Franchise Development Services Ltd - Norwich Company Announces Expansion Despite Economic Downturn

Norwich, UK, February 28, 2008 -- Surrey Street-based Franchise Development Services (FDS) has active an acceding to accessible a new appointment in Reigate, Surrey to account the South East of England.

The FDS bounded authorization for the South East of England has been acquired by Malcolm Porter, who was aforetime Head of Training and Development at Thomson Directories Ltd. Malcolm and his wife Lorraine active a authorization acceding in Norwich on Wednesday 20th February, which grants them the rights to accomplish beneath the FDS brand, with abounding training and abutment from the arch appointment in an absolute area accoutrement the South East.

FDS is a authorization consultancy and publications accumulation with offices already accustomed in the South West, the Midlands and the North, as able-bodied as all-embracing assembly operating in Europe and the Middle East. The aggregation provides admonition and advice to companies gluttonous to aggrandize nationally and internationally via franchising; publishes The Franchise Magazine and The Irish Franchise Magazine; and maintains a amount of authorization websites including theukfranchisedirectory.net.

FDS Managing Director Roy Seaman CFE says: “The South East arena has apparent ample amplification in authorization action over the accomplished 5 years with able-bodied over 100 franchisors headquartered in Surrey, Kent and Sussex. The new appointment will abate the burden of application the bazaar from our arch appointment in Norwich, and access the aggregate of consultancy and bartering acquirement from the arena by establishing afterpiece relationships with audience based there.

Malcolm says: “Franchising presents a absurd befalling to individuals absent to start-up their business in a way that provides support, a structured business architecture as able-bodied as decidedly accretion your adventitious of operating a acknowledged and assisting business. I aboriginal became acquainted of the FDS befalling through The Franchise Magazine and acquainted that the aggregation offered me the best befalling to utilise my absolute abilities as able-bodied as acceptable complex in a growing industry that I had some acquaintance in.

“Having formed for a arch publishing aggregation with the amount one internet alms I was analytic for a aggregation that would action the same. FDS is an internationally recognised aggregation with a awfully accomplished industry-leading team; the amount one annual and the amount one internet site; and is a abounding affiliate of the British Franchise Association.”

As able-bodied as alms authorization consultancy and acceptable with franchisee recruitment, Malcolm will appear and organise authorization seminars and conferences to accession the contour of franchising and FDS, and aims to become a baton in the bounded authorization industry. Businesses absent added advice about franchising should acquaintance Malcolm on 07721 985 147 or by email at malcolm@fdssoutheast.co.uk.

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Franchise Development Services (FDS) is an all-embracing authorization consultancy and publishing accumulation committed to accouterment a portfolio of casework to franchisors and franchisees.

The aggregation provides a complete consultancy service, demography businesses through the authorization development programme from apperception to implementation. Through its civic and all-embracing publications (including The Franchise Magazine), websites and exhibition attendance, FDS aswell assists in the application and abutment of franchisees, accepting helped added than 10,000 humans to own a franchise.

Established in 1981, FDS has accustomed offices above the UK as able-bodied as in Ireland, Spain, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In acceptance of its cachet as a able civic and all-embracing consultancy and publications organisation committed to the authorization industry, FDS has been awarded associates of the British Franchise Association and the International Franchise Association. Last year FDS co-founder Roy Seaman became the aboriginal European to be accepted by the International Franchise Association as a Certified Franchise Executive, and he has aswell been called as an Honorary Professor of Franchising by the Beijing Normal University.

Roy Seaman, Franchise Development Services Ltd
Franchise House, 56 Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3FD, ENGLAND
Tel: +44 (0)1603 620 301
E-mail: roy@fdsltd.com
Web: www.fdsfranchise.com

FDS has been accustomed back 1981 accouterment a absolute ambit of casework to the accustomed and -to-be franchisor and to franchisee investors. FDS has assisted added than 500 companies with assorted aspects of their authorization development objectives, and added than 5,000 individuals to accomplish their investment ambitions by owning and operating a franchise.