Starting tomorrow, the IFA will host more than 300 attendees to the second ever Small Business Lending Summit in Washington, D.C.

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This year’s program will include market research, analysis and new perspectives on franchise lending, finance, and policy. Some of the speakers will include, Don Graves, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, and U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry.

(International Franchise Association)

On March 22^nd, The International Franchise Association released numbers from their Franchise Business Index, an economic index reading of the franchise industry’s health. The FBI increased to 107.7 in February 2012: this is the sixth consecutive month the index has increased. IFA has said the index was up 1.4% from February 2011.

There are a multitude of things that a franchisee has to worry about. One of the most common things put on the back-burner is what your employees really want from the job. Although getting a raise is great, it’s not always what an employee is looking for.

Finding and keeping employees with the right work ethic, experience, and commitment should be your number one priority as far as staffing goes. But what about once you hire the perfect employee: how do you keep them at your business for the long haul?