Eighty-year-old jewellery chain Bevilles has collapsed, announcing today that it will restructure its business and has entered into voluntar…
Cara Waters is a former SmartCompany editor. Previously, Cara was a senior reporter for the Financial Times' website and worked for The Sunday Times in London.
Eighty-year-old jewellery chain Bevilles has collapsed, announcing today that it will restructure its business and has entered into voluntar…
Changes to franchising law announced by the government today are too late to help Peter Coventry, who is embroiled in a $1 million claim aga…
The federal government has set in motion far-ranging changes to franchise law this morning, including introducing a duty to act in good fait…
Jane Lu is the 27-year-old founder and chief executive of fashion retailer ShowPo. ShowPo began life as ShowPony when Lu started the busines…
The number of businesses in Australia slumped to just under 2.1 million as at June 2013, a fall of 2.9% according to data released today b…
The number of businesses in Australia slumped to just under 2.1 million as at June 2013, a fall of 2.9% according to data released today by …
A mediation between Wendys and a former franchisee turned sour yesterday as the ice cream chain locked MPs out of the negotiations. Former W…
Every year in SmartCompany’s annual Smart 50 awards there is one category which doesn’t attract many entries. It’s the export category…
A former Wendys franchisee is in mediation today with the ice-cream chain over a claim of $1 million. Peter Coventry had the franchise for t…
Flight Centre will appeal the $11 million in penalties ordered by the Federal Court last week after the chain repeatedly tried to enter into…
Two days ago, hotel group Mantra and online retailer MySale were preparing for initial public offerings, but today both these listings appea…
An Australian bikini designer has lost her appeal to the Federal Court against swimwear giant Seafolly after the court found she falsely cla…