Post your question to our franchise expert Catherine Jackson - Business Options Catherine is based in Reading and joined Business Options from the British Franchise Association (bfa) where she was the well respected Franchise Accreditation Manager. Catherine’s experience working for the bfa gives her a unique understand of why franchises succeed, why some are less successful and equally as importantly, when franchising as an expansion route is not appropriate for a business. Catherine also headed up the bfa’s Dispute and Resolution Team, so has a depth of understanding of the practical issues that face franchisors and franchisees, which is virtually unsurpassed in the industry. Prior to joining the bfa, Catherine worked within both the private and public sector so can add commercial business experience to her extensive franchising knowledge, ideally positioning her to identify the right expansion model for businesses whether it be franchising, licensing, agencies, distributorships or company owned expansion. Please detail your question in the form below; a reply from the chosen expert(s) will be emailed to you in due course. When submitting questions on legal disputes to legal experts, please state the name of the franchise the expert will only be able to answer your question if they are not representing the franchise company in question. Any information provided will be in the strictest of confidence. Post your question to Catherine YOUR UK REGION East of England East Midlands Greater London North East England North West England South East England South West England West Midlands Yorkshire N Ireland Scotland Wales Outside UK Your question will be sent to Catherine Jackson - Business Options. If you would also like your question to be sent to another expert, please indicate below the experts you would like to receive it: Financial Experts Marc Talbot - HSBC Suki Dehal QFP - Lloyds Bank Legal Experts Russell Ford - IBB Owen White Andrew Fraser - Albany Fraser Jane Masih - IBB Owen White David Kaye - Spencer West General Experts Johnny Sellyn - whichfranchise Chris Roberts - Chantry Group Adrian Knight - Knight Franchises Penny Hopkinson - Manual Writers International Consultant Experts Phil Mowat - Ashtons Franchise Brian Duckett - The Franchising Centre Suzie McCafferty - Platinum Wave Alan Wilkinson - The Franchising Centre GDPR. How We Use Your Data Click here to see how we use the data submitted by you when you ask an expert
