Running a franchise

Running a franchise FAQs

Get everything you need to know to start running a franchise. Discover the business model for you and find information covering everything from the legal requirements to how to furnish your franchise properties.

• Q. Who sets employees’ salaries in a franchise?

  

  answered by John Pratt

  Senior Partner at Hamilton Pratt

  John Pratt writes: The important point to remember, in relation to franchising, is that the franchisee’s business is theirs - it is not the franchisor’s. Franchisees generally make all business decisions, subject...

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• Q. What Is My Status As A Franchisee?

  

  answered by Shelley Nadler

  Legal director at Bird & Bird

  Shelley Nadler writes: As a franchisee, your status is that of an independent business person entering into a contractual relationship with a franchisor for the right to carry on a business format...

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• Q. If I Buy A Franchise, Who’s In Control Of The Business?

  

  answered by Brian Duckett

  Chairman of The Franchising Centre

  Brian Duckett writes: Assuming you’ll be the majority shareholder and will take day to day responsibility for the operation of the business, you will be most definitely in control. However, the purpose...

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