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Problems over the European Union Common Agricultural Policy featured large in the run-up to the Brexit referendum but, despite claims that French farmers benefited the most, figures show that British farmers get more per head than French farmers do.

How will Brexit affect my income tax situation as a British resident of France?

Crafts in focus: Basket-weaving is an ancient craft, but why are makers so few and far between in France?

Proposals in the new Loi Pacte aim to simplify procedures and open up businesses for growth and improved competitivity and should give new and small businesses a boost by removing some restrictions.

For many, a Swiss Army knife – with corkscrew – is more than ample for everyday life... but many French people feel a pocket knife is more than just a tool to cut off a hunk of sausage and is, often, also a precious object to treasure.

Small businesses will be able to benefit from help with organising their employees’ “at source” tax payments, the government has clarified.

Many people have complicated family situations (children from former marriages etc.) and there are many solutions for achieving their inheritance wishes, whether via the EU Succession Regulation or other solutions, but what if we ask: “What do the French do?” 

Many people move to France in search of a slower “less-is-more” lifestyle with consumerism taking a backseat to family and reduced stress. Now this is becoming the target of more and more French people.

My employer told me to work November 1, a bank holiday. Is this legal? F.F.

Leading public and private companies have been named and shamed for late payment of bills to suppliers and fined a total of €6.9million as the government moves to protect small PME businesses.

We have been receiving a lot of queries about the launch of Prélèvement à la Source (PAS) – a French form of PAYE starting next year and how the new French ‘PAYE’ rate will be calculated and so thought it worthwhile repeating earlier advice.

Crafts in focus: Life as a tisserand or weaver is ideal for some but it has drawbacks and now only a few are left

Chambres d’hôtes open for less than nine months a year and people watching TV on a computer fitted with a TV card have won licence fee cuts.

Having recently registered as micro-entrepreneur I am planning to move to the UK. Can I maintain this business set-up while having UK residency?  C.C.

We are selling our language centre but it needs to be run by English-speakers. How can we reassure potential buyers as to their status in France after Brexit?  T.W.

My daughter wants to come from the UK and find employment. How can she get a social security number? J.D.