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In Dr H K Fong Brainbuilder Pte Ltd v SG-Maths Sdn Bhd & Ors [2021] 1 CLJ 155, the Malaysian Court of Appeal affirmed that an unregistered franchise agreement is void for illegality. This case stressed that franchise registration requirements apply to the peril of foreign and local franchisors alike. The nixed franchise concerned a Brainbuilder mathematics teaching business which the Singaporean Plaintiff / Appellant had granted the 1 st Defendant / Respondent the right to operate and manage ...

Ziggis Coffee, based in Northern Colorado, has purchased land in Mead, Colorado, to build its headquarters. The three-story, 10,350-square-foot building will house an on-site training facility, a 750-square-foot rooftop deck and a 1,500-square-foot Ziggis Coffee cafe and drive-thru, according to…

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Celebrates the End of an Award-Winning 2020 and Looks Ahead to Continued Growth in 2021 February 4, 2021 GMT LANSING, Mich., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, the nation’s largest franchised moving company, celebrated big things in 2020 and has no plans to slow down in 2021. With more than 380 locations and 3,000 trucks in operation across the country, TWO MEN AND ...

Chicken Salad Chick opened 37 stores in key markets in 2020, resulting in a 22% year-over-year unit count increase. The additional locations include stores in Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas and Indiana, and contributed to more than $175 million in system…

Westlife Development Ltd, which owns Hardcastle Restaurants, the master franchisee of McDonalds restaurants for western and southern India, expects its business to return to pre-COVID-19 level from the next quarter and continue its expansion journey by adding more stores to its network, said a company official. The company plans to open three new stores in this quarter and then resume its growth journey of adding 25-40 stores every year from the next fiscal. "If the momentum of consumer conf...

Good afternoon. This past week, the Court of Appeal for Ontario provided us with several substantive and interesting civil decisions. The Court of Appeal released two related decisions in Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Subway sued the CBC and Trent University, which conducted DNA testing for the CBC, after the CBC broadcasted a widley publicized story that Subways chicken sandwiches only contained 50% of actual chicken. Both decisions dealt with ...

Provided Jan. 21, 2021 Artichoke Basilles Pizza, a New York-style pizzeria, is opening this spring in Jersey City at 246 Bay St., marking its third New Jersey location and the second of five to open as part of a 2018 deal with franchisees Premal and Leela Shanghvi. The 800-square-foot store will offer dine-in and takeout with the interior featuring preserved brick walls from the 1880s as well as NYC-inspired design elements like an antique tin ceiling and mosaic floor tiles, which pay homage to...

Killer Burger opened its fourth Portland, Oregon location Tuesday, marking its ninth unit in its home state and twelfth overall, according to a company press release. Located at 325 NE Russell St., the 2,600-square-foot space is only offering takeout, and…

Provided Jan. 20, 2021 New York City-based Fields Good Chicken is reopening its Flatiron location Friday at 46A East 23rd St., at Park Avenue South. Located two doors down from the original location, which opened in 2017, the restaurant features an upgraded interior design inspired by Founder Field Failings s time living in Colorado. The 1,673-square-foot space evokes the states laid-back ski culture vibe with vibrant, retro colors, wood accents and other outdoorsy touches, according to a compa...

Ikes Love & Sandwiches, featuring its menu of over 800 sandwiches combos, is opening in a few weeks in El Segundo, California, marking its 71st unit. "We have aggressive growth plans for SoCal and will be opening new Ikes locations…