The phrase "franchise extensions" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the prolongation of a franchise agreement, granting the franchisee the right to continue operating a business using the franchisor's name and business model. Example: The company's shareholders approved the franchise extensions for all of its successful and profitable locations, ensuring long-term stability and growth for the brand.
I do perhaps make an artificial distinction between these rewritings and what I've called franchise extensions such as Bond and Wodehouse.
Go-Ahead said it was prepared to invest pounds 50m in Thameslink and pounds 10m in Thames Trains but only in return for franchise extensions or raised subsidies.
Whether seeking ministerial backing for Heathrow landing slots or winning rail franchise extensions, one of Branson's best entrepreneurial gambits has been securing concessions or business from the government of the day.
Maria Eagle, the shadow transport secretary, said: "David Cameron claims to want to end the era of above-inflation fare rises, yet we now know that he could have done so if it wasn't for the appalling deal secured by his transport ministers when they negotiated rail franchise extensions".
Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT, said: "While rail fares are rising by nearly 10% on some routes, the private train companies are in there stitching up secret franchise extensions with the government that are a one-way ticket to the bank for shareholders".
Sir Alastair Morton, the chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, and his chief executive, Mike Grant, have begun negotiations with the train operating companies with the aim of agreeing franchise extensions within the next six months in return for service improvements.
Insidious: Chapter 3 should prove an effective franchise extension.
For years Tories feared that franchise extension would spell political doom for them.
FirstGroup is thought likely to receive a similar franchise extension for the Great Western trains it currently operates.
Excessively sugar-coated franchise extension of the type that makes Christmas magical for five-year-olds and unbearable for the rest of us.
I can't agree that franchise extension necessarily allows for experimentation, though – I find that mid-series surprises tend to come down to fresh directorial influence.
