The National Franchise Centre /FAST
Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) in partnership with Limerick Chamber has established the National Franchise Centre as an Enterprise Hub in the heart of Limerick City. The Centre is located on the 3rd & 4th Floor Bank House, 106/108 O'Connell Street, Limerick. The Franchise Acceleration Start up Training (FAST) Programme, which is run at the centre, is the first enterprise development support programme for capturing and promoting the success of business format franchising as a business start-up model and employment generator.
The programme includes a process to validate candidate suitability, participation in intensive training on all aspects of identifying and selecting a suitable Franchise and in developing, managing and successfully running a franchise business. The FAST Business Training Programme captures the criteria for what makes franchises successful and incorporates this discipline into a comprehensive accelerated 6 month training programme, creating franchisee-ready candidates with franchise opportunities clearly identified including a financial support structure.
