Categories: Franchisor Advice|New Franchise Development

Over the last few years, securing finance to buy a business has become increasingly difficult, especially with the recent changes that came into effect in the highly-regulated lending industry. We all know that it’s never been harder to borrow from the ‘big four’ banks and brokers have also been affected by the recent regulatory updates… Continue reading The Journey to Funding Your Franchise

Here at the ATO we have been working on improving our digital services for small businesses, knowing it can make things easier for you. One of the biggest changes coming is the retirement of AUSkey on 27 March 2020. The new myGovID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) are available now, and will replace AUSkey and… Continue reading Digital Information for Franchise Owners

We all get inspired by the confidence that oozes out of a rockstar when we see them on stage or performing. We love it when we see an artist step into their own, and we get taken a journey with them throughout their show – their mastery over their voice, their certainty and commitment to… Continue reading Seven Steps to Marketing Yourself Like a Rockstar

As the business landscape shifts and change becomes the new constant, the traditional model of a three to five-year higher education spent learning technical skills, followed by a forty-year career spent applying them, is no longer serving us. Technology, artificial intelligence and automation; volatile, fast-paced business environments; and up to two-decades longer in the workforce… Continue reading The Future of Learning and Development is Peer-to-Peer

Consultants need to have a defined purpose if they are to benefit you. They should be an investment in your business to improve it and generate a few times their costs. If you think of using a consultant as an expense, you have the wrong approach. Think of it as an investment to generate a… Continue reading Using Consultants to Improve Your Franchise

According to Gouldson Legal, people who are in the workforce are more likely in the last 12 months to have consumed drugs or alcohol than those who don’t work. And, according to Comcare, drugs and alcohol use by individuals is the cause of up to 15 per cent of workplace incidents leading to injury worldwide. With those… Continue reading To Test or Not to Test: Drug and Alcohol Policies in the Retail Workplace

We’ve covered a great deal in this column about how simple it is to grow your reputation and bottom line by generating free local media publicity. The one thing we haven’t done is focus on a few things that reporters hate. It’s a good idea to stay away from the following five things.  

We’ve all seen the headlines. Small franchisees who have apparently been driven out of business by uncaring, bullying franchisors. Franchisees are banding together to take legal action against the franchisor. This media coverage not only tarnishes the franchising system as a whole, but also trashes the franchised brand publicly and presents the franchisor with a… Continue reading The Danger of Dissent Amongst Franchisee Ranks