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Around 250,000 microentrepreneurs have had zero contributions paid into an obligatory complementary pension fund for the past three years due to an admin error

A French start-up offering plug-and-play freezer monitors is seeing a surge in interest from health authorities needing to monitor temperatures for storing Covid-19 vaccines

Small businesses that had to close during the second confinement are eligible for a €500 grant to help them set up a website

Kristof Mascher is a leather worker in the Dordogne with a unique style incorporating fish leather into each of his individually created pieces

Cognac trade body confident about the future with shipments in October 2020 4% higher than they were in October 2019

Businesses must, by law, keep all official documents, such as invoices, that they have sent out or received

One of France’s last knitting wool spinners and dyers has seen a rise in demand which it hopes will help to revive the struggling industry

Crafting fèves is a year-round business for Fèves Colas in Nièvre, the oldest producer of the tiny lucky charms in France 

Two whisky-loving entrepreneurs have turned a bunker designed as a bomb-proof reservoir of diesel for German U-boats into Moon Harbour Whisky

Three horses have been brought back into use on Ile aux Sternes, a nature reserve on three small islands in the Loire by Tom Pellerin, owner of Trait Service 45

Muriel Schumacher and her team make typical Alsace Christmas decorations and it takes all year to prep for the Christmas period

There is a tax exemption for businesses with a very small turnover and depending on location, a special two-thirds reduction linked to Covid

Mike Collins's plan to become a snail farmer developed over the years. He now raises snails along with 35 different products

When professional accordionist Stéphane Bonifassi could not find an instrument on the market that suited him 23 years ago, he started making his own

In the November edition of The Connexion, the small business and tax advice column answers a reader question on self-employment under portage salarial

Regardless of client nationality, it is best to do all paperwork in French to avoid having to pay for translations later on