newsXpress does not lock members into long term franchise agreements. We prefer member newsagents to stay with us because they want to stay and not because of a legal threat. This is a hot issue among newsagents today. We find it being raised more and more by newsagents who enquire about joining newsXpress. Two other newsagent franchise groups lock newsagents into long agreements, usually five years.
We have had newsagents recently tell us they have heard of legal action against other newsagents to force them to stay with a group. Legal action is expensive, intimidating and takes you away from running your newsagency. If a relationship is not working, why litigate or threaten litigation to force the union to remain?
Our view here at newsXpress is that we prefer to be kept focused by the knowledge that our members stay because they like what we do. We also think it is fair to NOT lock the current newsagents and future prospective purchasers of the business into a long agreement.
