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Want to Start a Franchise? Try this Quiz

Les Armitage — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:40:44 +0000

From US Today: One thing I am thinking about for 2009 is starting a franchise.

“There are franchises out there that I like a lot and which I think; I would be successful in both in this economy and in my area. But how do I know if I would make a successful franchisee? I have always worked for someone else?”

If this you Read the answer

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Traffic increase

Les Armitage — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:15:41 +0000

Traffic increase on the site from UK Recruiter by 11.8% and by 7.14% from UK Business forums both of which interests me. A very good forum is also A1 business forums. Guess the financial climate is the answer. Desperately need a business consultant who has experience in franchising. Drop me a line here..

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James Cann + Healthcare + VAT changes in the sector…

Les Armitage — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:29:24 +0000

Hey a good resource told me that James Cann (Dragons Den) has started to buy healthcare recruitment agencies. Interestingly too, there’s possible VAT changes in April. More interestingly, in his book he says one way to get ahead of the crowd is to do do the opposite of the what they’re doing. Maybe someone has seen an opportunity here and thinks the VAT changes may aid the industry in some way and all this happens when we have a downturn and businesses are less expensive to buy and set up…

What’s James Cann’s background? How did he make money: Recruitment

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Healthcare continues to brush off downturn

Les Armitage — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:46:04 +0000

Healthcare agencies have received a boost from a report that suggests the healthcare industry is well placed to weather the current financial crisis.

In a report called Opportunity Knocks for Big Pharma in Credit Crunch, released last week, market analysis company Datamonitor forecasts large healthcare and pharma firms will ride out the credit crunch and could emerge stronger.

‘Pharma companies are not only expected to weather the financial storm successfully but to also use this period to exploit their unique cash strength by embarking on an acquisition spree,’ said Datamonitor head of company analysis Chris Phelps.

Last month, PRWeek reported that clients were beginning to slash PR budgets (PRWeek, 4 September).

Fishburn Hedges is one agency that has been hit by the cash squeeze, with client BT Global Services slashing its fees by more than ten per cent.

But Martin Ellis, chairman of healthcare shop Medicom, said: ‘The pharma industry traditionally has its own economic cycle and prescription drugs are not typically affected by the economic situation.’ However, he admitted consumer health could be affected.

Healthcare agencies Aurora and Virgo Health both insisted budgets had so far been largely untouched by the credit crunch.

Spink director Justin Wilkes added that the current financial turbulence
meant agencies needed to prove the value of healthcare PR even more to
ensure the sector remained buoyant.

He said: ‘Clever PR produces highly effective returns from a smaller marketing investment and when the squeeze is put on marketing budgets there is huge potential to switch from other marketing disciplines to PR
to help maintain and grow market share.’

But the Datamonitor report predicts a bleak outlook for small biotech companies.

‘Under the cover of the credit crunch, big pharma will swoop repeatedly to acquire substantial biotech targets,’ said Phelps. ‘It may be that the credit crunch provides big pharma with the chance to rebuild its ailing pipelines.’

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