Gillian Erskine & Paul Myatt

Why have Gillian Erskine & Paul Myatt never been accepted as AMEB examiners?

Forte Franchising

Forte has been determined to seperate franchisees- so that they cannot compare actual results. There have been countless examples where Forte told franchisees that a school is doing well, when the school owner has said their school is in deep trouble.

Forte have also claimed that other franchisees are liars, have no business sense, are mentally ill, etc. and try to keep businesses apart. Promised franchise meetings and conferances never happen.
There is a culture of deceit at Forte. Franchisees are consistenly lied too. Forte have a very fluid version of what they claim is the truth, and will often try to spin facts to show a more positive outcome than is actually true. Details are often omitted if they might show Forte in a less then postive light.

There appears to be no establised franchise system. Forte claim to have a 'proven business systems' but the experince of leads us to beleive they have no strategy for growth, or contingency plan if franchisees are not immediatly successful.

There is a repeated pattern of behaviour where every single problem with a franchise is blamed on the franchisee and they have various insults levelled at them by Forte.

This is a franchisor that you cannot trust.

A Brand in Decline.

Forte Franchised Businesses that ceased operating in the last several years..

Forte School of Music Spring Hill
Forte School of Music Northside
Forte School of Music Kingaroy
Forte School of Music Rockhampton
Forte School of Music Castle Hill
Forte School of Music Bathurst
Forte School of Music Springwood

Forte Franchised Businesses that have left the Franchise

Forte School of Music Coorparoo
Forte School of Music Gordon

Forte Franchised Buisnesses that have sold for less then the set up cost.

Forte School of Music Windosr
Forte School of Music Dee Why
Forte School of Music Shellharbour

Forte Franchised Businesses that have started in the Last 12 months

Forte School of Music Canning Vale

This Blog is a Public Service Announcement.

Ian Erskine Barrister Brisbane

Why did Ian Erskine let his wife Gillian Erskine and her business partner Paul Myatt breach the Franchise Code of Conduct?

Forte School of Music Breaches of the Franchise Code

BREACHES OF THE FRANCHISE CODE OF CONDUCT
BY
GILLIAN ERSKINE DIRECTOR
PAUL MYATT DIRECTOR


These Breaches include:
Failure to create a Disclosure Document for the Franchisee as required by 6(1) of the Code.
A breach of clause 6(2)(a) in that the solvency statement is not for last financial year.
Failure to provide financial reports for each of the last two completed financial years.
A breach of clause 6(2)(c) in that the disclosure document was unsigned.
A breach of clause 6(b) in that the disclosure document was not current.
A breach of clause 6(b) & 10 of the Code was not given to the prospective Franchisee by the Franchisor.
The Franchisor entered into the Franchise agreement when clause 11(1) of the code had not been complied with in that the franchisor has not received from the franchisee a written statement by the franchisee that it had received, read and had a reasonable opportunity to understand the disclosed document and the code.
The franchisor entered into the franchise agreement when clause 11(2) of the code had not been complied with in that the Franchisor had not received signed statements from any of an independent legal advisor, an independent business advisor, independent accountant, nor received a signed statement from the franchisee that the franchisee had been given that kind of advice or been told that such advice be sought and decided not to seek it.