Franchising your business, what can go wrong when doing it yourself?
Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand your audience and improve their experience. Whether it’s through digital strategy, networking, or personal development, she thrives when offering insights that shift mindsets and spark positive change. romanythresher.com …
Building a world-class business
FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
How Cash Converters drove business efficiencies at the start of the pandemic
Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand your audience and improve their experience. Whether it’s through digital strategy, networking, or personal development, she thrives when offering insights that shift mindsets and spark positive change. romanythresher.com …
3@1 Business Centres staying relevant and working smarter during the pandemic
Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand your audience and improve their experience. Whether it’s through digital strategy, networking, or personal development, she thrives when offering insights that shift mindsets and spark positive change. romanythresher.com …
Franchising law, franchise agreements and tips for franchisors
Maria D'AmicoMaria D’Amico holds an LLB in Law (obtained at WITS) and has been practicing as an attorney for 33 years and working at Thomson Wilks Attorneys. Maria is an expert in commercial law, commercial litigation and franchising and her understanding of franchising law is invaluable to anyone involved in the franchising industry. Maria is also qualified as a Solicitor in England, the United Kingdom, completed her Canadian legal conversion exams and is a Civil and Commercial Mediator (having obtained her certificate from the ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution group in London). www.thomsonwilks.co.za/ …
Are you sure you own the rights to your logo?
FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Future trends and the current climate with James Noble of Absa Bank
FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Franchise Opportunities with PropertyGuys
Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand your audience and improve their experience. Whether it’s through digital strategy, networking, or personal development, she thrives when offering insights that shift mindsets and spark positive change. romanythresher.com …
What skills are employers looking for?
Today’s talk is with Nastassia Lamont and Tintswalo Maluleke, from the franchise, Express Employment Professionals SA to discuss what has changed in recruitment and what skills are employers looking for going forward. FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Bootlegger coffee company franchise opportunity
Romany Threshers chats to Pieter Bloem from the Bootlegger Coffee Company. Bootleggers started in 2012 when 3 best friends got together and decided to form the company. The brand has now grown into multiple stores in Cape Town and Johannesburg and expanding rapidly. FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Recruit franchisees with the FASA – Inani Initiative
Nico Botha, the founder of Inani NPC Incubator Accelerator answers questions about the FASA – INANI initiative, creating training and funding opportunities for the franchise sector. Also participating in this interview is Ornica Mukhavhuli who runs the Inani Talent Incubator and BBBE Specialist Tony D’ Almeida FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Popi Act coming into effect – what do you need to know to avoid being fined
Romany Thresher chats with Mercia Flynn from Kisch IP Intellectual Property Services, about the new POPI Act. Kisch IP has been entrenched in the history of South Africa for 146 years, assisting clients from individuals to multi-national corporations in all sectors, by safeguarding their intellectual property rights, both locally as well as internationally, worldwide. Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand …
Future trends that will impact the franchise industry
Romany Thresher, from Fasa, chats to the CEO Paul Stevens about future trends that will impact the franchise industry both locally and internationally. Just Property differs from your average, run of the mill, Estate Agent and how they have evolved and re-branded themselves to offer a one stop, one shop property solution. Property management and administration is the backbone of their franchise model. With their re-brand, they now specialise in residential, commercial and industrial property rentals, sales and investment, with 113 Franchises in 83 locations, countrywide. Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their …
What areas to focus on when joining a successful franchise?
Have you ever been to the doctor for a full medical checkup? The Doctor will check you from head to toe. Your heart, your organs, blood pressure, cholesterol and so on. After many tests, ECG’s, x-rays, he will either say you are 100% healthy or this or that needs some fine tuning or fixing. This is what Business Doctors do. They will examine your business with a fine tooth comb and either pronounce your business 100% healthy or suggest some ‘fine tuning.’ Often, when we run a business we are not aware of things things that we can improve …
Cam Era the only approved security technology company in South Africa
Cam Era is the only Fasa approved security technology Company in South Africa. I’m sure we all agree that security is a vital service in our country today. No company can operate without a trusted security system. Bill Sandham, the CEO, had the vision of this franchise and spent 10 years developing this particular franchise model. Starting with a blank screen he met with his largest supplier and sat with their consultant who told him he would have to productize the business but at that stage it was still and idea on a piece of paper and like most Franchisors, …
Supporting your franchisees during tough economic times
Has stress become the new norm for many as we try and pick up the pieces of our lives whilst still being in lockdown due to Covid-19. A time that will go down in history for having a dramatic impact on people’s lives from not being able to fly, to being split apart from family, to losing your livelihood, one wonders what else could possibly go wrong. A great discussion with the CEO and Founder, Dirk Cilliers of Monkeynastix on how as the franchisor he has had to support his franchisees during lockdown. Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic …
Education in the 21st Century, preparing your child for the future
Marisa van der Merwe of Mini Chess talks about the future of education, the challenges facing teachers and the current education system that is not working. Education, as we know it, is changing forever. MiniChess dived in with both feet to meet the challenge head on when lockdown kicked in. FASA Franchise Association South AfricaTo protect, lobby, promote and develop ethical franchising across all sectors in South Africa with specific focus on transformation. www.fasa.co.za …
Medical aid and health insurance a love hate relationship
Do you know what to consider when shopping for medical aid schemes for your staff? Do you know the difference between medical aid and health insurance? So many things to consider that I hadn’t thought about, maybe you haven’t either, in this 30 minute interview Romany Thresher asks Bianca Viljoen about Medical aid. Many of us find it’s like a mine field out there choosing the right medical scheme. What are you covered for and what not? How do we decide which policy is right for us? One important question one must ask these days is, “am I covered …
Challenges H20 franchise business experience during lockdown
Many businesses faced some enormous challenges during lockdown. H20 Water purification is no different. They experienced a change in customer behaviour when consumers visited their retail outlets in shopping malls and they had to adapt their business model and took their business online. How did franchisor Tony Marchesini and his franchisees work together to stay in business and keep their doors open. How did they manage to retain customers and attract new customers to their business? What challenges did H20 franchisees experience and how did you communicate with your franchisees to keep them motivated? Listen to this 30 minute …
Moving to the Cloud, should you?
FASA interviews Willem Haarhoff of Dough Getters Accounting about the Cloud and Dough Getters Accounting. What is the cloud, is there a benefit moving to the cloud. https://www.fasa.co.za/directory-accredited_f/listing/dough-getters-franchise/ Romany ThresherRomany Thresher is a strategic thinker and systems organizer who helps businesses streamline their digital operations, especially around online events and customer engagement. She supports you in setting up and managing your online platforms — making sure you collect the right information to better understand your audience and improve their experience. Whether it’s through digital strategy, networking, or personal development, she thrives when offering insights that shift mindsets and spark positive change. …
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