Helping Companies to Achieve Profitable Expansion

In 1981 Franchise Development Services (FDS) was founded in order to service the emerging franchise industry, in recognition of its increasing importance as a vehicle for business expansion, affording committed individuals the opportunity to invest in and manage their careers as independent franchise owners. FDS was established to assist small and medium size enterprises to understand the benefits and structural implications of this dynamic sales and marketing system in order to manage growth in a mutually profitable, supportive and organised manner. Noting the lack of comprehensive resources available, FDS was developed as a professional turnkey organisation, which would provide all the fundamental requirements for an ethical company to implement a successful franchise development strategy. Since its foundation FDS has played a major role in providing a vast range of services to established and prospective National and International franchisors and franchise owners.

The FDS Way Forward

FDS has earned an enviable reputation as the leading National and International franchise development organisation, offering multifaceted services, which consistently deliver full brand development and market penetration solutions incorporating related management infrastructure, sales, marketing and implementation. The company's divisional structure reflects its commitment to producing individual services tailored to the specific needs of National and International franchisors and franchise owners.

A One-Stop Facility For All Franchising Needs

The FDS philosophy is to offer a central corporate service, which fully assists established and prospective franchisors and franchise owners to attain their respective goals. By tailoring its marketing resources, FDS can develop successful brand concepts suited to the client's specific requirements. The specialist media publications published by FDS are recognised as the market leaders for the industry and offer clients powerful, promotional, vehicles to generate franchised brand awareness and qualified leads with high conversion ratios. An extensive database provides direct access to thousands of potential investors who have expressed serious interest in acquiring Single Unit, Regional or Master Franchise rights. Successful franchising requires careful planning, monitoring and continuous support. The FDS management team has the necessary experience and ability to provide clients with invaluable practical help at every stage of development.

There are many diverse elements involved in researching, establishing and running a successful franchise operation. Therefore it is extremely important for a company to seek sound, professional advice and guidance from the outset. With over 27 years of experience in the franchise industry, FDS has helped some of the biggest and best known brand names establish successful operations. FDS has also witnessed the failure of many companies who have neglected to seek professional advice in this highly specialised and competitive market sector. The range of services on offer are designed to cater for the smallest of businesses to major brands who are contemplating the benefits of expansion through franchising.

Franchise Seminars

FDS regulary hold franchise discovery seminars, for people and companies looking to expand ether nationally or internatioanlly, by utilising a franchise model. The seminars cover a variety of topics, including the 21 key areas of a business format franchise, outline of a franchise development business plan and laws relating to franchising.

Seminar Dates

Wednesday	23 May	Manchester
Wednesday	30 May	Norwich
Wednesday	27 June	Manchester
Monday	9 July	Norwich
Wednesday	19 September	Manchester
Tuesday	25 Setember	Norwich
Tuesday	30 October	Norwich
Wednesday	31 October	Manchester

Please note that dates are subject to change

Each seminar has just 12 places, with a registration fee of £37.50 + VAT per delegate* applicable.

*To qualify you must be the owner of a business that is considering expansion by franchising or a franchisor wanting to revisit your franchise strategy for more effective expansion. Registration fee includes information pack, the current edition of The UK Franchise Directory and two editions of The Franchise Magazine plus a copy of the slide presentation.