March 7, 2010 - The British & International Franchise Exhibition is London’s premier franchising event and will be held at Olympia, London, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 March.

Well-established as the UK’s leading international franchise event, this is the only London exhibition endorsed by the British Franchise Association (bfa). This means all exhibiting companies have met the Association’s code of ethics, ensuring the quality of the business ventures presented and giving visitors confidence in the opportunities available to them.

The British & International Franchise Exhibition features a host of new and leading franchised businesses, valuable conference presentations, and leading experts in banking, accounting and law, as well as experienced franchisees, each who contribute to providing a comprehensive source of ideas, information and contacts all under one roof.

This year the exhibition will feature more than 100 local and international franchising companies covering a vast range of industry sectors from travel and recruitment agencies to food and drink, health and fitness, cleaning companies and automotive repairs. The choice of franchises available at the exhibition is huge, giving visitors the perfect opportunity to find the business that is an ideal match for their interests and skills.

Exhibitors will include 0800 Handyman, Agency Express, Business Doctors, Cash Generator, Castle Homes, Computer Xplorers, Esprit, Expense Reduction Analysts, Explorer Travel, Gas-Elec, Go Cruise, Kumon Educational, Home Instead, Lloyds TSB, Lasertech UK, McDonald's and Thebestof.

The extensive conference programme will feature several impressive keynote speakers including Mr. Toni Mascolo, co-founder of the world’s most famous hairdressing brand, Toni & Guy and McDonald’s financial director, Brian Mullens. Topics to be discussed include couples in franchising, high level investment franchising, franchise resales, management in franchising, hands-on franchising, women in franchising, franchising your business and Growing Your Own Business.

The bfa will also address the key trends, benefits and challenges associated with franchising with seminars each day such as ‘An introduction to business-format franchising’ and ‘Is your business ready to be franchised?’.

Other features at the exhibition include The Franchise Starting Point, which will be dedicated to helping visitors completely new to the concept of franchising; and the ever-popular Franchisee Panel that offers visitors the opportunity to hear from franchisees about their success, failures and transition periods from employee to a self-employed franchise owner.

The British & International Franchise Exhibition is open from 10am each day, closing at 5pm on Friday 19 March and 4pm on Saturday 20 March 2010. To register for The British & International Franchise Exhibition, call +44 (0)844 257 8668 or visit www.franchiseinfo.co.uk. Callers can purchase tickets by credit card for £8 each or £7 each for two or more. Admission on the door is £13.

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