There are over 2,000 home services franchisees in New Zealand. What is the appeal of this franchise sector, and what should you look for? Simon Lor...

With lessons for buyers and sellers alike, the 2024 New Zealand Prospective Franchisee Research survey is the second in a series conducted by Franc...

Philip Morrison provides an introduction to what you need to think about when franchising a business

September 2013 - Some familiar franchise names are starting to turn up on the New Zealand stock market. Simon Lord looks at the reasons why

Greg Nathan of Franchise Relationships Institute explains how to tap into the power of multi-unit franchising as a growth strategy

Building a great business takes time. Can buying a franchise help you achieve your financial and life goals?

If you’ve ever dreamed of being your own boss, you might have wondered about buying a franchise. But just what is franchising and how does it work?...

May 2020 - Westpac’s latest Quarterly Economic Overview suggests that Covid-19 will cast a shadow over the economy for years, but that recovery wil...

15 November - Specsavers is the 2014/15 Franchise System of the Year and Ivy Joe of The Coffee Club is New Zealand's top franchisee for the third y...

Thinking of buying a business? Leith Oliver helps you to calculate what it might be worth to you, and offers some thoughts on franchise fees and go...

December 2010 - How realistic is it for New Zealand-based franchises to dream of global expansion? Simon Lord talks to two companies on the export ...

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...

June 2020 – Stewart Germann and Khushbu Sundarji review lessons from three recent cases involving well-known New Zealand franchises.

Why do some franchise networks build on their success while others go downhill? Win Robinson shares some secrets and asks the provocative question ...

There are some brand new names and some familiar faces on the winners' list for this year's Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards, which were announ...

10 November 2018 ­– Business-to-business franchises proved there’s more to franchising than burgers when they took out the top titles at the Westpa...

Franchise lawyer Michael Bright explains how to get off to the best possible start in your new business

November 1997 - Winners of the 1997 Franchisee and Franchise System of the Year titles share a passion for making their businesses even better

Giles Brown & Daniel Munns outline changes in technology that offer new efficiencies, new opportunities and new threats for franchisees and fra...

11 October 2019 – Who will win the 2019 Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards?

12 November 2022 – Two home-grown beauty brands starred at the Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. Both were Supreme Award winners for the first ...

Food franchises have always been popular – after all, everyone needs to eat. But hospitality is going through massive changes, so what do new buyer...

Franchising isn’t all about owner/operators and small business. Simon Lord talks to some of the franchisees taking the opportunity to expand by ope...