How to pick your next investment property – with coffee

The four signs to look for when buying your next investment property: How you can get in before the hipsters – and maximise your returns If new cafes with hipster baristas are popping up in a suburb not far from the city, chances are it will be a good place to buy an investment property. Former inner-city working-class suburbs Newtown and Surry Hills have gentrified to become Sydney’s trendiest addresses for urban professionals and cashed-up couples with no children.

Mayor set to enjoy a cuppa for Fairtrade Fortnight

Dudley’s Mayor – will be calling into the Fairtrade Break Coffee Morning at St Thomas’s Church Hall, Market Street, Stourbridge, on Saturday March 11 which is being organised as part of the annual campaign. The coffee morning, running from 10am to 12.30pm, is being organised by Stourbridge Fairtrade, who were instrumental in achieving Fairtrade status for Stourbridge in 2010.

Starbucks CEO says chain ready to enter Italy after 35 years

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s vision for the chain was largely inspired by the coffee bars he saw on his first trip to Milan more than three decades ago. But it took the company growing to about 26,000 stores in 75 countries in win the credibility he felt necessary to make the leap into the country that gave the world espresso.

Leipzig: The Cosmopolitan City of Germany

Located in the East German state of Saxony at the confluence of three rivers, Leipzig has always been a historically important city. Many notable figures have lived here, and its citizens were instrumental in bringing about the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.