GOOD FAITH FRANCHISING KICKS IN ON 1 JANUARY
Come 1 January 2015, Australian franchises will be governed by a new Franchising Code of Conduct (the Franchising Code). Australia’s 73,000 franchisees, 1,180 franchisors and the 407,000 people employed in the sector will all be affected. What is a franchise and why is the Code important? Franchising is a now prolific way of doing business. […]
HOLIDAY LETTINGS UNLAWFUL IN SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS
Investors may need to think twice before letting out their property for short term holiday lettings. A home owner on the NSW Central Coast was fed up with noisy parties next door. The house was let to short term tenants for parties, involving, “loud music, flashing lights, bucks and hens nights "(sometimes involving strippers, or […]