Sandra Green says she has loved every minute of being a franchisee. “Of course I could have bought my own store, but the benefits of franchising far outweigh the downsides,” she says. “It’s a no brainer.”
Fast food franchisor Domino’s has ditched plans to introduce a new enterprise bargaining agreement voted for by employees and will instead retain the Modern Industry Award.
Danish retail furniture chain, BoConcept, is looking for new franchise partners with a passion for design, style and trends, ideally combined with some retail experience, as it continues its expansion into the Australian market.
When considering buying a franchised business, a partnership might be the legal vessel through which you decide to do so. There are both positive and negative factors you must evaluate when deciding whether a partnership is a more appropriate business structure than, for example, a company, a family or unit trust or a sole trader.
So, you’re buying a franchise and have just received the franchise agreement from the franchisor. You may be overwhelmed by the volume of the agreement alone (not to mention all the other documents).
Fast food franchise chain Sushi Sushi is banking its reputation for fresh, high quality sushi and expanding into wholesaling.
Franchising will be put under the spotlight as a Senate inquiry into the sector gets the parliamentary go-ahead.
After 27 years in the mobile tool retail franchise Snap-on, Chris Edwards hasn’t looked back. “I was buying the product as an employee. I was in the trade and was excited by it. I’d always been interested in sales and was really attracted to selling a quality product. It was something I believed. It was just logical – I’d be working for myself and working in sales.”
Managing your payroll can be a mine field and daunting for new business owners. If you speak to any seasoned payroll officer, they’ll tell you that they receive no complaints when things are going well, but it can be a very different story when mistakes are made.
Huxtaburger fans in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs are in luck! Melbourne’s burger joint, Huxtaburger, has introduced its brand new food concept, HuxtaGO.
Franchising is a system of doing business. As a franchisor, you have achieved a proven system for success through your brand and product consistency, and you have opted to duplicate that system by franchising.
Let me first describe what an operations manual looked like when I first started in franchising and then later when I started writing operation manuals.