An informative infographic developed by MDG Advertising, illustrates the road to economic recovery, spots the top trends and keys to new growth, charts the common challenges franchising faces today, and adds insight for the future.

Most small businesses require equipment in order to operate, from computers to furniture to fleet cars, but simply don’t have many funding options.

When franchisees Brad and Risa May first began to explore the financing options available to them for their Goddard School franchise, they assumed they would be leasing their building.