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The Franchise Council of Australia has urged West Australian premier Alan Carpenter not to go ahead with its planned state inquiry into franchising, saying it would ”vigorously oppose” any attempts to introduce state regulation.
The group also launched an extraordinary attack on the man appointed to lead the inquiry, Chris Bothams, saying it doubted he was ‘’sufficiently objective or capable” of handling it.
This is despite awarding Mr Bothams, who ran a Dymocks book shop franchise in WA, the industry’s highest accolade, the Franchisee of the Year award in 2002.
West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter announced an inquiry into franchise arrangements at the beginning of this month, after it was revealed in WA parliament that US-based Yum Restaurants International, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut brands, is refusing to renew licences for 46 outlets operated by Jack Cowin’s Competitive Foods.
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