One of the questions that anyone who works in franchising is regularly asked is ‘What’s the next big thing, then?’ Here are some thoughts to help readers decide the answer for themselves

An introduction to franchising in New Zealand

New Zealand has more franchise systems per capita than any other country in the world. Here is a guide to this exciting sector

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Statistics and Surveys

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Rapid escalation for New Zealand economy - Westpac

17 August 2021 – The latest Economic Overview from Westpac suggests that, while the New Zealand economy has been charging ahead and built up a head of steam, it faces some growing pains and Covid-related uncertainties for a bit longer

2024 Survey - Franchising health check shows strong pulse

Findings of the 2024 Franchising New Zealand survey conducted by the Massey University Business School show that franchising is in solid shape.

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Legislation

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Franchise agreements could be affected by new business protections – lawyers

26 September 2019 – Andrew Skinner and Khushbu Sundarji of Stewart Germann Law Office discuss the potential impact on franchising of proposed changes to the Fair Trading Act

Legal protections to affect small businesses – and franchising?

24 September 2019 – Proposed changes to the Fair Trading Act would extend current consumer protections against unfair contract terms to apply to business contracts with a value below $250,000

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Immigration

Articles focussing specifically on information and advice for new immigrants to New Zealand.

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Advice for new residents in NZ (in 5 languages)

Protect your own interests as you assess any franchise business opportunity. Translated versions of this article are available in Hindi, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

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