee
cup, measuring two metres high and two metres wide. .... [more]
7 Nov, 2003
Clothing stores riding crest of a wave. The popularity
of extreme sports such as snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding
has grown immeasurably over the past decade, to a point where it is
now becoming an established part of mainstream culture. .... [more]
6 Nov, 2003
Pack-IT: winner of the Enterprising Solutions 03 Awards.
Three years ago some Rothschilds bankers and Deloitte & Touche accountants
turned up on Pack-IT's doorstep. They wanted an equity stake in the
Cardiff-based contract packing, fulfilment and despatch business.
.... [more]
2 Nov, 2003
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