Determine how many franchises are currently operating (a large number of franchisees in your area may mean increased competition)

Gatwick Express, formerly a separate franchise but now operated by Southern, runs from platforms 13 and 14.

As with the military, successful franchises operate within a specific system and a set of guidelines, created by the franchiser.

Once a franchise is operating, its owner pays the franchiser a monthly royalty of 2 to 10 percent of total sales.

But, he said, there were many more franchises already operating in the in-home service arena.

Retired numbers (including players of the club when the franchise was operating at Laval)

The franchise currently operates over 100 restaurant locations in 11 states and is developing locations internationally.

"Since all these franchises operate in America's most powerful media market, the potential gains are truly beneficial," he said.

For a long period beginning in the late 1970's until the early 1990's, the franchise did not operate.

National Express and its franchises operate a number of the different vehicle types.