Some of the best-known franchises rely on personal brands created by their founders. Simon Lord talked to Rodney Wayne in December 2010 about creat...

31 October 2017 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is looking at offering tax breaks for small businesses to ease the burden of incremental increases ...

Dr Callum Floyd discusses the impact of private equity and listed company ownership on franchisors and franchisees

12 good reasons why buying a new franchise can make more sense than buying an existing one

12 November 2016 – The top titles this year have gone to franchises with decades of experience - and home-grown franchises took the majority of th...

Want to own your own business? Buying a franchise can provide you with some big advantages over going it alone

March 2011 - Chinese immigrants are increasingly turning to franchising as a way of getting into business in New Zealand. Simon Lord hears expert o...

April 2020 – Facing redundancy? Simon Lord discusses the pros and cons of buying a franchise

June 2019 - The New Zealand franchise opened its doors back in 1994

24 March 2021 – Broker says housing policy could make buying a business a more attractive option for investors - but how many will do it?

25 July 2013 - To celebrate 20 years of serving Kiwis breakfast, McDonald’s NZ is giving away up to 130,000 free breakfasts this coming Monday morn...

2 June 2020 - BurgerFuel has joined forces with Al Brown & Co. to create a limited edition burger with some New York deli flavour

June 2022 – Franchisees have been singled out for special treatment under the new Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. Simon Lord looks at what li...

Franchisors and franchisees should be wary of how they structure sales promotions

It's important to buy a business for the right reasons, but how do you know the difference between a good reason and a bad reason?

February 2020 - 6 key benefits of establishing an advisory board, plus details of a half-day seminar for franchisors

May 2012 - I own a franchise and am thinking about selling it. Can you give me any direction on who I could talk to regarding valuing an existing f...

Are the new SME incentives helpful to franchisees and franchisors? One franchisor says not - what do you think?

17 September - We share tips from a free webinar aimed at helping franchisors be prepared when an issue erupts in the media.

25 August 2016 - Domino's to start trialling drone deliveries in New Zealand from next month

December 2018 - The country’s leading business brokerage firm, Link, has completed its second successful capital raise, raising a further NZ$3.45m.

Geotech have been mining their data to outline some post-pandemic shifts in New Zealand’s retail landscape

July 2016 - McDonald’s NZ has confirmed its McDelivery service will be trialled at its New Lynn and Glenfield restaurants in Auckland.

16 January 2019 ­– Josh Bradley (17) has graduated from Hell Pizza’s ‘Active in HELL’ programme, a scheme to support youths with intellectual disab...

24 May 2024 – Franchise New Zealand is very sorry to learn of the death of Al Dunn, the former CEO of McDonald's from 1993-2004.

March 2008 - TV presenter and cover girl Mary Lambie tells us what she's learned in her new career as a Subway franchisee.