Expert Advice
We know that timely, professional advice is crucial to making smart business decisions. Our Expert Advice Articles are written by industry leaders with proven experience in the franchising sector. Our experts cover financial, accounting and legal issues in addition to sound business strategies to help you succeed.
Curating and Building a Successful Franchise Model
These days, if you're not changing, you're going backwards. It used to be that the first step in creating a successful franchise model was identifying and proving a...
Mary Aldred | CEO | Franchise Council of Australia
Time to Redress the Shopping Centre Leasing Power Imbalance
There is no doubt that many small businesses in major shopping centres are currently in a difficult financial position.
Flat or declining sales, serious margin...
Lindsay Carroll | National Retail Association
Ensuring You Get a Healthy Return on a Franchise Investment
Looking the part is something more, and more Australians are increasingly prioritising. And health, fitness and beauty franchises have become the beneficiaries...
Chris Beasley | Safety Navigator
Manual Handling and Repetitive Tasks in Health-Related Franchise Businesses
Over the past few issues of this publication, we've discussed some of the critical health and safety hazards and tips for mitigating those...
Corina Vucic | Director | FC Business Solutions
Health, Fitness and Beauty – Hot Sectors in Franchising
Any franchise business that works in the health, fitness or beauty sector is operating in an intensely personal space offering both opportunities and risks.
I...
Andrew Watson | Assistant Commissioner – Small Business | Australian Taxation Office
The ATO Supporting Your Wellbeing
At the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), we understand that small business owners have a lot on their plate. With everyday pressures, unexpected life circumstances, and blurring...
Business Franchise magazine
Keeping in shape, staying healthy and even having our hair done, is considered a necessity of personal maintenance rather than a luxury in today’s society. Likewise, owning a customer-focused franchise that helps to...
James Scurr | Cashflow It Group
What Will Franchise Finance Look Like in 2020?
After Australia’s lending landscape undertook significant changes throughout 2018/19, many franchisees and franchisors are thinking about what their finance options will...
Jason Gehrke | Director | Franchise Advisory Centre
Franchisor faces $13m fraud trial ten years after company collapse
The last of three former directors of failed whitegoods retail chain Kleenmaid is facing court for the fourth time following three aborted attempts to...