Australian franchise favourite Gelatissimo has today unveiled a partnership with the McGrath Foundation to help support the charity’s Breast Care Nurses.

When Gill Kennedy emigrated to Australia, the mother of two planned on returning to the print and design industry, little did she know just four years later Gill would be heading up her own business in the growing regional district of Caboolture.

Working close to home in regional New South Wales and being able to balance his family responsibilities was important to Ganesh Natarajan.

Irrespective of the industry in which your franchise operates, all business models are dependent on your ability to generate sales.

The rise of online shopping and closure of major incumbent retailers will continue to impact Australia’s retail industry in 2019, according to a new report from CBRE.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has revealed plans to target the café, restaurant and take away food services industries in its next proposed round of Franchising Code (the Code) compliance audits.

Being vegan appears to be all the rage in Britain. The news that McDonald’s has launched a new plant-based “Happy Meal” for children based on a vegan “wrap” would seem to bear this idea out. McDonald’s new offering is the latest in a wave of vegetarian or vegan product launches, including Gregg’s vegan sausage rolls, a new Marks & Spencer vegan range, and Waitrose’s expansion of its plant-based product line.

Fahim Malik turned his back on a legal career to build a future as a franchisee.

What do you do when it seems that your ‘team just stopped working’? For Back in Motion founder Jason T Smith there was only one option. Fix it.

Professional accommodation franchise, Quest Apartment Hotels has unveiled a new property in Melbourne’s Docklands region, the network’s largest to date.

As we often do at the start of the year, many of us are looking back at our past achievements and accomplishments – but many more of us are looking forward. We’re curious what trends the new year will bring.

Monthly retail figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have shown a somewhat dismal December trading period performance, having fallen 0.4 per cent to $27 billion, compared to the 0.5 per cent increase seen in November.