Nigel Travis
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
It’s been a difficult few years for franchisees of ice-cream chain Baskin Robbins, who were caught up in the dramatic collapse of franchise brand manager Allied Brands in late 2010. But things might finally be looking up. The global owner of the Baskin Robbins ...

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Allied Brands comeback?
Monday, 22 November 2010
Collapsed franchise brand manager Allied Brands remains listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, so getting any information out of the administrators has not been easy – basically, everything they can formally announce has to go through the ASX.  ...

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Allied Brand’s losing battle
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
It’s not hard to feel just a little sorry for Allied Brands chief executive Sean Corbin, who this morning was given the horrible task of putting his company into administration.  ...

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Allied Brands collapses into administration
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Listed franchise brand manager Allied Brands has lost its battle for survival, with the company placed in voluntary administration this morning.  ...

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Running out of options
Friday, 22 October 2010
News that Allied Brands has finally lost the Australian master franchise rights to the Baskin Robbins chain appears to leave the company with very few options – in a few short months, the business has been reduced to almost nothing.  ...

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Allied Brands subsidiaries in receivership, loss of Baskin Robbins franchise rights leaves group with few options
Friday, 22 October 2010
Two key subsidiaries of listed franchise brand manager Allied Brands have been placed into receivership after the US owner of the Baskin Robbins brand terminated Allied's Australian master franchise agreement.  ...

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Allied Brands loses Baskin Robbins franchise rights, receivers appointed to subsidiary
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Listed franchise brand manager Allied Brands now looks perilously close to collapse after the company was stripped of its Australian franchise rights for the Baskin Robbins franchise by the US owner of the brand, Dunkin' Brands.  ...

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Franchised Food Co. says it’s open to talks with Baskin Robbins, Cookie Man franchisees
Friday, 15 October 2010
Franchise brand manager Franchised Food Company is looming as a potential winner from the woes of Allied Brands, with executive chairman Stan Gordon in talks with the liquidators of Cookie Man and declaring he is open to talks with Baskin Robbins franchisees. ...

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Allied Brands admits falling behind on super payments
Monday, 11 October 2010
Embattled Allied Brands chief executive Sean Corbin has admitted that the company has fallen behind on some employees' superannuation payments, in another blow for the firm's franchisees and staff.  ...

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Chinese franchisees target Australia as local chains look offshore for growth
Friday, 08 October 2010
Chinese entrepreneurs aren't just targeting Australia's mining and manufacturing sectors – new research into the franchising sector suggests Chinese nationals are also targeting the Australian franchise sector.  ...

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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Department of Immigration accuses Allied Brands of breaching immigration laws
Thursday, 07 October 2010
The Department of Immigration & Citizenship has accused Allied Brands of breaching immigration laws by running an elaborate immigration rort where it sponsored a group of Korean nationals to work in administrative roles under 457 visas, put them to work ...

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Inside the struggling world of Allied Brands: Franchisee tells
Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Ice cream franchise Baskin Robbins is known the world over for offering 31 flavours. But like many of the brand's franchisees, Brian McCarty from Baskin Robbins is only selling 12 at the moment.  ...

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Allied Brands creditors slam company as Cookie Man chain is put up for sale
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
The situation at franchise brand company Allied Brands continues to worsen, with creditors reporting delays of up to six months in getting invoices paid.  ...

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Franchising friction
Monday, 04 October 2010
At last week's Master of Business function at PwC, I was lucky enough to spend some time with Sarah Allen of electrical tagging and testing franchise, ATS.  ...

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Cookie Man franchise in liquidation as Allied Brands turmoil grows
Monday, 04 October 2010
Besieged franchise brand manager Allied Brands has been dealt another blow, revealing that its Cookie Man franchise has been placed in liquidation following a winding up order lodged in the New South Wales Supreme Court by a creditor.  ...

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Allied Brands vows to fight threat to terminate Baskin Robbins franchise
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Beleaguered franchise brand manager Allied Brands says it has managed to stop an attempt by US franchise giant Dunkin Brands to terminate Allied's master franchise agreement for ice-cream chain Baskin Robbins, but the dispute between the two parties is continuing. ...

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Allied Brands remains in trading halt over Baskin Robbins franchise dispute
Monday, 13 September 2010
Mystery surrounds the reasons for a dispute between beleaguered franchise brands manager Allied Brands and its global franchisor Dunkin Brands over Allied's master franchise agreement for the Baskin & Robins chain.  ...

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Villa & Hut founder Franz Madlener tries to buy back chain from struggling Allied Brands
Monday, 26 July 2010
The founder of franchise chain Villa & Hut, Franz Madlener, is trying to buy his company back from current owner Allied Brands, which shocked the market by announcing its second profit warning in six months last week.  ...

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Corporatisation: A new dawn for franchising?
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
A review of the approximately 1,100 franchise systems known to be operating in Australia indicates that somewhere between 4-8% are operated or ultimately owned by publicly listed companies.  ...

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Villa & Hut's tipping point
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Today on Lunch With an Entrepreneur, Franz Madlener, 42, tells Amanda Gome why he sold his business Villa & Hut and the challenges he faced taking it from a small to medium sized business.  ...

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