When you join the MBE network, you not only join a system that offers a proven concept and a globally recognised brand, but one that offers support from day one from both the MBE head office staff and the local Area Franchisees. The support given to our franchisees includes:

Through a combination of unequalled experience and demographic research, we will help you to find the right location for your new MBE Centre. We will identify the best location that puts you in the heart of the local business community but also ensures that you attract the maximum number of individual new customers. We also offer assistance in negotiating the essential business terms of the lease.

With our Modular Store Programme, you’ll be in business quickly and economically. We design your Centre and manage the construction phase, producing a "Turnkey" Centre.

MBE provides a comprehensive induction programme, consisting of 2 weeks hands-on field training in one of our accredited MBE training Centres and a week of formal lecture-room training focused on operating procedures, staffing, products and services, business management, sales, marketing and customer service. This programme is supplemented with a week of pre-opening training and support from MBE personnel and equipment suppliers. Full supporting documentation and manuals accompany this training, providing new franchisees with comprehensive operational guidelines.

We have excellent and long standing relationships with all of the leading lending institutions, who can assist you with the financing needed to open a new MBE Centre.

All new MBE franchisees are supplied with an initial six month Marketing Plan that is specifically tailored to new Centres. The plan includes details of sales promotions, public relations, publicity programmes and materials that are designed to ensure that your business gets off to a first class start.

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We notify you of the results of our nationwide market research programmes and tailor our national marketing initiatives to reflect their findings.

We are constantly searching the market place for innovative services and new products that will bring you lucrative additional profit centres.

We operate in a market place that uses equipment that is constantly evolving and changing. It is imperative that our franchisees are at the forefront of these new technological advances. We therefore continuously research and test new technology and equipment, to ensure that all Centres have the opportunity to utilise such advances and to up-grade their systems as cost-effectively as possible.

We manage relationships with suppliers, ensuring the best possible deals for you. We always ensure that we pass on bulk buying discounts, creating greater opportunities for you to increase your profits. In addition our suppliers regularly support national promotional campaigns.

We provide refresher training courses, on site training and other head office based courses.

The MBE head office staff, with over 120 years combined experience in franchising, is always available to you. Every day you’ll have a team of dedicated experts to answer your questions, listen to your recommendations, and provide assistance.

In addition to the support given to our franchisees by head office, the MBE franchise system operates a support structure of Area Franchisees who each cover a specific region. These representatives are individuals with specific local knowledge and experience in developing the MBE franchise in their area and often own or have owned their own MBE Centre. The primary responsibilities of our Area Franchisees includes assisting franchisees to find and secure a suitable location for their MBE Centre, to help with the opening of their Centre and to provide continued ongoing support to the franchisees in their area after the opening of their Centre. Such ongoing support includes providing advice on business development and strategy, assistance with local marketing and direction on operational issues to ensure the continued success of the franchisees' business.

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