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February 2017 - Employment issues continue to dog the franchise sector in Australia – are New Zealand franchisors prepared?

From the Archives: June 2020 - What do the expected recession and redundancies mean for franchising? Simon Lord and Nathan Bonney share some insights

27 August 2020 - Westpac’s Quarterly Economic Overview is more positive than might be expected. Here are some extracts, along with links to the ful...

15 May 2024 – The latest Economic Overview from Westpac says spring will come for New Zealand, although we need to do the hard yards through winter...

January 2021 – A new report from ABC Business Sales suggests that the current business sales market is experiencing a significant gap between suppl...

September 2019 - Food and franchising go together like fish and chips, but the market’s changing faster than ever. Simon Lord looks at some of the ...

16 March 2015 - Franchise New Zealand has joined forces with the Franchise Association to promote franchising to more people than ever

April 2023 – A new book by a franchise veteran provides good advice for anyone wanting to be their own boss

The focus on youth training schemes by both major parties at the beginning of this election year in New Zealand coincides with a news item from the...

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...

Do you need special qualifications to sell a franchise? Yes and no - Stewart Germann clarifies the laws about selling franchise opportunities

30 May 2018 - Consumers and councils are turning on the humble plastic straw. Franchises are keen to respond, but their sheer size can mean supply ...

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...

February 2024 – Demand for businesses is expected to grow after election year wobbles

Franchises and the businesses that support them are among those identified in the recent Performance of Service Index (PSI) as experiencing recessi...

October 2008 - Every cloud has a silver lining, although new franchisors may not recognise that yet.

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

18 June 2019 – A new survey shows that running your own business can be stressful and frustrating. How does being part of a franchise help?

If you have a successful company, you might well like to expand it further. You might have been told by a consultant that you should franchise it. ...

Simon Lord considers the opportunities and issues for immigrants looking at franchised businesses

It’s been 10 years since the start of the new millennium. Simon Lord examines what the decade has brought for franchisors and franchisees

December 2023 - KidsCan and The Coffee Club proudly unveil the young winners of this year’s Christmas Cup Artwork Competition

16 May 2024 – Changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme (AEWV) announced on 7 April will come into force next month, it was announced tod...

July 2025 – The latest global ranking of countries by franchise potential shows New Zealand in a top position, out-performing other APAC countries ...

McDonald's is to launch a single-flavour Georgie Pie in restaurants around the country - with the possibility of more to come

New start-ups often talk of franchising their business but what can they do to prepare for it?