market overview

McDonald’s closes stores in Kazakhstan
War, politics and supply chain issues have led to the restaurant closures.
War, politics and supply chain issues have led to the restaurant closures.

McDonald’s closes stores in Bosnia
The fast-food giant cancelled Bosnia and Herzegovina's franchise licence after a string of scandals.

Odd Burger to develop 50 new locations
Odd Burger, one of the most famous vegan fast-food chains, today announced it signed a letter of intent with Franchise Investment AG and Angelpreneur AG.

From tennis court to franchisee
Retired Slovakian pro tennis player, Kamil Čapković, talks about becoming a McDonald's franchisee.

Bake with Cinnabon
Nordic-inspired treats fresh and direct.

Vodafone's partner strategy
Be your own boss of up to three Vodafone-branded stores.

Teaching kids brick by brick
Brick by Brick brings STEM to life with Lego.

Canadian education sweeps the Balkans
- The support we receive and can always count on is key to the worldwide franchise success of Maple Bear - says Ljiljana Nikolova, franchisee of Maple Bear School in Bulgaria.

KFC opens a themed London pub
Order fried chicken to your table during the FIFA world cup.

A crêpe love affaire
The French-style pancake franchise that serves food all day.

Paul Bakery's first UK franchise
Paul has secured their first franchise partner in their UK market expansion.

The company building self-confident kids
STEMCHIK is a pre-school educational network using LEGO to develop the brain though STEM.

Party in style
- If following our pricing, franchisees can generate a margin of around 65% - says Andrea Nagy, Founder of Party Point.

LEGO's world of imagination
Everyone in the world knows LEGO. But how did they become such a global phenomenon?

Running on Swiss time
Swatch recently broke the internet with their collaboration with Omega.

New wave potato fries
Surf 'N' Fries reinvention of Belgian fries has people licking their fingers the world over.

Doughnut dynasty
From a hole-in-the-wall to a US icon: the Original Glaze story of Krispy Kreme.

The secret of Miss Millie’s chicken
The KFC spin off expands in the UK.

Fun coding courses and camps
At Logiscool, students learn to code by building their favourite type of computer games.

Is automated pizza the new norm?
Domino's trial new technology in response to the post-pandemic labour-shortage.

Innovative language teaching
Ukrainian children are becoming native English speakers with LaLa English.