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A bunch of reports have come out this week to tell us how business confidence, small business sales (and sales of small businesses) are going in Ne...

The National Franchise Conference focuses on prospering in a changing world

As we enter the new year, how confident are we? 

Winners from the inaugural Franchise Industry Awards held in Sydney, Australia

November 2000 - The winners of this year’s Franchise Awards set higher standards than ever. Here's our full report.

What do you need to know before you buy a franchise? Here's a comprehensive list of over 250 vital questions to ask the franchisor that will help y...

Advertising provides the life blood for many businesses, so it's important that it says the right things. We provide a light-hearted look at what c...

A survey of visitors to the Franchise New Zealand website has revealed that 74% of those seriously interested in buying a franchise would be prepar...

May 2011 - A US body called the Coalition of Franchisee Associations has called for the introduction of a ‘Bill of Rights’ for franchisees, while a...

12 December 2013 – New recommendations on a controversial employment bill recognise the independence of franchisees but say it’s who generates the ...

Franchising isn’t all about owner/operators and small business. In this 2015 article, Simon Lord talked to some of the franchisees taking the oppor...

11 October 2016 - Initial results from the Franchising Australia 2016 survey show that sales and employment within franchising are up slightly sinc...

How does being part of a franchise help when the unthinkable happens and the whole country goes into lockdown? We’ve been finding out what franchis...

7 February 2023 – Westpac has  established a $1million flood relief fund to support its small business customers who have been affected by the rece...

A series of encouraging reports throughout November and December of 2025 and the start of January 2026 suggest that the New Zealand economy is star...

Stewart Germann of Stewart Germann Law Office has been named an Officer in the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year 2026 Honours list, for hi...

10 August 2022 – While plant-based alternatives from companies such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have been touted as the ‘next big thing’ in...

12 June 2009 - The Ministry of Economic Development has today announced that, following last year's Review of Franchising Regulation, the Governmen...

Findings from the Franchise Relationships Institute originally released in 2011 show that having good family and social support is a major predicto...

The annual Roy Morgan awards saw some familiar names scoring highly for customer satisfaction

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

November 2020 - The one-day Westpac Franchise Summit was a massive success

2 April 2014 - The Federal Government in Australia has detailed changes to that country's franchise legislation, the Franchising Code of Conduct, w...

How do you decide whether a business opportunity is right for you? Here’s a guide to working it out with links to all the resources you need to mak...

Can you turn spare time into spare cash?

Part-time, full-time, indoors, outdoors, retail or restaurant: whatever type of business you’re interested in, there’s a franchise to suit. If you’...

When it comes to immigrant groups, it is New Zealand businesses which should be integrating with the diverse cultural needs of those groups, rather...

10 June 2020 - Taco Tuesday is about to get real for Auckland urbanites. Taco Bell will open their second New Zealand restaurant in the heart of th...

A reader asks, ‘As a new franchisor, how can I protect my business from being damaged or sued if a franchisee doesn’t take proper care and injures ...