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Quality Franchise Association: business support

The Quality Franchise Association is a free support programme offering training and guides for franchise businesses and people wanting to start a business through franchising in the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Quality Franchise Association

Checked against the official page (growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk) on 22 Oct 2026.

A not for profit trade association that assists franchise businesses and individuals interested in starting a business through franchising. It offers free franchise guides, free franchise training courses and access to franchise events.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Assists franchise businesses and individuals interested in franchising to start their own business. The training courses are free to use.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Telephone 01323 315 048 or visit the provider website for further information, including how to apply.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • The text does not state a cost or eligibility criteria beyond the groups named, so whether a business can use the support is unclear.
  • Page last updated 22 August 2023; current status of the offer is not confirmed.
  • No deadline stated; text suggests the support is ongoing.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk) on 22 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 22 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Quality Franchise Association before you apply.

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