Worldwide Adds Even More Colour To Caboolture Festival

Caboolture’s Worldwide Online Printing centre again stepped in to support the town’s popular Multicultural Festival.

Held on Saturday 29th March in the Town Square on King St, the colourful festival of food, displays and dancing celebrated its third year – and continues to grow in popularity and participation. It’s been supported by Worldwide every year.

“As a print sponsor, it’s our job to produce the material which communicates all the amazing features and activities of the festival via brochures, posters and other promotional media,” said Chris Woodman, owner of the Caboolture Worldwide Online Printing design and print centre.

“Having been a regular and proud sponsor of the local Excellence in Business Awards in recent years, we were delighted when the Council asked us if we’d like to support the Festival as well. As a local business, it’s so important to support the community. We’ve sponsored the Multicultural Festival since it started, and we were glad to see that this year’s event went down extremely well!”

Worldwide Caboolture is one of 88 Worldwide local design and print Centres across Australia – there are 22 in Queensland. Worldwide was recently named as Australia’s fastest-growing print franchise by BRW magazine for the fourth consecutive year.

Click here for more information about Worldwide Online Printing – a franchise supporting the community.

Worldwide Caboolture Team - Chris and Shane Woodman, Aaron Duxfield (Graphic Designer)
and Ruy Christensen (Manager and Graphic Designer).

FCA to fund High Court appeal
 - Seeks to overturn destabilising lower court ruling

The Peak representative body in the $128 billion franchising sector, the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) has decided it will fund an appeal to the High Court to challenge a ruling it believes undermines the sector.

The FCA will support an appeal in the Master Education Services v Ketchell case, with hearings hoped for as early as next month.

FCA Executive Director Steve Wright said the move had been agreed by the Board of the FCA after extensive consultation with franchisor and franchisee members across the country.

“We believe a High Court ruling is necessary to restore certainty for the sector,” Mr Wright said.

“The ramifications of this case are of serious significance for the franchise sector Australia-wide.  It is the biggest single legal issue the FCA has faced in its 25-year history,” he said.

At the centre of the Ketchell case is the ruling by the NSW Court of Appeal that a breach of the Code of Conduct disclosure requirements rendered a franchise agreement illegal.

“This approach appears to us to be at odds with common practice in commercial law,” Mr Wright said.

“The FCA supports the Code of Conduct and the disclosure regime which adds weight to it.  We regard it as a positive contributor to good franchise practice – and an ingredient in the growth and success of the sector,” he said.

“It does not seem right to throw that away in a case where the intent of the Code has been complied with, as is the case in Master Education Services v Ketchell.

“The NSW Court of Appeal ruling potentially opens a door to opportunistic litigation which could be time-consuming, expensive and distracting, with serious negative impact on franchisors and franchisees,” Mr Wright said.

“Legal actions based on the Ketchell precedent, as it currently stands, could be more about gaining commercial advantage than resolving genuine contractual disputes.  The issue could be detrimental to the prospects of a franchisee getting a fair price for sale of a business.   We don’t see these possibilities as good for the sector – and that is why we are seeking guidance from the High Court.”

Australian franchising employs over 600,000 people in 70,000 workplaces and has strong growth contributing $128 billion to Australia’s GDP. The Franchise Council of Australia represents this large part of the economy. With a goal to support best practice in every level of the sector, the FCA is committed to facilitating education, professional development, business growth and strong networking opportunities for all franchisors, franchisees and suppliers.

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