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		<title>Mush-room for Improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Riverford Organic Franchisee, Hayley Dwyer37-year old Hayley Dwyer’s main source of income was working as a consultant in the Public Sector. But the downturn in the economy and the likelihood of a new government coming to power (one with a fresh budgetary agenda) meant that the future was uncertain. With a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moe’s Southwest Grill Becomes First Mexican Fast-Casual Restaurant Chain to Feature Coca-Cola Freestyle® in Every New Location</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thriving Fast-Casual Restaurant Franchise Opening 50-plus Locations Next YearAtlanta, GA – (January 9, 2012) – Going forward, guests walking into every new Moe’s Southwest Grill will have the opportunity to enjoy drink selection at its finest with Coca-Cola Freestyle®. The revolutionary beverage dispenser, which offers guests more than 100 different brands, can already be found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Franchise Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global franchise groups. Choose from 41 countries with topics up for discussion.]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Lingerie inaugura quinta loja em Salvador</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[São Paulo, janeiro de 2012 &#8211; Referência nacional em lingerie, a HOPE inaugura a quinta loja em Salvador, no Shopping Paralela. As outras unidades estão no Shopping Iguatemi Salvador, Shopping Barra, Salvador Shopping e Salvador Norte Shopping. “Esta quinta unidade é prova do sucesso da HOPE na região. A capital baiana é uma das cidades [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saladworks Signs Three-Store Deal in Tampa, Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saladworks, the nation’s first and largest fresh-salad franchise signed a three-store franchise agreement with Calvin and Felicia Rucker of Tampa Bay.The first store, set to open in mid-2012 will be located at 2020 W. Brandon Blvd., the couple’s two other stores will follow in subsequent years. “Expansion in areas outside of the Philadelphia market is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Fried Chicken Re-Launch Reunites Franchise and Undercover Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The major upgrade of a Southern Fried Chicken store in South Shields has seen the two shop owners and the national company’s managing director reunited after they all appeared on Channel 4’s Undercover Boss last year. Andrew Withers, managing director and owner of Southern Fried Chicken (SFC), and South Shields brothers Azman and Amir Ali, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drain Doctor Franchise Signs New Plumber for East Cornwall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plumber, gardener and smallholder John Donachie has joined the Drain Doctor network. John has taken on the Plymouth and East Cornwall franchise business of Drain Doctor Plumbing offering emergency plumbing and drain repairs in the city and the surrounding towns and villages including Saltash, Tavistock and Wadebridge. John has extensive experience in the plumbing and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job opportunities are 17% up year on year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job opportunities were 17 per cent higher in December compared to the same time last year and more than a fifth higher than two years ago in spite of 2011’s economic turbulence, according to the Reed Job Index analysis of job vacancy trends from over 8,000 recruiters across the UK Seasonal falls in vacancies saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn redundancy payouts into a business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business franchising specialist and founder of Ovenu, Rik Hellewell, believes the tens of thousands of people made redundant in 2011 have the potential to play a crucial role in the UK’s economic recovery. From June to September last year, 147,000 were made redundant – up 2,000 on the same period in 2010. The average redundancy [...]]]></description>
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