Franchising.net.au:
Retail Sales Company (RSC), Retail Property Company (RPC), Franchise Alliance (Victoria & Tasmania) and John Downes & Associates have recently merged to form the Business Development Company (BDC).
The principles Jon Sully (ex Michel’s franchisor) pictured here, Vaughn McGuinness (ex Stockland general manager), John Downes (ex Deloitte partner), Steve Nicoll, Gill Gialamatzis, Carly Mackay (property and sales experts) as well as the recent merger of Phil Blain’s Franchise Alliance, and New Zealand’s Site Retail, all now operate under the BDC banner.
“The shareholders identified a large gap in the market between a one to two person consulting firm, who are one dimensional in their service and the larger international companies that are too generic and lack the ability to implement changeâ€, principle Jon Sully said.