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The Human in Franchising Podcast

The Human in Franchising Podcast

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The franchise industry is very good at selling the system.

It is considerably less good at talking about the human being who has to run it. That is what this podcast is for.


The Human in Franchising is hosted by Belinda Bradley and Julie Taylor , with 60+ years of combined franchise experience across franchise model design, franchisee recruitment, buyer education, and network development in the UK and internationally. Between them they have sat inside hundreds of franchise relationships. They have seen what works, what fails, and, more importantly, why.


Each episode covers the conversations the franchise sector needs to have and usually does not. The gap between what franchising promises and what it delivers. The emotional reality of Year 1. The leadership shift that nobody tells the aspiring franchisor about. The financial picture that the discovery day shows you, and the one it does not.


Honest. Grounded. Commercial. No hype. No easy answers. No pretending franchising is simpler than it is.


This podcast is for business owners considering franchising their model, prospective and existing franchise buyers doing serious due diligence, franchisors navigating the human complexity of running a network, and anyone inside the franchise sector who suspects the industry is not telling the whole story.


Free resources mentioned in this podcast: Franchise Readiness Assessment and Before You Buy a Franchise Guide, both free at runofranchising.co.uk.


AI will give you franchising information. It will not read the brand, the numbers, or the person. That is the product of decades inside the sector, and a methodology built around the humans franchising depends on.


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  • The Gap and the human inside the franchise

    The Gap and the human inside the franchise
    Jul 20 2026

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    Buying a franchise and running one are two different things, and the gap between them is exactly what due diligence exists to close. In this episode, Belinda and Julie get honest about what the prospectus shows you, what it leaves out, and why the first six months belong to you and nobody else.

    What we cover: what the prospectus actually sells you · the five pillars of the Franchise Fit Matrix™ and the two buyers most often get wrong about themselves · the franchisee who completed every week of training and never opened his doors · what a franchise agreement actually grants you (and the woman who discovered she'd bought a way of thinking, not a business) · how to close the gap yourself before you sign — including the one problem with talking to franchisees.

    A line worth keeping: artificial intelligence gathers the due diligence data. Discernment, knowing what it actually means, takes lived experience. That's what we bring.

    Nothing in this episode is legal or financial advice, it's education and commercial guidance from lived experience.

    Before you sign a franchise agreement, have it reviewed by a franchise-specialist solicitor.

    Hosted by Belinda Bradley (thirty-five-plus years in franchising, from South Africa to Spain and most places in between) and Julie Taylor (twenty-six-plus years helping people buy, run and build franchises in the United Kingdom).


    FREE RESOURCES

    Franchise Readiness Assessment, free

    Before You Buy a Franchise Guide, free


    THE FRANCHISE COLLECTIVE

    Private community platform for franchisors, franchisees, and franchise professionals.

    Free monthly masterclasses included.

    First 30 days is FREE

    Thereafter, £33+VAT/month


    SUBSCRIBE - The Human in Franchising Podcast

    New episodes every fortnight on Thursdays at 11:11 CEST.


    FIND US

    Website: runofranchising.co.uk

    Landing page: runofranchising.co.uk/podcast-the-human-in-franchising

    LinkedIn - Belinda Bradley

    LinkedIn - Julie Taylor

    LinkedIn - Runo Franchising

    LinkedIn - Franchise Energetics

    Email: hello@runofranchising.com
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