| Dealers franchised to repair and sell prestige brands such as BMW, Mercedes and Land Rover were found to charge the highest for an hour's labour. |
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| In fact, according to the National Restaurant Association, there are 878,000 individual restaurant locations nationwide, many of them franchised. |
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| The policy encourages car parts makers to set up franchised and chain operations alongside their own distribution and sales networks. |
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| At present car manufacturers supply new vehicles through selected franchised dealers who in turn sell them to consumers. |
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| The restaurant name was franchised out, which is why you still occasionally stumble on a Pierre Victoire tucked away on an English high street. |
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| Having worked at both franchised and corporate stores back in my youth, I can tell you that there are two different cultures at work. |
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| Between 1991 and 1997 more than 400 high street post offices were franchised to retailers, including supermarkets and department stores. |
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| It may be necessary to explain that under a franchising system, a franchised business and the principal belong to different owners. |
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| Furthermore, franchised dealers were obliged to offer customers after-sales, service and repair facilities in addition to providing new cars. |
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| Established franchised dealers have been falling by the wayside for the past few months, and more will certainly follow. |
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| Some passenger services are not franchised by Government, but instead operate under the Open Access regime. |
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| With later-term employees, they own a bit to make them feel franchised, and can be incented through promises of more. |
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| Cathal Corrigan has recently franchised out the meat counter at Glennon's shop in the village. |
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| Intercollege is franchised to run the MSc Business Information Technology programme. |
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| The Social Welfare Training Centre, part of the School of Continuing Studies in Jamaica, has also been franchised to offer the Certificate in Social Studies. |
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| Previously, MG Rover had reimbursed franchised dealers for the cost of any repairs carried out for a period of up to three years after a new car was sold. |
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| Rhys says he can not see franchised dealers giving up the service side of their business because the profit margins are greater than selling new cars. |
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| Distribution networks are considered separable assets as they could be franchised. |
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| When the Board's mental health franchise was introduced, franchised firms could approve their own ABWOR representation and register it with the Board. |
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| Another 24 petroleum dealers who are franchised by several of the other marketing companies are part of the consortium, but others could join, Observer sources say. |
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| The management of hospitals that fail to perform to the required standard, almost guaranteed in such a cash strapped service, will be franchised to the private sector. |
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| Quick closed lossmaking restaurants and franchised a series of sites, which were originally company operated. |
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| With a network of 468 franchised restaurants and 18 000 employees, Quick is a key player in its market. |
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| Company's retail chain has more than three thousand of its own and franchised agencies and its airpark consist of 94 aircrafts. |
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| This exemption shall apply to micro-enterprises which sell foodstuffs and not to supermarkets or franchised supermarket chains. |
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| This makes it ideal for multiple location systems such as franchised shops or fast food outlets. |
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| If we franchised Ben's, we'd be millionaires, but would my son know who I am? |
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| For a franchised business to succeed, the franchise system must be inherently sound and managed by a knowledgeable franchisor. |
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| Days Inn is the world's largest franchised hotel chain with over 1,800 properties and more than 160,000 rooms. |
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| The problem over the last few years has been things such as Internet shopping and a transition in Whitehorse to a franchised economy. |
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| The courses are open to all motivated staff members who are part of the integrated and franchised restaurants. |
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| The Group's principal activity is the operation of owned and franchised fast food restaurants under the Quick name. |
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| Réseau immobilier La Capitale is a network of franchised real estate agencies who are independent from one another and from the franchisor. |
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| The number of franchised stores also increased marginally from 397 to 405 over the same period. |
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| On the counters of franchised operations, this technology lets CPC control and satisfy central agency standards. |
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| During 1995-7 all passenger services were franchised to private sector operators, while all other companies were sold outright to the private sector. |
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| Since 2008, it is the permanent name of the Scottish franchised rail services, regardless of the train operating company that operates them. |
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| Other franchisors prefer to give general guidelines and provide you with greater latitude in the design of your franchised business and training programs. |
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| Mambo pizza currently operates a total of 3 units throughout Nice, France, situated in prime locations including a franchised unit. |
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| They include individuals who work independently, firms, and franchised businesses, as well as consulting engineers, architectural firms and testing companies who carry out specialized technical inspections. |
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| One can assume that lawyers who are franchised as exclusive providers of immigration and refugee legal aid services would seek to maximize the return they receive from the franchise. |
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| Franchising since July 2002, KidzArt has over 55 franchised units nationwide and growing. |
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| This has allowed us to gain a strong position in a market that was more or less controlled by franchised dealers: thanks to 26 fleet contracts, we look after a total of 62,000 vehicles. |
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| The railways were privatised in 1996 and most Kent passenger services were franchised to Connex South Eastern. |
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| In 1989, he also founded, owned, and operated Elegant Images, a national glamour photography chain of franchised and company-owned studios. |
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| Alldays needs the cash to buy back its lossmaking regional development companies and their franchised stores. |
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| Bandag Incorporated manufactures retreading materials and equipment for its worldwide network of approximately 900 franchised dealers that produce and market retread tires and provide tire management services. |
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| Even in hotels that are franchised out, the brand owner exerts strict control over the finest details, such as the types of mattress in the bedrooms. |
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| Some of these producers use monobrand franchised shops when possible, some others have managed to obtain parts of independent shops reserved to their brand. |
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| In local sightseeing, City Sightseeing is the largest operator of local tour buses, operating on a franchised basis all over the world. |
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| A notable feature of the current market is increased demand from franchised dealers who normally rely on part-exchange cars and models that are preregistered to hit targets. |
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| These are mainly franchised from the University of South Wales. |
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| About twenty privately owned train operating companies, each franchised for a defined term by government, operate passenger trains on the main rail network in Great Britain. |
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| This agreement, signed in February 2009, provides for the development of at least eight ice cream concept franchised stores in the Republic of Singapore over a 10-year term. |
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| In September 2008, the Scottish Government agency, Transport Scotland, announced that the franchised Scottish rail services would be permanently renamed ScotRail. |
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| Homes are bought and sold through franchised real estate firms. |
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| Cardiff Metropolitan University briefly continued to supply its staff for the University of Wales to use as moderators for their overseas franchised degrees. |
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| Hong Kong's bus service is franchised and run by private operators. |
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| Today, Papa Romano is celebrating its 40th anniversary serving quality food to its customers and operating 45 franchised and company-owned stores in Michigan and Colorado. |
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| Her company now has 125 franchised stores, cafes, carts, and kiosks across the country, and she projects that another 75 outlets will open by the end of the year. |
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| Franchised dealers normally use manuals giving a set labour time for each job, so they can't spin a job out to rack up their fees. |
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| Franchised dealers have been staggered by some of the old cars they have taken in under the scrappage scheme. |
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| Well Known Franchised Salon in Publix Plaza, Services include haircuts and styles, up-dos, straightening, coloring, highlights, and texturizing. |
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