Fast food franchise McDonalds has lost an eight year battle to prevent a Malaysian restaurant McCurry from using the Mc prefix in its name. The legal fight finally ended in a judgment by Malaysias highest court. The federal court ruled today that McDonalds cannot appeal against another courts verdict that had allowed McCurry to use Mc in its name. The owner says McCurry, which serves Indian food, is an abbreviation for Malaysian Chicken Curry. The

The Malaysia food franchising business is set to become halal hub Halal franchisors Asia Focus Franchise Holdings, which owns two franchising brands, Chicken King and Shokudo, is preparing to carry out an initial public offering (IPO) on the stock exchange market this year.

The company is determined to make the Chicken King franchise and Shokudo franchise a fast-growing Asian alternative to other restaurant franchises.

  Our Bun’s are in the oven for Malaysia’s franchisees: Era-Life aims to revolutionise the culture of bun consumption in Malaysia and plans to set up a chain of franchised BAOZ outlets internationally. All BAOZ products are halal. Potential franchisees would only need to invest about RM50,000 to RM80,000 to set up each franchise business in Malaysia while a kiosk would costs

The Franchise International Malaysia ( FIM ) is the franchise exhibition organized by the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development with Malaysian Franchise Association. It will be full of new franchise systems, master franchisees and local franchisees also.

Malaysia is one of the region's fastest growing franchise markets.

The Action franchise hits top spot again The Action Coach, Business coaching franchise (formerly Action International) has been ranked as the world’s top business coaching franchise for the fourth year in a row (2007) by Entrepeneur.com.

In Malaysia, Action Coach has successfully partnered with SHRDC, and launched the Business Group Coaching Program (6 Intensive Days) with subsidy incentives from SMIDEC, ranging from 50% to 80%, depending on eligibility. Since March 2007; there has been over 100 Business owners who have benefited from this program with some amazing results.The company

Agencies in Malaysia under the Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry such as Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS) should become master franchisors to foreign companies, said its minister Datuk Noh Omar. He said this could be achieved through cooperation between the agencies and foreign franchise holders. Previously, most foreign franchise holders either dealt directly with

The Chicken Rice Shop Franchise is the leading and most successful HALAL chain of chicken rice franchise family restaurants in Malaysia. It serves authentic "grandmother's traditional Hainanese secret recipe chicken rice" and a special selection of local Malaysian delicacies in a modern, clean and contemporary environment. The Chicken Rice Shop Franchise in Malaysia

Franchising in Malaysia is set to grow significantly as it is one of the preferred ways of doing business. There is an increasing interest in franchising by entrepreneurs and is further encouraged by the government bodies in the development of the franchise sector. Various programmes have been rolled out since early 1990s to stimulate the franchise industry, and in 1992 a Franchise Development

The popular Restaurant franchise that came to Malaysia in the 90s. It first opened at the Life Centre in Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, and then expanded to other regions in the Malaysia:

Penang and Johor. But the new look is not only for the franchises in Malaysia, every one of the TGIF restaurant franchises are being