Portal software offers solutions to franchising industry.

Touch (GoE) plc, a UK based software distributor has released Version 6.3 of its powerful community building application Dynaportal, with new features of interest to franchise holders and franchisees.

Portal software offers quick, affordable solutions to franchising industry.

Touch (GoE) plc, a UK based software distributor has released Version 6.3 of its powerful community building application Dynaportal, with new features of interest to franchise holders and franchisees.

Franchise holders, with a workforce spread over a large geographical area, often find it difficult to maintain strong relationships with their franchisees and in turn, their customers. Supply chains can be disrupted due to poor communications regarding stock levels, and other potential problems often have too long to develop.

The rise of the Internet has already had a great impact on improving this situation, with many franchise holders and franchisees setting up websites and working with email, but this is still far from the integrated solution that could be provided by an expensive Intranet.

Dynaportal, which comes in a variety of modules, is essentially a hosted Internet toolkit that allows its users to create individual websites within a customised portal framework, quickly and without any technological skills. Among the 26 different tools the application boasts, a number should be of immediate interest to franchise holders.

Member Websites - franchisees can quickly and easily set up their own pages using their home/office PC-all they need is a browser.

Classified Ads - if a franchisee is out of a particular product, they can advertise to all the members to check availability.

Dynaportal can vastly improve the way that a franchise functions¡¨, says Chris Champion of Touch (GoE) plc. Franchises are a community in their own right, and all communities need to work and communicate together. By giving all the tools and power of the Internet to every individual franchisee, no matter what their level of technical skill, franchise holders will not only increase the level of communications, but also see a real effect on their bottom line.¡¨

Touch (GoE) plc is rapidly expanding into the portal marketplace, ideal for SME¡¦s to full city portals exemplified by the British community portals www.touchnottingham.com, www.touchsouthampton.com and www.touchoxford.com providing self-publishing for businesses being used to enhance directory entries with graphics, information and even e-vouchers to drive traffic to those individual businesses. Dynaportal can become the backbone for any size of community site. For more information on Dynaportal 6.3 go to www.dynaportal.co.uk

Press enquiries to:
Chris Champion, Touch (GoE) plc
Tel: 020 7452 5300 Mob: 07850 267223 E-mail: c.champion@touchplc.com

Jackie Davidson, Touch (GoE) plc
Tel: 020 7452 5300 Mob: 07971 071278 E-mail: j.davidson@touchplc.com

Notes for Editors:
Touch (GoE) plc is the UK Partner of Biznizweb Inc, the developers of the Dynaportal, revolutionary portal software suite, that combines more than 25 e-Business applications into one affordable, easy to use package. This allows the building of a community through interactive participation, quickly producing an informative and compelling portal. Dynaportal can also be used to power a corporate Intranet, Extranet, or Web site.

Your portal today can be deployed today! Touch and BiznizWeb continue to lead the portal software industry by providing quality solutions for varying business needs and budgets.