Brian Keen releases articles of many kinds to the media and through other avenues such as
YouTube, Vimeo and Soundcloud. Here are some of the franchise radio recordings that you can browse and listen to.


Food and franchising in this tricky post COVID recovery

We deal with food franchises a lot. Mostly fast food but restaurants as well and over the years we have watched many as they take their journey as a franchise group. It’s exciting. This year though, we are seeing a couple of trends which we think will lead the industry and set some apart from … Read more

The tricky bits around franchising in the caring industries

The tricky bits around franchising in the caring industries Beauty, health and fitness fit into this category so well These are growth areas in business today and the latest franchise data shows that at least 9% of all franchise groups fall here and I think it is higher because some will fall into the general … Read more

The secret to developing a successful franchise group in 2023

The secret to developing a successful franchise group in 2023 Even ten years ago, there were so many franchise groups around which were managed more informally than today. As today, franchisees owned the business, but unlike today most franchisees were expected to manage their own marketing and sales as well as delivering the service or … Read more

Recruitment Challenges

The franchising industry is concerned about recruiting new franchisees due to various factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic uncertainty, and changing consumer preferences.   World stability and supply chain difficulties add to the number of influences making them even more cautious about investing in new businesses… not to mention the comfort of high employment … Read more

Franchising on the road…

Multi-unit franchising, where individual franchisees own multiple units continues to be a significant trend in the franchise sector worldwide

What’s happening with food service in 2023

Multi-unit franchising, where individual franchisees own multiple units continues to be a significant trend in the franchise sector worldwide

The secret to developing operations systems everyone loves to use

Multi-unit franchising, where individual franchisees own multiple units continues to be a significant trend in the franchise sector worldwide

Home services in franchising post 2022

Multi-unit franchising, where individual franchisees own multiple units continues to be a significant trend in the franchise sector worldwide

New franchising post COVID

Just when I thought business had reached a peak in transforming from old fashioned face-to-face delivery to a sleek digital model, I found I was wrong. In the past year or so, there’s been another significant jump in the number of potential franchises which have upped their

Becoming a multiunit franchisee

Multi-unit franchising, where individual franchisees own multiple units continues to be a significant trend in the franchise sector worldwide
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