The Austrian Franchise Association [German: Österreichischer Franchise-Verband, ÖFV) is the representative of the Austrian franchise economy. As integrated driving force of the franchise world in Austria the association represents the interests of its members and accelerates the discourse between economy, science, politics, and the public to ensure a sustainable franchise quality control in the country. This is possible through the ÖFV system check that all members have to pass at least once. After a system passes the test it is entitled to carry the ÖFV quality seal as a „verified member“. This communicates the systems quality as well as a high degree of satisfaction amongst its franchise partners to potential, new franchisees. The Austrian Franchise Association is a well established communication platform and continuously focuses on the expansion of the image and awareness level of franchising. Additionally, it functions as a link between franchise systems and potential franchise partners and provides its members with access to a comprehensive network of experts. The wide range of member offers of the association also includes topic oriented events. The ÖFV is located in Brunn am Gebirge and is home to around 135 members.

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The Czech Franchise Association (ČAF) is a non-profit, professional organization associating at the national level franchising providers – franchisors and specialists dealing with franchising issues, lawyers and advisors. The Association was established in 1993 and its mission is to inform non-professional and professional public about the fundamentals and significance of franchising and about successful representatives of this form of business. We cooperate with professional and specialised unions in the Czech Republic and other franchise unions in Europe. The Czech Franchise Association is a member of the European Franchise Federation and the World Franchise Council.

CAF has 60 members at present. Members of the Czech Franchise Association are big, well-known, international systems as for example Yves Rocher, RE/MAX, NATURHOUSE, McDonald´s, and national franchise systems for example CrossCafe, Ambiente, OXALIS, Vytopna, Svět zdraví, Solodoor, Potrefena Husa or international partnership of layers, tax advisors and auditors Noerr or Kocian Solc Balastik.
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Camera Europeana de Comert Industrie si Franciza este unul dintre cele mai importante forumuri de reprezentare a oamenilor de afaceri europeni. Exponenta a economiei libere de piata, Camera Europeana de Comert Industrie si Franciza a contribuit activ la dezvoltarea mediului de afaceri si, implicit, a Romaniei. Una dintre cele mai mari provocari ale zilelor noastre o reprezinta mentinerea competitivitatii economice, iar eforturile CECIF vizeaza, in principal, sustinerea intreprinderilor de toate dimensiunile și din toate sectoarele, prin oferirea de oportunitati si informatii, acces la idei noi si inovare, expertiza si suport. CECIF consulta si sustine includerea opiniilor mediului de afaceri în dezbaterile aflate pe agenda publica si promoveaza opiniile, necesitatile si dezideratele comunitatii de afaceri in elaborarea si implementarea politicilor publice.
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The Hungarian Franchise Association was established in 1991 by companies from different fields of franchising.

The activities of the Hungarian Franchise Association covers three major scopes. The first and most important one is to maintain the ethical franchising standards. The second one is to educate entrepreneurs through regional conferences and other events. Last but not least, the association connects franchisors with potential candidates and provides an avenue for franchisors to find new franchisees.

Today the association has around 70 members, including the main franchise networks operating in Hungary. This background enables the organization to do significant lobbying activity and guarantee the ethical operation of franchise businesses.

More than 80 percent of our members are franchise networks, but HFA also has associated membership. This includes suppliers, consultants and lawyers.

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The Franchise Business Club is the largest interactive franchise community in German-speaking countries. Everyone who feels connected to the franchise and/or licensing business meets in the club. Communication connects is the motto of the Franchise Business Club! Nothing is more important than the right communication between the franchise centres, their employees and franchise partners, consultants, the many people interested in franchising and start-ups. Our aim is to advise our clients across industries and target groups and to optimise or sometimes even make communication possible in the first place. Further information about the club and the services can be found on our homepage or at XING in the franchise group.

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Under the umbrella brand 'Gründerregion Wiesbaden', the team 'startup service & young companies' of the state capital Wiesbaden bundles the activities of the startup scene and makes them transparent. The goal is to offer founders professional and easily accessible information, advice and support - before, during and after founding.
"What can I find where? Who will help me? How do I ...? Who knows ...?" - answering these founder questions is our job. We take care of the issues that concern interested parties, look for solutions to a wide variety of questions together with the young companies, point out funding opportunities, provide information about space and offer a rent subsidy for start-ups in Wiesbaden since 2021. The team is part of the Department for Business and Employment in the Economic Affairs Department.
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The online magazine Junge Gründer (Young Founders) has been dealing with the topics of successful company founding and management since 2011. Here you will find knowledge on topics such as the right choice of company form, insights into Silicon Valley and you can also put together contracts such as an NDA or employment contracts.

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Selbststaendigkeit.de is the portal for founders, entrepreneurs, self-employed, SMEs and anyone interested in professional self-employment. Our goal is to support you - in becoming and remaining self-employed. In this way, we want to further promote self-employment in Germany. To this end, we offer start-ups, entrepreneurs, the self-employed and SMEs news from the start-up and entrepreneurial scene, helpful knowledge for founding and managing companies, an advisor network for business, tax and legal advisors, interesting discounts for start-ups and free entrepreneurial tips.

For this goal we co-operate with a network consisting of advisors, public and private promotion mechanisms as well as service providers, authors and a decided selection of different co-operation partners.

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FRANCHISE 4.X has been helping franchise systems in the phases of development, growth and digital transformation since 2018.

Together with the head and founder Timo Marschall, a franchise expert with over 15 years of experience, they set new standards in the implementation of innovative concepts. measurable results based on (real-time) data.

Whether business model development, financing, system building, franchisee acquisition, recruiting, online marketing or the digitalization of system processes - here franchisors will find the “one-stop shop” for all topics that guarantee long-term economic success.

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FranchiseBusiness.ch is the Swiss platform for franchise and license systems active in Switzerland. Here companies from Switzerland and abroad can use profile presentations to raise their awareness and profile their image. Master and multi-unit franchisees as well as individual franchisees can also be searched for and addressed directly.

Click here for the website: Bellone Franchise Consulting

Cutting-edge business reports with photo galleries and lots of moving image content, readable on all devices, are the right offer for the information needs of today's media users.
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The IHK Frankfurt am Main is the first point of contact for start-ups and existing businesses. Every year, around 6,000 founders take advantage of our wide range of information and orientation services, which range from flyers and brochures to seminars, online planning aids and individual counselling sessions.

We discuss business plans, provide support with business management, legal and tax issues, inform about funding opportunities and open up access to partner initiatives, mentors, coaches, business angels and many other players in the start-up scene.

Our goal is to strengthen founders in their business competence, to eliminate weaknesses in planning and to point out profitable networks so that the step into the market succeeds and a secure existence can be built.

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