Be the Boss is a business podcast with a focus on helping entrepreneurs learn more about the many opportunities to ‘Be the Boss’ through franchising. You will hear from some of the largest franchise businesses in the UK about how they support their franchise networks to achieve success in their own businesses.
Fast Signs UK Managing Director, John Davies joins Harry on the Be the Boss Podcast to talk about the financial side of building a franchise business. Harry and John discuss ensuring healthy profitability, along with the costs of starting a franchise and how Fast Signs partnerships programs help scales their franchisees business.
In this episode Harry talks with Director of X-Press Legal Services, Dave Lister. The support a franchise can offer its franchisees from marketing, recruitment, training etc makes the business model highly attractive when considering an independent or franchise business. Dave chats with Harry about how X-Press Legal provides in-depth support allowing franchisees to focus on operating and growing their businesses.
Harry is joined by lead communications strategist for the Franchise Discovery Day, Diana Stephenson. Diana speaks on the differences between this and last years event, along with who will benefit from learning about a franchise business and their different approach to the event this year.
In our first episode Harry talks to Home Instead's Director of Business Development Ruth Brown on the importance of choosing the right franchise business for you. Ruth dives into the questions you should be asking yourself before your venture into a franchise and the benefits franchisees have as oppose to a start up business.