Resources

Franchising

British Franchise Association
The UK voluntary self regulating governing body for franchising.

Canadian Franchise Association
Represents over 400 franchise companies and the professionals who support this way of doing business.

The European Franchise Federation
An international non-profit membership organisation that federates the national franchise associations from Europe.

International Franchise Association
The US membership organization of more than 1,300 franchise systems, 10,000-plus franchisees and more than 500 firms that supply goods and services to the industry.

Irish Franchise Association
Promotes the development of franchising in Ireland through exhibitions, seminars, newsletters, awards and networking.

World Franchise Council
An amicable, non-political association of National Franchise Associations around the world.

Business Advice

Business Link
UK government service, providing advice and information for new and small businesses.

Business Startup Community UK
A website for start-ups and small business owners.

Enterprise Nation
The company hosts the UK's largest website for people starting and growing a business from home.

SmallBusiness.co.uk
Provides useful resources, products and services for small business owners and start-ups.

Women Unlimited
An online community for female entrepreneurs who want to start or grow their own business.

Coaching

ActionCoach
The world's number one business coaching firm, with more than 1,200 coaches in 26 countries. Coaches work with the owners of small and medium sized businesses to help them make more profit, work less hours, achieve goals and build strong teams.

E-Myth Worldwide
Based on the business development model created by E-Myth Worldwide founder and bestselling author, Michael Gerber, E-Myth Worldwide® is a leading innovator of coaching for small business owners around the world.

Rockstar Group
The Rockstar Group of companies provides a wide variety of services to entrepreneurs including business mentoring and support to grow or bring an idea to the market.

Social Networking

cmypitch.com
A social network for small business, connecting entrepreneurs with each other, investors and service providers.

Ecademy
Enables business people to connect through online networking, at networking events and 1-2-1 meetings.

LinkedIn
LinkedIn is an online network of more than 30 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries.

Twitter
A free social networking and micro-blogging service, that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.