ACCC calls for million-dollar penalties for dodgy franchisors
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling for powers to seek million-dollar penalties for poorly behaved franchisors.
Two-thirds of the franchises currently operating in Australia won’t exist in 10 years time.
That’s the view of Howard Bellin, a long-time…
The new Franchising Code will include changes from the former code that can be broadly categorised under the following major headings: Impr…
Moral hazard is a term used by economists to describe the greater likelihood that someone will take risks if they are subsequently not liabl…
The federal government has accepted in full or in principle most of the 18 changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct recommended by the Cod…
Franchising is often regarded by the franchise community as a “commercial marriage” – the union of franchisor and franchisee bound in matr…
The head of the federal government’s review of the franchising code of conduct says while he comes to the job with no pre-conceived ideas …
It was an extraordinary attack. In late June, the Opposition’s small business spokesman Steven Ciobo dramatically called on Federal Small Bu…
