Why move to the regions to buy a business?

Mike and Lisa Keffler sold their house in Auckland and moved to Rotorua, where they and their young family couldn’t be happier. Parin Desai has established himself as part of the local community in Whakatane. John Alipate is a Dunedin man through and through and wanted to stay in the city he loved, while Ashneer and Durgeshni Datt –­ also refugees from the hectic pace of Auckland – were welcomed by the mayor and the local MP when they arrived in Invercargill. All of them found business opportunities through franchising in the places they wanted to live.

According to the headlines, business these days is all about the growing population of Auckland and the reconstruction of Christchurch. Yet the people above, and others you can read about on this website, prove that there is life outside the big cities and that it can be very rewarding indeed.

‘In fact,’ says Daniel Cloete, National Franchise Manager for Westpac, ‘I have found that in many franchise systems, some of the most profitable outlets in New Zealand are located in the regions rather than the major centres.’

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