Brighton franchisee Dave Tester has been awarded Mail Boxes Etc’s Franchisee of the Year award.

In addition, the award recognises Dave’s huge contribution to the delivery franchise and the network as a whole. He is part of the franchise’s consultative Marketing Group and shares best practice with others in the network.

New products 

He has introduced new products and services and, also, identified new opportunities for his centre, which have been adopted by other franchisees. Dave Tester was chosen from MBE’s network, now with 110 High Street ‘one-stop’ business service centres across the UK and Ireland.  MBE in the UK is part of a global network of more than 6,000 outlets.

Expense Reduction Analysts are among those featured at the British and International Franchise Exhibition tomorrow and Saturday at London’s Olympia.

If you've ever considered running your own executive consultancy, and like the idea of being in business for yourself whilst being supported by an extensive network of like minded consultants, then this show is the ideal opportunity to find out more.

The Franchise Exhibition at London’s Olympia will give you the opportunity to get expert advice from the team at Expense Reduction Analysts and find out more about one of the UK’s leading cost management consultancy franchises.

A pair of Andys who’ve been friends since school have bought an Auditel franchise.

Finance was raised partly through self-funding and a redundancy payment, with the balance via a bank loan.

Harvey gave up his position at Lloyds TSB of commercial planning consultant to start a business. Horn worked as a business relationship manager for Liverpool Victoria (LV) insurance before moving to JP Morgan, where he spent five years managing fixed income and futures and options teams.  

ChipsAway International celebrated 15 years in business at a Gala Dinner attended by master franchisors from around the world.

The automotive repair franchise, which repairs damaged paintwork on cars, invited around 300 UK-based franchisees, along with master franchisors from Spain, Greece, Holland and Bulgaria, among others, to attend the celebrations, which included unveiling new marketing initiatives for 2010.

Mr Electric franchise owner Steve Price and his electrician brother Phillip are taking part in an abseil at Old Trafford.

The pair are descending from the North Stand, one of the highest football stands in Europe, on Sunday 28 March to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

The free-air abseil will give 150 daredevil fundraisers the opportunity to get a bird’s eye view of the pitch.

The brothers are taking the plunge because Phillip’s son Owen Walker-Price was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when he was only four weeks old. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK’s most common, life-threatening inherited diseases and claims three lives a week in the UK. 

“Owen is doing fine at the moment,” says Price, “but he has to be isolated from other sufferers of CF for the first two years. His parents have to be careful with him due to his immune system.”

Sponsor Steve and Phillip to help raise money to support the work of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust