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franchising feature incredible offer for stormer music franchise partners

Yamaha Music, the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturer, and Stormer Music are excited to announce an exclusive brand education partnership that is a first of its kind. Both brands have a passion for music education to be done right and effectively.

The partnership will allow all Stormer Music schools to have access to yamaha gear and resources, allowing students a gateway to advanced music learning. To celebrate this fantastic partnership, Stormer Music has announced they are offering the first five franchise partners a premium upgrade on all studio gear. “We’ve played and taught on yamaha gear since we started our business and are so excited to be able to partner with them to keep up that tradition and ensure our students are given the highest quality education on the highest quality instruments available”, states CEo at Stormer Music, Phil Stormer.

Stormer Music also partners with other amazing and reputable brands such as the Australian Institute of Music, Ernie Ball, Australian Music Therapy Association, Western Sydney University, Home Education Association Inc., and Brightside Music. Music has seen a significant increase in interest as people have sought after more meaning and joy in their lives. Music has been a place of joy and solace, particularly for young people who have struggled during the lockdown saga. With successfully implementing their systems, processes and classes to run fully online, Stormer Music has doubled in size during the last year with three new schools opening. Visit: https://www.stormermusic.com.au/music-news-sydney/

couriersplease adds value to customers with Optus and Thinxtra-powered ioT asset tracking

Parcel delivery service CouriersPlease has deployed internet of Things (ioT) asset tracking technology from Optus, running on Thinxtra’s 0G Network and devices, to support its business growth, as well as reduce instances of lost transportation cages and operating costs. CouriersPlease delivers across Australia through its 850 franchises and 350 delivery partners. The company has seen an 80% increase in business in the last two years as a result of the online shopping boom, and now moves more than 30 million parcels annually. According to Phil Reid, Chief operating officer at CouriersPlease, the company’s growth has also seen transport cages – which carry from 60 to 600 packages each – increasingly disappearing due to theft or being left sitting at customers’ facilities, leading to its deploying of optus’ Thinxtrapowered IoT solution.

Reid says, “We have doubled our assets, and that introduces increased risk. As our business continues to expand, it has become crucial we can track their whereabouts in real time. This will nullify losses of the expensive cages, which cost $1,000 per unit, while allowing us to keep pace with higher volumes of deliveries. We looked at various vendors, including 4G options, and partnered with optus and Thinxtra as they offered collaborative asset tracking backed by battery powered lPWAN-based IoT sensors, that we don’t need to mess with or replace for years, making it an extremely cost-effective value proposition.”

pinot & picasso is Australia’s #1 paint and sip franchise

With a BYO twist, Pinot & Picasso has had exponential growth since opening in 2018, with over 60 studios now successfully operating across Australia and New Zealand.

This must-try creative experience allows for all artistic abilities to let their imagination run wild, in a permanent, purpose-built studio with help from a professional artist. leaning more towards the Pinot than the Picasso, each session is filled with laughter, music that makes you sing, and the gratifying surprise at the end of the class when you realise you created an artwork that looks far better than you expected.

The success of this franchise can be attributed to a low-initial investment, minimal ongoing overheads, a new age approach for positive work culture and of course, the popularity of the sessions. With a HQ team of experts, the success of the company has allowed the head office team to double in size over the past year, ensuring every aspect of the business is managed and accessible in-house. Pinot & Picasso have created a supportive community for their franchisees, encouraging them; “you don’t have to be the smartest person in the room, but they can be the most dedicated and successful” Founder, James Crowe. For too long, people have worked full-time jobs that they don’t enjoy. With the Pinot & Picasso business model, you can choose the hours you work, turnover triple figures yearly and wake up every day to a career, side-hustle or investment that fulfils you. Australia’s largest EMS (electronic muscle stimulation) personal training franchise company, SpeedFit, continues to expand nationally with its first location opening Kingston, ACT on Monday 6th December, bringing the total number of open studios in the chain to 27.

speedFit Franchise Opens New Store in AcT

despite lockdowns across the country, SpeedFit has continued to grow and open new studios as more and more people turn to this efficient, 20 minute workout for their health & wellness fix.

The new SpeedFit studio is a first for the ACT and will be owned and operated by local Canberra businesswoman and health enthusiast, lanette Helene. lanette has spent the last 26 years working in the health space as a Pilates instructor and is the owner of seven Pilates studios across Canberra.

Lanette Helene, Owner of SpeedFit, Kingston, ACT, said, “SpeedFit is the future of fitness and after researching everything there was to know about EMS, I knew it was also my future. Even before I had tried a session for myself, I knew I wanted to become a franchisee. Matej is very clear with his passion and drive for the business, and it reminded me of me.”

Matej Varhalik, CEO and cofounder of SpeedFit, has welcomed this addition to the franchise, “It is a great thrill to see the SpeedFit brand expanding across Australia...Based on my own personal experience with EMS, I have always been passionate about introducing more Australians to this way of training as it can have so many applications across a wide range of ages. I am pleased to see us now entering the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and am excited to have lanette leading the way.”