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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 ...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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. ...

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?

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?

The US Embassy is inviting New Zealand franchisors and investors to attend the International Franchise Expo in New York as a member of the US Embas...

Westpac’s Daniel Cloete says that, whatever the economy does, the basics of good business remain unchanged

29 April 2020 – Jacinda Ardern has responded to requests from business and industry groups for Government action to bring landlords to the negotiat...

November 2022 – Franchise New Zealand wins the Service Provider of the Year Award for the second time running