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Has healthy eating started to bite the fast food industry at last? McDonald

Archive article from September 2005 - Simon Lord outlines calls for franchise legislation and David Munn looks at the possible pros and cons. See e...

April 2010 - Last year’s judgement by the Court of Appeal that upheld the effectiveness of notices to franchise buyers that they should get their o...

Franchises which serve or process food have to stay on top of hygiene and employment issues. Stewart Germann outlines some areas to think about

4 July 2023 – MBIE has delayed an expected review of its treatment of franchisee-owned businesses under its Accredited Employer Work Visa programme

February 2017 – The economic outlook for local Chinese businesses is mixed, according to a survey by accounting software provider MYOB.

New Zealand’s top franchisees of 2017 are a semi-retired couple who believe in working smarter, not harder. They also prove that some of the best o...

From the Archives - September 2011 - Nathan Bonney offers some tips on what new franchisees should look for from a training programme

January 2014 - Ending a franchise relationship is often not a black and white exercise. Deirdre Watson details a case where a third party was drawn...

August 2017 – An experienced panel of New Zealand franchisors explored the 2017 National Franchise Conference theme of innovation, integration and ...

5 November 2019 - Franchising contributes 2.7% to the economies of the 47 member countries of the World Franchise Council (WFC), as announced at it...

In the first of two articles from 2005 Bill McGowan, founder of Fastway Couriers, recalls the challenges and rewards of building a global franchise...

Jason Gehrke has seen some franchisees achieve spectacular success, while others have lost it all. What makes the difference?

March 2019 - If franchisors want to help franchisees build better businesses, they need to invest in themselves

June 2020 – New online forums offer a fresh approach to the professional development of franchisor teams

Paul Turner and Scott Goodwin of Goodwin Turner Commercial Lawyers offer some notes for franchisees regarding leases

2 February 2009 - New research into franchisors' and franchisees' confidence levels in Australia shows the importance of confident leadership.

Every business owner needs to keep an eye on their bottom line. Simon Lord shares some real-life examples of the ways companies are helping franchi...

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...

The Franchising New Zealand Survey 2017 is covered in detail below. For our report on the 2024 survey, see Franchising Health Check

13 March 2020 – As health concerns mean more people choose or are required to work from home, Greg Nathan of the Franchise Relationships Institute ...

They can’t afford not to – whatever some people might think, says Simon Lord, in this popular article from our archives (first published in 2015)

8 November 2021 – New Zealand franchising has lost one of its most highly-regarded leaders with the sudden death of Campbell McMahon, CEO of Super ...

Jeff Giddings, Lorelle Frazer & Scott Weaven look at what drives franchisees and franchisors to damage their own systems during disputes

December 2014 - Changes in health and safety could be costly for franchisors and franchisees, suggests Nathan Tetzlaff of Gaze Burt

Knowing what is and isn't your territory helps new franchisees avoid problems, say Stewart Germann and Clive Neifeld

Gehan Gunasekara asks whether those who buy franchises really know what they are getting into, and suggests proposed changes to consumer law don't ...

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