Interesting to see some of the local differences emerging through this thread.
So we have a SA controller complaining about the verbosity of what the UK CAA mandates as an initial call, and a UK controller complaining that pilots want to climb when they can see the aircraft they're being separated against, which is standard practice almost everywhere except the UK.
(No criticism of the respondents intended, you're clearly answering the question as posed for your working environment.)
How are poor pilots supposed to cope when the rules change every time they cross an FIR boundary?