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...
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...
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...
In March this year, the Australian Government introduced draft legislation into the Australian Parliament that intended to address recent widespread wage underpayment issues observed in several industries – including the fuel retail...
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has warned lawmakers in Australia that the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 will cripple the Australian franchise industry and lead to fewer jobs and...
Boost Juice, claimed to be Australia’s largest smoothie and juice-bar network, plans to roll out into 12 Caltex service stations around Australia with the first opening last week at Padstow in Sydney.
Boost...
The petrol and convenience company has acquired the intellectual property and retail network of Pie Face, which went into voluntary receivership last October, for an undisclosed sum.
United Petroleum CEO Gary Brinkworth says...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning franchisors about potentially unfair contract terms under a new law offering greater protections to small businesses from November 12, 2016.
ACCC Deputy Chair Dr Michael...
