National discount footwear chain Shoobiz will close its 43 stores over the next few months, putting the jobs of 220 workers in doubt. Nati…
National discount footwear chain Shoobiz will close its 43 stores over the next few months, putting the jobs of 220 workers in doubt. Nati…
The administrator of stricken car repair chain Midas Australia has closed eight of the company’s 90 stores, with 17 of the company’s 125…
The administrators of collapsed automotive repair chain Midas Australia could hardly have chosen a worse day to formally launch their campai…
Administrators are looking for a buyer for troubled car servicing company Midas Australia after the business was placed in administration by…
Bakery chain Bakers Delight has shrugged off concerns about the slowing economy by unveiling plans to recruit 150 franchisees in 2009, more …
What happens to friends? Bernard Madoff used to have plenty of them. Now it appears they are in scant supply. Madoff , 70, was arrested and …
At the end of a boom, there is always a story that epitomises the greed, corruption and stupidity of the decade. While there are many conten…
What every potential franchisee should know before buying a franchise. JASON GEHRKE By Jason Gehrke Looking ahead to 2009, more peo…
The year is quickly winding up, and SmartCompany has reviewed some of the more momentous events of the past year. The result is an impressiv…
A Senate committee examining the operation of unconscionable conduct laws has recommended the ACCC find ways to improve the operation of Aus…
The chairman of the Parliamentary inquiry into the franchising sector has chastised Franchise Council of Australia board member and Deacon�…
The maxim ‘be prepared’ holds true, upon pain of pecuniary penalty, when claiming tax deductions. TERRY HAYES runs through the dangers. …
