Investing in a small franchise

Hi all
Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum , mabe a mod can put it right ,,, but as I will soon be retiring to Udon and the wife is a lot younger than me , she would like to have some form of small franchise business ie , food or clothing , there is no great financial expectation here ,, but a little something she can do to make ( herself )a few baht.
My enquiry is has anyone any reccomendations or on the other side of the coin anything to particularly steer well clear of ?? also just as an aside ,,,,,,,, if I were to get bored in my leisure time ( which I very much doubt ) would I as husband of the business owner be allowed to help her in her work ?

Here's a list of things you can't do!

Labor work except labor work in fishing boats under the next category below.
• Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry or fishery, except work requiring specialized knowledge, farm supervision, or labor work in fishing boats, particularly marine fishery.
• Bricklaying, carpentry, or other construction work.
• Wood carving.
• Driving motor vehicles or vehicles which do not use machinery or mechanical devices, except piloting international aircraft.
• Front shop sale.
• Auction sale work.
• Supervising, auditing, or giving service in accountancy, except occasional internal auditing.
• Cutting or polishing precious or semi-precious stones.
• Haircutting, hairdressing, or beautification.
• Cloth weaving by hand.
• Mat weaving or making utensils from reed, rattan, jute, hay, or bamboo.
• Making rice paper by hand.
• Lacquer work.
• Making Thai musical instruments.
• Niello work.
• Goldsmith, silversmith, or gold-and-copper alloy smith work.
• Stone work.
• Making Thai dolls.
• Making mattresses or quilts.
• Making alms bowls.
• Making silk products by hand.
• Making Buddha images.
• Knife making.
• Making paper or cloth umbrellas.
• Making shoes.
• Making hats.
• Brokerage or agency except in international trading.
• Professional civil engineering concerning design and calculation, systemization, analysis, planning, testing, construction supervision, or consulting services, excluding work
requiring specialized techniques.
• Professional architectural work concerning design, drawing-making, cost estimation, or consulting services.
• Dressmaking.
• Pottery.
• Cigarette rolling by hand.
• Tour guiding or conducting.
• Hawking of goods.
• Thai typesetting by hand.
• Unwinding and twisting silk by hand.
• Clerical or secretarial work.
• Providing legal services or engaging in legal work (except arbitration work sand work relating to defense of cases at arbitration level, provided the law governing the dispute
under consideration by the arbitrators is not Thai law)s

AND ... If you're over 60yrs old .. the chances are you won't get a B2 work permit anyway ( you'll just have to finance the wife and hope it all goes okay )

Thanks Panick ,,,,,,,,,,I hate to say this but I did know all the above ,,,,,,,but I thought that only applied to being employed as such ,,,,, I did,nt realise it applied if you owned the business ,,,,,, but nevermind it was a long shot anyway its not something I particularly want to get into , although I do know of 2 ex pats on non O,s ,,,,,one works in agriculture the other in animal husbandry ,mai bpen rai

AHA! that great nom-im "o" ... If you check on the Hull Thai Consulate site website, it says you can voluntary work ( unpaid ) Soooo as long as the wife owns it , technicaly you can work there FOC ( don't tell them about the Tea money.. good loop-hole! )

Yes Panick ,,,,,I was wondering about that,,,,,,,it would only be a little help unpaid if I did so anyway ,,be nice to return her many unpaid favours , as she does so much for me unpaid ,so unlike my ex western witch who reminded me before she did anything for me exactly what it was gonna cost me !

There are many franchising opportunities. Most include training. They seem to cover nearly all occupations. An internet search will keep you busy. Here's a place to start although it's mostly service businesses.
http://www.thailandfranchising.com/

I had coffee at a little hole in the wall a couple months ago. My wife knew the guy running it. It was a franchise. They trained him for a couple of weeks on running the business and gave him an inventory to start. 30,000 baht.

A family acquainance started a wholesale bakery in her home. She went to Bangkok for a month of training and learned how to make a standard set of products, marketing, and bookkeeping. They sold her the equipment and training for 100,000 baht.

Nearly all the clothing brand sales in places like Robinson's are separate operations that lease space. I think this also goes for shoes, cosmetics, etc. Some of them are owned by companies that have the brands they represent in many stores; Robinson's, Cental, The Mall, etc., but I think some are probably franchises, as many of the clothing, computer, eyeglass, spas, etc. shops in Central Plaza and UD Town may be. I'd bet the popular foot cleaning with little fish is a franchise. They're popping up everywhere.

Then there's many different restaurant chains, some of which (Oishi, McDonald's, etc.) have started appearing in Udon. Bigger bucks. Also 7-11 and most petrol, LPG, and CNG stations are franchises.

Udon could do with a Ann Summers Franchise.

I'd be mostly interested in the training phase of her franchise.