‘Business services’ is a somewhat all encompassing term for a range of industries helping businesses to achieve their goals by providing them with assistance outside of their core areas of expertise. Being an effective business service provider should come from a place of passion in your work and wanting to assist other businesses in achieving… Continue reading Observations on the Business Services Industry
So, you have done your research and homework to identify the franchise that is right for you. Arranging how you will pay for it is just one of the many potential pressure points in the process of becoming a franchisee, so the more prepared you are the better when embarking on your discussions with a… Continue reading Important Considerations for Applying & Gaining Finance from a Bank
The new financial year is often a time for new beginnings – many are thinking about their finances and considering embarking on a new career that will ensure greater financial stability, particularly in the current unstable job market. For those that are already in franchising, it’s likely that you’re aware of the strengths of franchising… Continue reading From power tools to baking tins: making a mid-career switch to franchising
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand As a franchisor I can confirm that we are looking for ‘the perfect franchisee’. It has also come to my attention that every other franchisor is also looking for the very same perfect franchisee. Analysing franchise websites, it soon… Continue reading Are you the Perfect Franchisee?
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand THE FRANCHISE SECTOR COULD BE A BENEFICIARY OF THE WORKFORCE CONTRACTION BY AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES. In recent months the media has been full of stories about the collapse or imminent shut down of major manufacturers in Australia – Toyota, Ford,… Continue reading Job Losses are a Potential Boom for Franchising
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand Here at Business Franchise magazine we were excited to be given the opportunity from the Australian Tax Office to participate in a question and answer session with the Deputy Commissioner for Small Business/Individual Taxpayers, Steve Vesperman. As this is a… Continue reading Got questions? We have the answers!
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand Opening a franchise is a very exciting time, and can be the start of a very rewarding career as a business owner. As a franchisee you have many advantages over other new start-up businesses, including a strong brand with… Continue reading What to expect in the first 90 days of opening a franchise
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is using its audit power to check whether franchisors are complying with the Franchising Code of Conduct. The audit (or information-checking) power, which took effect on 1 January 2011, enables the ACCC to… Continue reading Keeping Franchisors on their toes
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand Food and Franchising are almost as complementary a duo as Food and Beverage! And food and beverage businesses certainly dominate the franchising story as being some of the oldest, largest and most profitable in the world. Food franchising traces… Continue reading What you don’t know about Food and Franchising
This article appears in the May/June 2014 issue of Business Franchise Australia & New Zealand WORKING WITH OTHER BUSINESSES TO GROW YOUR OWN Franchisees are already luckier than most in small business. For one thing, you have a ready-built group of peers with whom you can celebrate, commiserate and talk shop with, and who… Continue reading A New Kind Of Team