Aramex - Courier Franchisee
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Aramex, formerly Fastway Couriers, is an award-winning franchise system that provides local and national courier and freight services at competitiv...
Aramex - Regional Franchisee
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Aramex, formerly Fastway Couriers, is an award-winning franchise system that provides local and national courier and freight services at competitiv...
Aramex rebrand rolls ahead
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July 2020 - Over 5 kilometres of vinyl was used to rebrand the Fastway franchise fleet to Aramex
INSPIRATIONAL WINNERS - Franchise Awards 2025 Results
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The stars of New Zealand’s franchise community came out to shine in the 30th annual Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. We feature the winning re...
Business as usual for franchisees as Fastway brand phased out
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July 2019 – One of New Zealand’s best-known home-grown franchise brands is gradually disappearing from our streets as Fastway Couriers rebrands
Franchisees to continue as Fastway sold overseas
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22 January 2015 - Fastway, one of New Zealand’s best-known home-grown franchises, has been sold to a global company based in Dubai but franchise ag...
Brand aid – lockdown solution for franchisees
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24 September 2021 - When one franchise had too much work and the other had too little, two well-known franchise brands worked together
Changing Hats
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As the armed forces and emergency services restructure, many personnel are moving out into businesses of their own. Annie Gray has been exploring t...
NZ Franchise Awards 2022 Results:
YOU BEAUTY!
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12 November 2022 – Two home-grown beauty brands starred at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. Both were Supreme Award winners for the first ...
20 years – 2 million parcels for Fastway franchisee
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Auckland courier driver and business owner Kwong Lui has reached a major milestone. The 61 year old moved his 2 millionth parcel, 20 years after mo...
NZ Franchise Awards 2023 Results
BATTLE OF THE BRANDS
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11 November 2023 – This year’s Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards were among the most hotly-contested ever, and it was fitting that there were tw...
2025 FRANCHISE AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
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19 September 2025 – The 30th Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards name the best performers in the business. This year’s finalists are …
Finalists announced for Franchise Awards
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14 September 2021 – Many of New Zealand’s top franchise brands are among the finalists in the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards
Franchise Awards move online
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1 February 2022 - The Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards will take place as an online-only event on 6 March.
Finalists announced for 2022 Franchise Awards
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30 September 2022 – Many of New Zealand’s top franchise brands are fighting for honours in the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. Here's the lis...
2023 Franchise Awards finalists named
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25 September 2023 – The Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards name the best performers in the business. This year’s finalists are …
And the 2024 awards finalists are...
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The Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards recognise the best among our nation's franchising folk. This year’s finalists have been named…
New chair, vice-chair for FANZ
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26 July 2021 – Franchise Association’s new leaders share a wealth of experience from different sectors of franchising
Report recommends more changes for Australian franchising
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16 March 2019 – The final report from Australia’s Parliamentary Inquiry into the franchise sector there makes sweeping recommendations but the tim...
Australian Franchise Awards
– 2017 Results
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11 October 2017 – Two names familiar to New Zealanders took out the top titles at this year’s MYOB FCA Excellence in Franchising Awards
Franchise Association Board named
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September 2023 – The Franchise Association has elected an unchanged Board for 2023-2024, but there's a new Chair
2024 NZ Franchise Awards Results
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE
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Winning franchises are a driving force for building a bright future. The results of the 2024 Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards brought two new S...
Vision for the future
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Specsavers has demonstrated how to revolutionise an industry
NZ Franchise Awards 2021 Results: HONOURS EVEN
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6 March 2022 – Friendly rivals from the same industry won the two biggest titles at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards tonight. Here’s our f...
DECAMPING FRANCHISEE leaves gym franchisors fuming
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June 2011 - A franchisee stripped bare an Auckland gym in an overnight raid that has left the franchisors with a bitter taste
Prospa lends full allocation to support Kiwi small businesses
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2 August 2021 – Prospa has exceeded expectations by lending its total government allocation under the Business Finance Guarantee Scheme to SMEs acr...
Why Buy A New Franchise?
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12 good reasons why buying a new franchise can make more sense than buying an existing one
Lost In Translation
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Franchises don't always transfer successfully from one country to another. Simon Lord looks at the lessons to be learned from past experience and W...
How can I make my franchisor listen?
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If a franchisee has a problem how can they make themselves heard by the franchisor?
How will the Privacy Act changes affect your franchise?
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25 November 2020 – As email attacks and fraud grow, new data privacy laws require businesses to be aware of their governance and compliance respons...
