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Archive for 2009/01


Join the Professional Class

It is not necessary to have office experience to take up a professional franchise opportunity. What is required is the drive to succeed and people looking for big changes in their life often make the best candidates.
Within 12 months of deciding that panel beating wasn’t the career for him, 24-year-old Daniel Bowler, became a finance […]

Guide to the World Franchising Exhibition

After the tremendous success of the SIF&Co 2008 event in October, exhibitors and visitors have already started looking forward to the next World Franchising Exhibition that is to take place in October 2009, again at the Feria Valencia, Spain. Popular in the franchising industry, SIF&Co has built a reputation for itself as the most efficient […]

The Accidental Businessman

The branding of a bearded ‘Jim’ wearing a bucket hat is an Australian icon. Jim Penman, founder of Jim’s Mowing, talks about his eccentricities, a simple lifestyle and stumbling into business.
Initially established as a one-man business in 1982, Jim’s Mowing has since matured into the Jim’s Group, with 25+ individual Divisions that are constantly expanding.
In […]