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The ATO’s small business focus areas: What franchise businesses need to know
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The ATO’s small business focus areas: What franchise businesses need to know

Understanding and meeting your tax and superannuation obligations is central to running a successful and sustainable franchise business. Whether you’re considering becoming a franchisee, have recently joined a franchise network, or have been operating for many years, getting your tax right is a legal obligation and a key part of building a profitable and resilient business. Strong compliance practices not only help you avoid unnecessary costs and disruptions but also provide greater confidence when making decisions about growth and investment.

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The ATO’s small business focus areas: What franchise businesses need to know
Business & Entrepreneurship•4 Sept 2026

The ATO’s small business focus areas: What franchise businesses need to know

Understanding and meeting your tax and superannuation obligations is central to running a successful and sustainable franchise business. Whether you’re considering becoming a franchisee, have recently joined a franchise network, or have been operating for many years, getting your tax right is a legal obligation and a key part of building a profitable and resilient business. Strong compliance practices not only help you avoid unnecessary costs and disruptions but also provide greater confidence when making decisions about growth and investment.

AA Angela AllenRead more
Behind the Headlines – Jason Gehrke – 10 August 2026
Franchising•19 Aug 2026

Behind the Headlines – Jason Gehrke – 10 August 2026

Sales down but franchisee profits up as brand ends discounting Domino’s Pizza Enterprises (DPE), the Australian operator of Domino’s in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia, and western Europe, has closed 29 Australian stores and stopped discounting in an effort to protect franchisee profits, according to a media report.

JG Jason GherkeRead more
Food in Franchising
Food & Beverage Franchising•17 Aug 2026

Food in Franchising

Did you know that Mark Knopfler’s song “Boom, Like That" released in 2004, was written about the true story of how Ray Kroc discovered the original McDonald’s milkshake store in San Bernardino California?

RT Robert TothRead more
The Two Partnerships Every Franchisee Needs to Get Right
Franchise Partnerships & Business Ownership•17 Aug 2026

The Two Partnerships Every Franchisee Needs to Get Right

Why the safest path into business ownership still runs through the people who love you Business is getting harder. Costs are up, margins are tighter, consumers are more discerning, and the runway for getting a new venture right first time keeps shrinking. It's precisely this environment that has made franchising so attractive to first-time business owners: a proven model, an established brand, a system that has already worked for someone else. Franchising doesn't eliminate risk — nothing in business does — but it does narrow it. And yet, even with all that structure and support, somewhere between five and ten per cent of franchisees still fail.

DD Doug DownerRead more
The Real Reason Customers Keep Coming Back
Franchise Operations & Customer Experience•14 Aug 2026

The Real Reason Customers Keep Coming Back

Walk into almost any successful food franchise, and you will notice something interesting. Most customers are not deciding what they think of the business at the counter. In many cases, they made that decision before they walked through the door.

TM Tony MeredithRead more
EVER POPULAR FOOD FRANCHISES IN NEW ZEALAND
Food & Beverage•28 July 2026

EVER POPULAR FOOD FRANCHISES IN NEW ZEALAND

As you may be aware New Zealand is deregulated for franchising with no franchise specific legislation at all but we have the Franchise Association of New Zealand (FANZ). It publishes a Code of Practic

CG Stewart GermannRead more
If Sales Are Up, Why Does Cash Flow Feel Tighter?
Business & Entrepreneurship•28 July 2026

If Sales Are Up, Why Does Cash Flow Feel Tighter?

Rising sales should be good news. More customers, more invoices, more money through the till; surely these are great things? Of course they are, but often they come with a nasty surprise: sales are up

CG CFI FinanceRead more
Franchising is for everyone and is everywhere.
Business & Entrepreneurship•28 July 2026

Franchising is for everyone and is everywhere.

Across the Australian economy franchising has taken its place as a forthright industry of choice for 10’s of 1000’s of Australians wanting to get into a business, become successful, build a future for

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When the click disappears, franchisees need a new path to growth
Business & Entrepreneurship•24 July 2026

When the click disappears, franchisees need a new path to growth

By Elise Balsillie, Head of Thryv Australia and New Zealand For years, website traffic has been one of the most visible measures of digital performance across many franchise networks. It can show bran

CG Elise BalsilliRead more

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