Business Opportunities in Social Firms Franchising and Replication
Tuesday May 25th
St James Park Newcastle
Programme
9.30 Arrival, registration and coffee
10.00 Chairman’s Introduction: Andy Cox, Social
Firms North East.
10.05-10.35 Introduction to franchising and replication:
Michael Way of Franchise Your Business Limited
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Presentation outlining franchising principles and mechanisms
and why it makes sense for social firms to consider this route.
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10.35 –11.00 Opportunities for franchising and
replication for social firms: Gerry Higgins, Social Firms UK.
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Presentation outlining the rationale for franchising and
replication for social firms and the progress made by the current
programme in identifying opportunities for new firm development.
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11.00-12.30 Presentation of Business Opportunities.
A 5-minute presentation on 3 topics:
Homecare Social Firms.
Margaret Elliot and Guy Turnbull describe the CASA development
led by Sunderland Homecare going into some detail on the upcoming
training course and recruitment and plans for homecare social
firms throughout the UK. View the presentation.
Aquarium Rental And Maintenance Franchise.
Stuart MacKenzie and Keith Bates outline the business and plans
to establish a national franchise group over the next two years.
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one of the presenation.
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two of the presenation.
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three of the presenation.
The Soap Company Franchise.
Gerry Higgins and Michael Way describe the background to the Soap
Company and outline the proposition to establish 6 franchises
a year of social firms manufacturing and retailing soap, bath
and shower products.
After the presentations delegates will move to workshops where
tea/coffee will be served. Each workshop will involve a brief
presentation and lots of opportunities for discussion and questions.
12.30-1.15 Lunch
1.15-2.45 Presentation of Business Opportunities
A 5-minute presentation on 4 topics:
Employment Agencies.
Mark Powell and Guy Turnbull describe the plans to create a group
of employment agencies with Yes to Work. The workshop will examine
the preliminary work on developing the rationale and business
model and will gauge enthusiasm for ventures in this sector. View
the presentation.
Fulfilment and Distribution.
John Bennett of Pack-IT the “Enterprising Solutions, Social
Enterprise of the Year 2003” will outline what Pack-IT does
and how it could be replicated. The session will examine issues
of scale, location and market and will deal with Pack-IT’s
capacity to support new ventures.
A Social Firm Hotel.
Neal MacKay will describe the development of 6 Marys Place Hotel
and Guest House in Edinburgh and the experiences of setting up
hotels in Poland. Neal will outline plans to work in collaboration
with a housing association and SFUK to establish hotels in areas
where it makes good business sense to do so. View the presentation.
Toots: A Vision for the Future.
Andy Speechley describes his vision and plans to have a drive
thru laundry operating as a social firm in every large town and
city of the UK.
After the presentations delegates will move to workshops where
tea/coffee will be served. Each workshop will involve a brief
presentation and lots of opportunities for discussion and questions.
2.45-3.15 Funding your business: Options for capital,
grants and loans and support available from Social Firms UK and
partners. Guy Turnbull of Economic Partnerships.
- Presentation examines: How should an organisation approach
securing start up finance and what level of finance is expected
to start a business? Guy will outline the advantages and drawbacks
of grants, pros and cons of loans, establishing a realistic timescale
for securing finance and options for purchasing assets. View the
presentation.
3.15-3.45 Minute to Win IT (other business opportunities
outlined), Questions and Discussion.
Andy Cox will chair a discussion where people can describe (in
one minute) their business propositions, followed by questions
and reactions. There will also be opportunities for reaction to
and further questions relating to the Business Opportunities presented
in the workshops.
3.45-4.00 Round up, feedback, expressions of interest
Gerry Higgins and Andy Cox will outline the next steps. Expression
of Interest and Confidentiality Forms will be available for
those interested in the opportunities described and SFUK will
describe plans and processes for selecting ventures and organisations
to support as part of the programme.
4.00 Finish
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