Please find below a list of past franchise newsletters. Click on the heading to view the newsletter content.

South African Newsletter Archive 2007

September Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• www.whichfranchise.co.za named South Africa’s top franchise resource
• A look at F&BOE 2007
• Seminar: Misconduct and discipline in labour relations
• Institutional investors and multi-unit operators
• A second career beckons - older generation
• Cell phone franchises continue to prosper

September Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• It’s official: www.whichfranchise.co.za is South Africa’s top franchise resource
• Decentralised franchisee support
• Destination Egypt?
• Seminar: Misconduct and discipline in labour relations
• F&BOE 2007

August Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• F&BOE 2007 – Almost upon us
• Franchise opportunities abound - not just fast food
• Franchisee profile is changing
• Franchising is the better option
• Spur continues to shine
• Chicken Licken on the expansion trail
• McDonald’s is the world’s leading franchise brand
• Subway makes amends
• BEE for the smaller firm

August Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Placécol on the expansion trail
• Chicken Licken – a pioneer of transformation
• Australia Franchise legislation
• Foreign investors’ concerns
• Happy Birthday, Big Mac!
• The mentor’s role
• BEE for the smaller firm

July Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Women in franchising
• Rights of employers in strike action
• Taking over an existing franchise
• Making the best from visiting an exhibition
• F&BOE 2007

July Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Women in franchising
• Rights of employers in strike action
• Opportunity beckons for black estate agents
• F&BOE 2007
• Drive to create franchisors in townships
• FASA calls for franchise-specific legislation
• The “royalty” issue has been put to bed
• Association of BEE Verification Agencies (ABVA)
• Rate hikes begin to bite in fast food and restaurant sector
• International news

June Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• New record for whichfranchise.co.za
• What about joining a newly established franchise?
• Is franchise legislation necessary?
• Nice guys can win!
• How is this for a mega bite?
• Why a formal business structure?

June Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Another record month for whichfranchise.co.za
• Black diamonds
• Shortage of funding stunts BEE initiatives in franchising
• Poor franchising practices
• General SA franchise news
• International franchise news

May Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• IFE 2007
• Introducing Which Franchise Directory
• “Buying” a franchise

April Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• IFE 2007
• The Hot Dog becomes the Top Dog — in BEE!
• Franchising growth spurt continues in the UK
• Crime, crime everywhere…
• US disclosure requirements revised
• The Competition Act and franchising

April Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Breaking Out of the Comfort Zone
• City Vision Series
• IFE 2007
• McDonald's Corporation
• Pet Butler

March Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• 2007 is rapidly approaching
• What's happening on the US franchise scene?
• The Consumer Protection Bill
• Famous Brands acquires Wimpy UK
• Mystery shoppers
• Online sales expected to rise sharply
• Franchising Plus launches a franchisor development initiative
• Focus group for women in franchising
• Ask an Expert!

March Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• How do I raise funding for a franchise?
• Why consider a franchise?
• IFE 2007
• What does the term “unencumbered capital” mean?
• New Franchise Opportunities

February Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
• The competition legislation and franchising
• Tax amnesty
• The consumer protection legislation
• Tax treatment of “royalties”
• Noteworthy trends
• News and Views
• New record for whichfranchise.co.za

February Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Breaking Out of the Comfort Zone
• City Vision Series
• IFE 2007
• News and Views
• Questions and Answers
• Free Information Service
• New Franchises to whichfranchise.co.za

January Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• The New Year brings new opportunities with whichfranchise!
• FREE Promotion on whichfranchise.co.za
• BEE codes less onerous for small players
• What on earth is the CHEEFACTOR?
• Rethink on shopping centre rentals needed
• The Trans fats issue
• Tax compliance issues
• Come on, ask an expert!

January Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Becoming a franchisee
• Negotiating with a franchisor
• Franchising and ubuntu
• Over-50s enter the franchise arena
• Happenings in the chicken sector

South African Newsletter Archive 2006

December Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Plan your growth
• Franchising beckons...
• Record number of visitors to our website
• Local franchisors play in the big league
• Tax amnesty for small businesses
• Franchising is the way to go!
• Book corner
• Come on, ask an expert!

December Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• The time to act is now!
• We love to help, but...
• The grass isn't always greener...
• The Big Mac Index 2006
• Questions and answers
• Free information service

November Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• BEE codes — imminent launch
• US franchisors face new threat
• Retsol continues its expansion drive
• Taste Holdings shines
• SMS crime prevention initiative
• East London is booming
• Change in dialling codes
• Come on, ask an expert…

November Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• The good and the bad…
• Ask an Expert
• Free information service

October Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Annual FASA awards
• The franchise sector keeps on growing…
• A nation of work dodgers?
• Famous Brands continues to shine
• Come on, ask an expert…

October Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• The franchise sector keeps on growing…
• Why consider a franchise?
• Free information service

September Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• The 2006 Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo
• Is your network ready for 2010?
• FASA Awards: Winners Announced
• It pays to invest in training
• RSC levies a thing of the past, but...

September Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Why consider a franchise?
• The franchisor from hell
• A realistic chance for a second career
• Ask an Expert

August Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• The Competition Board and franchising
• Taste Holdings
• FBOE 2006
• FASA Awards
• SARS offers forgiveness
• Exciting new master franchise opportunity in retail

August Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Ex-sailor proves that with a little help from his franchisor, he can indeed take the heat in the kitchen
• Don't miss the F&BOE 2006
• SARS offers forgiveness
• Ask an Expert
• Exciting new master franchise opportunity in retail

July Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• Ignore this source of franchisees at your peril
• BEE – some light at the end of the tunnel?
• How employment equity affects franchisees
• How to improve security at your franchise

July Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Former IT manager now in the smoothie business and passionate about it – thanks to Kauai !
• Another Pesky Virus
• Ask an Expert
• Shipping Coal to Newcastle ? Apparently not!
• Franchising has become biiig business!
• What's in a name?
• Integration of Minority Franchisees
• The race continues…

June Franchise Industry Newsletter. Topics include:

• SARS' take on royalty payments
• Interest in international franchising growing
• whichfranchise.co.za off to a flying start

June Potential Franchisee Newsletter. Topics include:

• Cartridge World launches in South Africa


• Royalty payments and SARS


• Franchising grows in leaps and bounds


• Whichfranchise.com honoured


• Wanted: The female point of view

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