Articles tagged with 'franchisee'

Exclusive Collectables opens in Top Ryde City

1 September 2010 | The first Exclusive Collectables hobby store franchise has opened in the Top Ryde City centre in Sydney with franchisee Alfred Battiato at the helm.


WA Sign A Rama joins hall of fame

1 September 2010 | The franchise Sign A Rama Joondalup has won the top accolade from the 900-strong group, with its induction into the Hall of Fame at the recent Sign A Rama World Expo in Orlando, US.


Regional awards celebrate WA franchising excellence

30 August 2010 | The WA Excellence in Franchising Awards gala dinner was held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth on 27 August to celebrate regional success across the franchise sector.


Hairhouse Warehouse to open in Wollongong

30 August 2010 | The first Hairhouse Warehouse franchise for Wollongong is set to open on 8 September in the Wollongong Central Shopping Centre with experienced franchisee Lube Markovski, a former national operations manager for Boost Juice Bars, at the helm.


What happens if my lease expires?

30 August 2010 | Many franchises today operate out of fixed locations. Franchisees either lease their premises themselves or the franchisor takes a head lease and then sublets or licences the premises to the franchisee.


Franchisee trends

30 August 2010 | There are more ways for franchisees to ensure the right fit with a franchise system than choosing a brand and industry they are passionate about.


Revealed! The pros and cons of emerging franchises

26 August 2010 | Franchising appeals as a tool for business development that offers empowerment to individuals, and a sprinkling of new business ideas keeps it fresh.


Pizza Capers puts Victorian growth on menu

23 August 2010 | Gourmet pizza franchise Pizza Capers has set its sights on Victoria to underpin growth with plans to open 18 new stores in the next 12 months.


Close encounters

18 August 2010 | As managing director of Marketing Minds, Philip Ciniglio tells would-be franchisors that just about any business can be franchised.


Thrilled with Grill'd

17 August 2010 | Simon Crowe is founder of Grill'd, a six year old 32 restaurant business split evenly between franchisee owned and corporate stores.


Hairhouse Warehouse awards franchisees

16 August 2010 | Hairhouse Warehouse has named its Franchisees of the Year as multi-unit franchisees Tim and Rebecca Arriola. The couple has taken the award for the second year in a row, a first in the history of Hairhouse Warehouse.


Running a listed company

13 August 2010 | RCG Corporation includes The Athlete's Foot business, the only franchise system within its portfolio.


Quick bite - PoolWerx

11 August 2010 | An 'intrapreneur' is a person with the drive, passion and commitment to run their own business with the foresight and understanding of the benefits of working with proven systems.


Wide awake

10 August 2010 | Over the next three years the brand plans to grow from 72 stores to 100, explains Simon Beaty, managing director of Snooze.


A failing franchise - franchisees beware

5 August 2010 | Remember that if the franchisor does fail, this could seriously affect your business.


Stretch the imagination

5 August 2010 | It's Tuesday morning at a school in Victoria. Seventeen children, aged five and six are taking off their shoes and socks with varying degrees of success.


Making tough decisions

4 August 2010 | As a new franchisee or small business owner you will be faced with wide-ranging challenges and tough decisions, and they start from the business inception.


Sign A Rama signs up the Salvos

01:00 PM | A Sydney Sign A Rama franchise is getting to grips with a job for the Salvation Army, which means its churches, corporate offices and family stores will for the first time have brand consistency across their signage in NSW, Queensland and the ACT .


Public vs private

2 August 2010 | The company is the dominant vehicle in Australia and indeed throughout the world for conducting business.


Signing rights

2 August 2010 | If you are thinking about buying a franchise, remember that Australia has a national mandatory Franchising Code of Conduct which sets out the information you should receive before you sign any agreement or hand over any non-refundable money.


Club Academy to train future franchisees

28 July 2010 | Home loan and mortgage broking firm, Club Financial Services, has introduced a new recruitment and training initiative set to assist the franchise to double its broker numbers before the end of the year and boost its long term growth plans.


The Domino effect

24 July 2010 | There are 151 Domino's franchisees in Australia operating 443 Domino's stores in both metropolitan and regional areas.


Poolwerx CEO pinpoints vision and drive for franchise growth

22 July 2010 | Growing a small firm into a large business can be a difficult task requiring vision, organisation, determination and continual change. That's the view of franchisor and Ernst and Young 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year finalist John O’Brien, chief executive officer of national pool and spa care network PoolWerx.


Franchise legal firm becomes franchisor

21 July 2010 | Franchise Legal has embraced the industry it services by becoming the first industry-specialist law firm to franchise.


Telcoinabox adds $2m investment, new operations hq and top appointment

20 July 2010 | Telcoinabox is investing $2m into its infrastructure as it opens an operations hq and appoints a head of franchising for the Australian marketplace.


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Education about the franchising process and ongoing training once in a franchise system can be gained from a variety of sources. Click on the links below to find out more about particular learning opportunities.

The Franchise Council of Australia runs seminars for anyone interested in pre-purchase education http://www.franchise.org.au/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=FCAWWW/ccms.r?Pag eId=10040

Free online pre-entry franchise education is available from Griffith University's Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence, sponsored by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC): http://www.franchise.edu.au/pre-entry-franchise-education.html

Learn online franchising at William Angliss Institute Melbourne: http://www.angliss.edu.au/Franchising

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