National Franchise Exhibition 2013

The UK’s largest franchise event, The National Franchise Exhibition, is returning to the NEC Birmingham on 4 & 5 October 2013 giving entrepreneurs the chance to discover a range of exciting business opportunities and meet franchise companies face to face.

Visitors will also be able to receive free expert advice from industry leaders, as well as attend informative franchising seminars throughout both days. These will be on all aspects of franchising and include several presentations run by The British Franchise Association (bfa) from ‘An introduction to Franchising’, for those just starting out, to ‘Essential tips for franchising your business’ for existing business owners. These seminars consist of a panel of industry leading experts including lawyers, bankers, consultants and the franchisors themselves.

There will be more than 140 exhibitors at the event offering business opportunities across a broad spectrum of sectors such as food and drink, retail, property, homecare, fitness and finance. Many major franchised businesses will be present including: McDonald’s, Cash Converters, Guinot, thebestof, The Creation Station, Belvoir Lettings, Mail Boxes Etc., Anytime Fitness and many more from the UK and around the world.

The Real Franchise Stories seminars will give visitors the opportunity to hear inspiring accounts from people who have already become successful franchisees, talking about the realities of making the transition from being employed to self-employed and their successes and failures.

The Franchise Starting Point will offer potential franchisees free ‘one to one’ advice from experts in all fields including lawyers, bankers, consultants and experienced franchisors.

Facilitated by Franchise Finance, the experts at the Finance Clinic are also on hand to offer visitors advice on how to secure finance and to explain what you need to do to fulfil the banks’ lending criteria.