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OFF THE PEG - Business ideas for social enterprises

3rd April 2003 - The Old Assembly Room
OFF THE PEG
Business ideas for social enterprises

9.45 Arrival and Coffee

10.00 Welcome and introduction; A social enterprise perspective – Keith Richardson, North East Social Enterprise Partnership view slides

10.10 The Social Firms UK Perspective, Gerry Higgins, CEO, SFUK

10.20 Franchising – why do it? Buying the Rainforest soap
franchise for Shetland Soap Company, Frank Millsop

10.40 Franchising – why do it? Selling a recycled glass franchise, John Barratt Phoenix Glass.

11.00 What To Look For In Franchising, Michael Way, Franchise Your Business Limited, view slides

11.30 Coffee

11.40 Workshops:
1) Is franchising worth it or is it better to take other people’s ideas?
2) Franchising – should you franchise your business idea?

12.30 Meet the franchiser and workshop:
1) Identifying the best franchise opportunity for you;
2) Next steps to develop you franchise.

1.15 Conference Close & Lunch

OFF THE PEG - Business ideas for social enterprises

Back to Past Conferences & Papers

>Social Firms UK Annual Summer School, Loughborough

>West Midlands Social Firms Network Launch

>Social Firm Summer School, Loughborough

>Public Authorities in the development of Social Enterprises Conference Ealing, West London.

>From Public Service to Social Enterprise

>Future Options For Public Authority Training And Employment Enterprises

>Social Firms UK 2003 Summer School

>Business Opportunities in Social Firms Franchising and Replication

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