Is the Franchisor a member of the British Franchise Association (the BFA) or the International Franchise Association?
Does the Franchisor hold the intellectual rights?
What will be the result (in respect of that licence or any other document, agreement or arrangement) of the insolvency of the licensor or the franchisor?
If the Franchisor has provided detailed of the financial projected information- what was this based?
Have those figures been calculated with reference to the actual performance of a franchised or company-owned business?
If so over what period of time?
Was it a business of similar size and location to the proposed business of the franchisee?
Do the figures represent trading once the business has achieved maturity or take into account start-up and development time ?
What is the percentage of the royalties and service charges that must be paid?
Will the Franchisor allow a successor to the business?
How accurate have the projections of the franchisor been in the past?
How many franchisees have been obliged to put more money into their businesses due to shortfalls between actual and projected performance and in what circumstances?
What has been the average additional injection?
What experience and expertise does the Franchisor have?