Cathryn Hayes - HSBC
Franchising for HSBC since 1994, has a high profile within the franchise industry, acting as a judge on the prestigious British Franchise Association (BFA) awards which the bank sponsor. She contributes regular articles to the franchise trade press and has delivered numerous franchise seminars.
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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.
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Nicola Broadhurst - Mundays
Nicola heads up the franchise team at Mundays LLP a substantial corporate/commercial law practice based in Cobham, Surrey. She specialises in franchising, advising both franchisors and franchisees on all aspects of franchising from inception through to establishment of a franchise business and regularly advises on UK and EU competition law issues.
She also advises more established franchisors on the expansion and consolidation of their franchise networks both within the UK and internationally including countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Spain, South Africa, France, Australia and New Zealand.
She is the designated representative of the firm's affiliate membership of the British Franchise Association and a member of the British Franchise Association's legal committee.
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