The phrase "under a franchise" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to a situation in which an independent business has been granted the rights to operate a business using the same name and associated branding as a larger company. For example: "The new cafe is operating under a franchise of a well-known chain."
The Blackstone will be owned and managed by Sage but will carry the Marriott Renaissance nameplate under a franchise agreement.
Shaner will operate the property as a Courtyard by Marriott under a franchise agreement with Marriott International.
Now the sides have nine months to try to reach a new agreement before Cruz becomes an unrestricted free agent or is placed under a franchise tag.
M&S hospital shops are operated under a franchise system, whereby a different business will pay M&S to use its brand and products.
The B110 bus, which runs between Williamsburg and Borough Park, has been run by Private Transportation Corporation since 1973, under a franchise with the city.
In fact, the booths may be designed to complement the newsstands, and bus shelters installed by Cemusa under a franchise from the city, thereby making them less conspicuous.
This will enable authorities with a mayor to follow the London model: bus services run by private companies under a franchising system, where contracts are put out to tender at a set price.
San Diego -- a team with a new general manager, a coach, Marty Schottenheimer, who is under fire and a franchise that has toiled through three straight losing seasons and has threatened to move to Los Angeles, among other cities -- is feeling the sting.
Under the PPP model, a franchise to upgrade and maintain the network is awarded to a contractor, which is paid monthly by TfL to carry out the work.
And the auditing firms used by the bank never took issue with loan books that were "almost entirely fraudulent," Kroll found, recommending that the Afghan government explore suing the last such auditor, A.F. Ferguson & Co., a private Pakistani firm with a franchise under PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The original subway lines were public-private partnerships run by private firms operating under a government franchise.
