Partner with FANZ

We are New Zealand’s most experienced franchise bank. Whether you own a franchise or are looking to start a franchise, our comprehensive information, support and banking franchise packages can help you every step of the way.

Find out more about Westpac Franchise Services For more information on franchises and funding options, you can contact a specific team member.

Find your local specialist franchise banker

Insurance package especially for franchises

As the Franchise Association’s longstanding insurance broking partner, Crombie Lockwood has developed a business insurance solution specifically for FANZ members. Offering cover for a range of risks, the FANZ insurance package has added benefits and options for franchisees and franchisors.

Cover includes

• Plant and stock protection up to $1 million (experience shows only 20% of businesses have sufficient cover at claim time for the real risks they face).
• Loss of profit and staff wages, including Loss of Attraction following damage to businesses within 2.5 kms
• Liability cover starting at $2 million with the ability to increase up to $10 million
• 30 minutes free legal consultation.

Franchise fee cover is available as an optional extra.

About Crombie Lockwood

As an insurance expert, a Crombie Lockwood broker helps you make smart choices about your insurances. Your broker works for you, not the insurer, to ensure you have the right insurance cover for your business and stay well covered as your needs change.

If you need to make a claim, your broker will support you through the process and advocate on your behalf for a fair result.

Crombie Lockwood can also offer other insurance-related services such as a pay monthly service to spread premium payments across the year, helping with budgeting.

Founded in Napier in 1978, Crombie Lockwood has become one of New Zealand’s leading insurance brokers with a network of offices around the country.

To find out more call 0800 276 624 or email fanz@crombielockwood.co.nz

Green Acres is one of New Zealand’s largest franchise companies. For the past 25 years Green Acres has been one of the country’s leading franchise organisations winning multiple awards not only in the Home & Services sector but also for our innovation in systems and technology and supreme awards.

Vision: for the brand to be recognised as representing excellence in business

Mission: to create quality time for our customers Green Acres Strategic plan is made of up of 3 pillars:

• Be portable, current and easy to do business with
• A customer-focused strategy
• Enhance our brand values and equity This plan is something that Green Acres proudly informs all its franchisees about and also displays on their website for everyone to view.

As an organisation we are committed to supporting the franchise industry to promote best practice innovation and business evolution. We strongly believe in using our group of Internationally recognised market-leading Alliance Partners to strengthen our brand and offerings to our franchisees but to also leverage off their expertise to further enhance our business. Green Acres believe that to build a stronger and sustainable franchise network that supporting each other and the sharing of ideas and systems is a key mantra and responsibility for all franchise systems. Green Acres is very proud to be a member of The Franchise Association of New Zealand and all it stands for and to be leading the way in best practice franchising in New Zealand.

“Avoid the Admin, Create the Culture” HR Assured use technology, innovation and expertise for people management that benefits every franchisee.

A growing focus on compliance in the franchise sector has increased the need for best-practice workplace management across a franchise system. HR Assured’s combination of award-winning HRIS and telephone advice means we can help every franchisee ensure they’re conducting business properly and profitably¬ – safeguarding your brand from a breach of the law.

From fitness chains to family restaurants, HR Assured supports some of Australasia’s largest and most well-recognised franchise businesses. Complete, compliant, and cost-effective, working with HR Assured is like having your own legal counsel and HR manager on-call, 24/7, backed by the technology, expertise, and legal protection you need for total peace of mind. When it comes to employee management and workplace safety, think of us as just another part of your franchise business…

What are the key benefits of working with HR Assured?

For franchisors:

• You’ll get a detailed compliance review of HR and H&S at your franchise business to identify risks and fix problems.
• You and every franchisee will have access to unlimited telephone support 24/7, 365 days a year from our highly qualified HR and legal professionals.
• A scalable HRIS that will provide greater visibility and consistency over workplace compliance across your franchise system.
• In the unlikely event that your franchisee faces an employment-related claim, you’ll be insured with no excess. And if the matter escalates, specialist lawyers from LangtonHudsonButcher will represent you.

For franchisees:

• A library of resources: hundreds of documents, templates, agreements, workflows and policies
• Easy-to-use-HR software so every franchisee can manage their people with ease and confidence regardless of their HR expertise.
• Access to a dedicated workplace relations team, on-call 24/7 for timely employment advice whenever, wherever, they need it.

New Zealand’s franchise sector is a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy and is the business structure of choice for many business owners.

In recent years, we have seen an increase in clients seeking advice in respect of Franchise as they look for new ways to plan for succession of their existing business or want to engage in business through structured arrangements where risk is sought to be systematically minimised.

Providing advice to the Franchise sector requires franchise-specific experience, insight and specific knowledge.  That’s why BDO has a team to provide our franchise advisory service. We can provide a broad range of advisory services whilst also covering the whole of a franchise’s accounting needs in a cost-effective way, with access to relevant software for maximum business efficiency.

In addition, our team is uniquely placed with experience in non-franchise businesses to complement our Franchise offering. This means we complement our knowledge with experience from organisations in similar or comparative industries to give you fresh insight into your own strategy.

Specific franchise services include:

• Assessment and strategy.
• Buying or selling a franchise.
• Compliance – including bookkeeping, reporting and payroll.
• Debt advisory and finance assistance.
• Due diligence.
• Franchising business advisory and performance monitoring.
• Is franchising right for you?
• Risk management.

With a team spread across the country, we would love to get to know you and catch up for coffee. Don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre are still closed as they continue doing their part in keeping our community safe by reinventing themselves as an Isolation facility.
Their current contract runs through till the end of April and while they are hoping for a May reopen, discussions about extending this contract further are expected to commence next month.
In the meantime, the Waipuna team do have several other conferencing and event options for those wanting to kick off 2021 with business planning meetings, network with like-minded organisations in a professional trade event or even get that mid-year company get together locked in.
With alternate venues in East Tamaki and Panmure and settings ranging from modern-corporate to quirky-casual the team have carried all their experience running their flagship hotel and conference centre venue into these new properties ensuring no matter what your event, they have you covered.

East Tamaki – Waipuna Conference Suites Highbrook
– Corporate business events
– Private personal celebrations
– Capacity for up to 300 people theatre style
– On site catering and on license
– Nearby accommodation with easy access
– Easy access to Southern and Northern Motorways

Panmure – The Hidden Pub
– Private pub venue
– Casual private celebrations
– Out-of-the-box business workshops
– Capacity for 100 people cabaret style
– On site catering an on license
– Complimentary parking

Contact – Shelley Trutsch  or 0274 992 412

Franchise New Zealand was founded in 1992 to help people learn about franchising. Today, it operates web, print, digital and social media platforms and is THE hub for anyone looking for information on buying a franchise in this country. We are proud to be media partners for the Franchise Association and to operate the Member’s Directory for FANZ.

Franchise New Zealand is founded upon a deep knowledge of franchising and of the needs of franchise buyers and franchisors. Editor Simon Lord has almost 40 years’ experience in franchising both in New Zealand and overseas. His roles have included being marketing manager for a multi-national fast-food franchise and franchise manager for a new start-up operation.

Readers can send for a free print or digital copy of the quarterly magazine by visiting www.franchise.co.nz. The website also contains hundreds of articles with advice on buying a franchise and franchising your own business, as well as a comprehensive Directory of over 275 franchise opportunities and details of specialist advisors.

If you want to recruit franchisees, advise business buyers, or are interested in reaching New Zealand’s $27 billion franchise sector, email info@franchise.co.nz to find out about advertising and promotional opportunities.