If Healthier Weight wants to create a franchise opportunity it will have to put more investment behind the non-surgery services.

There are a growing number of home-based franchise opportunities that you can explore.

With time on her hands, she helped her niece explore a franchise opportunity last summer.

Assess franchise opportunities carefully, ask questions and talk to other franchisees.

"I began searching the Internet for franchise opportunities and found Budget Blinds."

Some "work at home" franchise opportunities are schemes to get your money.

You can find out about possible franchise opportunities from a range of sources.

It has dropped to 416 from 169 in 2004 on Entrepreneur Magazine's ranking of the top 500 franchise opportunities.

Real air in a can: this may be the first great franchise opportunity of the 21st century.

Before you sign on the dotted line, read this guide for advice on evaluating franchise opportunities.