Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 11:37AM 
OSCAR customers, Janet and Ken Baxendale, welcome the new pet supply franchise in Lancashire.
Customer feedback is important to the pet franchise and confirms the message of OSCAR's Honest Label policy, as Baxendale's can confirm.
OSCAR is a full member of the British Franchise Association, Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association and holder of the Investors in People award.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 10:53AM 
Since moving to the UK from Portugal eight months ago, the Snack-in-the-Box franchisee Vitor Reid finds business stress-free and profitable.
Sitting in his garden at 3pm, sharing a chilled glass of wine with his wife, Karla, and knowing his working day is over, is something Vitor relishes, today he lives by the adage that ‘less is more’.
“We came to this country because the pace of life is actually much slower here,” he says. “We’re better off in every way since we started our Snack-in-the-Box business. We’re less stressed and we see more of each other. Back in Portugal we would often work until 7 or 8pm, whereas now my day is from 9am until 3pm, and my wife works just two hours a day packing the boxes.”
Starting their delivery franchise five months ago, Vitor has been so impressed with its returns he is keen to invest in some Snack-in-the-Box vending machines to expand his Northamptonshire-based business.
Monday, March 29, 2010 at 5:28PM 
Pack & Send have opened their largest store yet, based in central Leeds.
The courier franchise is owned and operated by Simon Smith, who looked at several sites in the city before opting for the high visibility and accessibility of Kirkstall Road, one of the busiest routes into the city centre.
This is the company’s largest store yet and local demands for secure packing and shipping options from customers is already proving strong.
The first Pack and Send store in Leeds is ideally placed, with a population of over 750,000 within the city itself, and the towns of Wakefield, Dewsbury, Pontefract and Castleford to the south and Ilkley, Horsforth, Harrogate and Knaresborough to the north.
The store has a distinctive sign and is easily identified by the bright blue frontage, with easy parking for delivery and collection. It offers both personal and business customers a wide range of packing and shipping options to worldwide destinations.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 2:20PM 
Brighton franchisee Dave Tester has been awarded Mail Boxes Etc’s Franchisee of the Year award.
The award was made at the 2009 franchise conference in recognition of Dave’s outstanding success, his many achievements since opening his store in January 2006 and the rapid progress he has made in developing the business.
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.
Friday, July 31, 2009 at 1:03PM 
Mail Boxes Etc has announced its Franchisee of the Year.
Dave Tester, who runs the Brighton branch, won the accolade for his rapid progress since opening the communications franchise in January 2006.
The award is also a recognition of the work he does for the network as a whole. He is part of the franchise’s consultative marketing group, consistently shares best practice with others in the network, has introduced new products and services, and identified new opportunities for his centre which are being exploited by other franchisees.
To say that Tester had a varied career and in a variety of places would be an understatement. He worked in the Middle East, US and West Indies for over 20 years as a petroleum inspector in the oil industry.