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7-Eleven partnership improves compliance

MEDIA RELEASE 30 October 2020 Major convenience and fuel outlets franchisor 7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd has made substantial improvements to its payroll and time-recording systems as part of a three-year compliance partnership with the...

Eyes on the franchise sector

Franchising in Australia features around 1,100 franchise brands across 79,000 outlets and employs nearly half a million Australians (Griffith University, Franchising Australia Survey, 2016, supplied by Franchise Advisory Centre). Despite this, franchising isn’t...

Australia’s official lotteries awarded 5-star ratings for franchising

Australia’s official lotteries by NSW Lotteries, Tatts, Golden Casket and SA Lotteries have been awarded 5-star ratings by FRANdata. The recognition puts the Lott among the nation’s top-rated franchise systems. The Lott offers Australia’s...

Franchising on ‘life support’, says AAF

Unethical franchisors have led franchising to the point where it may no longer be a viable business model, says the AAF. The AAF is the Australian Association of Franchisees, the successor to the...

Caltex hits back at FWO penalties

Caltex has defended itself following a recent report by the Fair Work Ombudsman over its franchisee wage practices. The report claims a former Caltex franchisee in Sydney falsified wage records. FWO Natalie James says...

Caltex to exit franchise model

Following a two-year review of the operating model for its convenience-retail business, Caltex Australia aims to move to company operation of all its retail-franchise sites by mid-2020. The convenience-retail operating-model review began after...

7-Eleven faces potential class action

Sydney law firm Levitt Robinson Solicitors is reportedly launching a class action against 7-Eleven and the ANZ bank on behalf of 7-Eleven franchisees following the wage-underpayment scandal that was uncovered in 2015. In...

Top 10 Aussie franchises revealed

Healthy fast-food retailer Soul Origin has been recognised as the fifth best overall franchise in the country at this year’s Topfranchise Awards. In just six years, Soul Origin has gone from a concept...
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