What challenges did H20 franchisees experience and how did you communicate with your franchisees to keep them motivated?
I believe you are still selling franchise opportunities, can you tell us what that’s all about?
Do you offer training and support when someone buys a franchise business with H20?
What type of person is best suited to join H20?
What does FASA membership mean to your organisation?
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.
FASA interviews Minuteman Press, Duncan Diesel and Jeremy Danheisser on their Bounce Back initiative and about Minuteman Press franchise.
Questions we asked Minutman Press:
If you are a business owner register on the Bounceback South Africa website and raise your visibility
Monkeynastix is a registered trademark in more than 20 countries and has been going for 25 years this year with a member total of more than a million children since inception with more than 125 franchisees worldwide.
FASA interviews Dirk is the CEO & founder of Monkeynastix.
Questions we asked Monkeynastix:
Greg Solomon CEO of McDonald’s shares insights about strategy and planning for the future with FASA.
What’s been the impact to the industry since the national lockdown and what opportunities were there for entrepreneurs within this space other than deliveries?
For a brand that promises convenience, what has this meant to McDonald’s considering that you have had to operate deliveries only?
With the next level potentially coming into effect, what does this mean for McDonald’s drive-thru business?
As the CEO of McDonalds SA what are the important business lessons you have learned during the pandemic and lockdown?
How have you reassured customers of the quality of the food that McDonald’s serve? Mc Donalds SA are giving back to the community ? Any jobs lost at McDonalds SA thus far? What is the digital future of McDonalds SA look like?
What to consider when deciding on the right medical aid scheme for your staff and your business. Factors to consider, location, the type of work your staff do and overall general health.
What should you do if you have a data breach such as a website hack or email hack? Can you play music in the background on your social media posts? And reputation management for businesses.
FASA Interviews Mercia Fynn of KISCH IP
The Association interviews Tony Da Fonseca who is the Managing Director at OBC Butchery about their experience in level 5 lockdown in South Africa and how they have had to adapt their business to implement stringent regulations.
The Association invited Trevor Locker who is the Chief Operating Officer at Cash Converters to come and chat with the Association on what they’ve done to keep their business operational during Covid-19 lockdown and how they as a franchisor have been assisting their franchisees to adapt to regulations that effects them.
Over the last three weeks since the lockdown was announced we have seen panic run through the business sector, particularly the small businesses which is that portion of the market in which most franchisees fall. The first reaction of most of the operators has been to look to where they can get additional loans to tide them over the next few months. They are then hoping that things will get back to normal. All that they will have to figure out then is how they will repay these loans.
My opinion is that any business that follows such a strategy has just signed their death knell. You will ask me why am I so bold to make such a statement and my answer is this – the solution to this challenge is not resolved by throwing money at the problem or by cutting costs to fit an old business structure. Rather this predicament which businesses face calls for a revision of your business strategy. It is not the time for smart marketing campaigns or clever television ads. It calls for each business owner to go back to basics and look at their business again.