A FATHER and son team are delivering global success after seeing their postal business secure worldwide recognition.

Anthony Redpath and son Alex operate POBoxes.com, which has attracted work from Russia, New Zealand and Australia.

The company, based in Darlington, already has more than 250 global customers and is aiming to create new jobs after its rapid growth.

It offers postal and call handling services to individuals and businesses needing to maintain a permanent address, provides mail scanning and forwarding services, a phone answering service, and a virtual office PO box service.

Mr Redpath is an accountant by trade, with Alex's background in technical support and training for the communications industry.

Anthony Redpath said: “During my time in business I’ve had many clients and friends who have been working or semi-retired overseas and needed to maintain a postal presence in the UK.

“That is where we spotted a gap in the market.

“Ideally, we would like to open offices in other English speaking countries to be able to offer clients a business presence in their countries, and will most likely look at a franchising model to drive these plans forward.”

Alex added: “This was an unknown market for us but we carried out extensive research.

"That has helped us evolve the service and we are extremely excited about sharing it with the wider market.”