In the past decade, Dubai has developed a reputation for being the diamond in the desert. All different types of investors placed their bets on Dubai becoming the hottest real estate and tourist destination for the new millennium, only to come up short after the financial crisis

Why not get a Starbucks Franchise? As a now iconic brand associated with coffee, Starbucks clearly has one of the most successful business models in the new century. But with strong competition and the global recession, is Starbucks such a good investment? The answer is yes, you know why?

Healthcare is a multi billion dollar a year industry and with aging baby-boomer investors helping to fuel production, this industry will continue. Global health problems like Cancer, HIV, Diabetes, and the swine flu pandemic mean there is no shortage of research and development to be done. And for investors, the discovery of the first swine flu vaccine will mean big profits.

The results are quite promising considering the effects of the global recession in the UK. However, uk franchises are taking more than twice the time to break even from the initial investment compared to regular periods of economic stability.

For many freshly redundant individuals courtesy of the 2009 recession, that are now investing in their own small business franchise and becoming the employer, the franchise is becoming popular, that’s for sure. Sad to say, this is not a popularity contest; popularity will mean nothing when you realize all your redundancy payment went to the franchisor’s pocket in vain.