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Labour of love: meet the commuters who cross borders

With its beautiful countryside, culture-rich cities and idyllic seaside resorts, France is in many ways an ideal country to live in – but how far would you travel for the privilege? Gillian Harvey discovers the lengths that some people will go to

Your chance to buy successful business

Sponsored content: The English Institute Toulon is looking for new owners due to the anticipated retirement of current owners Peter and Tracey Waite. The school is an English Language training centre and has operated in the same rented premises since 1990.

Rural French origins of three-star culinary career

Chef Adam Smith moved to France before his 13th birthday with his parents and three younger brothers.

Notaires ‘must modernise and go high-tech’

Notaires must be ready to reform and modernise – and that means embracing technology, their new president has said.

French ex-surfer turns hemp farmer

Retired professional surfer Vincent Lartizien has relaunched professional hemp growing in France. He now has 40 bio-farmers producing the crop while he develops factories to process it.

Many jobs in France unfilled due to lack of skills

Many sectors are struggling to recruit even though 3.4million are unemployed in France.

Hard work leads to success for soft furnishings expert

Hands-on experience is the key to success in upholstery, says experienced tapisseur décorateur Sébastien Eloy.

Woodwind-makers need good hands and love of music

Recorder-maker Etienne Holmblat is self-taught but his high-end musical instruments are now sold all over Europe.

How self-employed can access training

Can you outline the training changes that begin in 2019 – I am an English teacher (self-employed) and hope to benefit from them?

Leaving home: coworkers reap benefits of office use

Every edition we assess an emerging aspect of French zeitgeist. This month: freelancers who share office space, by Jane Hanks

Gazelle going where no car-maker has gone before

A French start-up has a fresh idea – to design a lightweight and thus fuel-efficient car which can easily be converted into an electric version and then to sell complete factories to make the cars to countries with no motor factories.

Horses for courses... Holly’s route to a legal career

Holly Jessop is a Paris lawyer but could not speak any French when her family moved to rural Mayenne from Dorset nearly two decades ago.

Co-working: it’s a money maker

They have names such as atelier de fabrication (fablab), bricothèque, café associatif or relais Amap but these makerspaces or co-working places could create thousands of jobs - many in hard-hit rural areas.

Full-time art of running a thriving florist’s shop

Crafts in focus: Florist Eric Délibie tells Jane Hanks about the work involved building a thriving business

Anne’s winding road to bodybuilding success

When 13-year-old Anne Amor moved with her parents to what is now Nouvelle-Aquitaine, she felt lost.

Bees gave teacher idea for hive of connected activity

CONNECtivity is a big buzzword in business - and now it is bees that are benefiting.

Recruitment day for English-speaking estate agents

Successful immobilier looking to fill a number of positions

Mythbuster: French farmers gain most from EU policy

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.

Growing trend is for a simple life in the country

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.

French law can help you enjoy the fruits of your work

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?”

Brexit, tax and Britons in France

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

Happy few keep basket-making alive in France

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

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