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- How to Buy a Campsite
- Here we give you our guide on how to buy a campsite, with useful tips from two campsite owners who went through the process themselves.
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- How to Run a Laundry and Dry Cleaning Business
- In South Africa, creeping urbanisation is a major driver for growing demand for laundry services, and automation has helped the industry meet that demand cost-effectively.
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- How to Buy a Car Wash
- The car wash industry is highly fragmented industry. However, for an individual owner, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. A smart, well-planned operation still has every chance of doing well.
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- How to Run a Car Wash
- Car ownership in South Africa continues to rise, with more than 12 million registered vehicles as of February 2017 and more than 48,000 new cars taking to the road in the same month.
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- How to Buy a Restaurant
- We take you through how to successfully buy your own restaurant business.
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- 9 Problems That Can Stop You Getting Business Finance – and How to Overcome Them
- Our business funding finder partner Rangewell details some of the most common obstacles to securing business finance and offers some pointers for enhancing your application.
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- How to Buy a Hair Salon
- How to gauge a fair sale price and conduct due diligence, as well as the importance of retaining star stylists when you buy a hair salon in South Africa.
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- The Family Fish and Chip Shop
- We spoke with brothers George and Costas about running their award-winning fish and chip shop Toffs.
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- How to Buy a Bar
- Advice on valuing a bar, spotting a potential bargain, how to verify sales revenue, checking licensing conditions and more.
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- Sector Spotlight: Cafes
- Affordable and open to people without extensive culinary pedigree, the café sits among what are often referred to as lifestyle businesses.
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- How to Buy a Bed and Breakfast
- Some top tips for buying a B&B or guest house, where occupancy rates are forecast to grow faster than any other accommodation segment in South Africa.
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- Sector Spotlight: Hotels
- The Canadian hotel industry is well diversified with a range of accommodation models. There are mid-range facilities to suit business travellers wanting clean, affordable rooms with digital connectivity, as well as luxury establishments for visitors expecting top-dollar rooms plus fine-dining and spa/fitness options.
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- How to Run a Bookshop
- We spoke with Tan Dillon the owner of The Village Bookshop, Essex about his experience buying and running a bookshop.
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- Sector Spotlight: Florists
- Florists are recession-resilient and offer steady demand all-year round with spikes around Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. It suits creative types but experience and qualifications are arguably a must.
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- What are the Benefits of Buying a Franchise Resale?
- Franchise sales are on the increase in the UK with the contribution of franchising to the UK economy estimated to have increased by 46% over the past 10 years.
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- Sector Spotlight: Barbers
- A Toronto-based barber has described growth in demand for his services as “insane”. With men spending more on personal grooming, barbershops are well placed to outperform unisex salons.
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- What Do Lenders Look for If You Want to Buy a Fish and Chip Shop?
- Business-funding finder Rangewell outlines the lending options for aspiring chippy owners, including a ‘jigsaw’ plan: finance from multiple sources.
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- Sector Spotlight: Specialist Food
- Over the last 10 years, the specialist food and drink sector in South Africa has gained momentum. And many stores, restaurants and bars are now sourcing niche products made by local, craft producers.
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- How to Run a Hotel
- Tourism is the world's biggest industry and the UK, despite the weather, is the eighth most popular destination.
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- Sector Spotlight: Bookstores
- Canada’s bookstores are fighting back against Amazon with book signings and in-store cafes. With e-book sales stagnating, the death of the bookstore has apparently been exaggerated.