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Hi I am trying to find a mini digger and driver to do some ground clearance / stone spreading near La Reole.  Can any body helpout with this late April / May? Thanks

Hi Thanks for your reply - it seems that to be self employed in France is expensive how ever you are set up.  Are intention was to import and sell - we were not intending to make a lot of money just to help our savings last longer.  Do you know if there is a way to trade without making up front payments?  If the company was formed in the UK I assume it would pay NI and PAYE in the UK but no charges in France ? we would just need a good medical insurance here, which we were more or less planning on needing anyway. Thanks again

[quote]"Will have enough funds to live on for a year" - don't be surprised if your money starts to dwindle faster than you realise. A lot of things can crop up that you have never even given consideration to...[/quote] Thanks Val We realise that we will not have an rasy time, we have a total budget of about £750 000, we intend to use about £250 000 for a house, the rest will be used for for our year off, then part of the remainder for a business.  We do speak some French, but are by no means fluent, and we know this will be a big disadvantage, what we need to know is the regulations etc on setting up a business, what we need to arrange for healthcare, insurances etc.  We have freind that moved to Italy a few years ago, registered there house purchase with the provine capital but not locally and after 3 years found that because of this they had to pay 7% of the value immediatly.  It is thing like this that we would like to be aware of and why I requested suggestions for books, this will all help us to make the right decissions and will prepare us for a move. Our intentions are to rent for a minimum of 6 months in France, and during this period evaluate the chances of running a business, if all else fails we may just live off our capital untill our pensions arrive, but neither of us is ready to retire completly yet!   Thanks   Stephen  

[quote]"Will have enough funds to live on for a year" - don't be surprised if your money starts to dwindle faster than you realise. A lot of things can crop up that you have never even given consideration to...[/quote] Thanks Val We realise that we will not have an rasy time, we have a total budget of about £750 000, we intend to use about £250 000 for a house, the rest will be used for for our year off, then part of the remainder for a business.  We do speak some French, but are by no means fluent, and we know this will be a big disadvantage, what we need to know is the regulations etc on setting up a business, what we need to arrange for healthcare, insurances etc.  We have freind that moved to Italy a few years ago, registered there house purchase with the provine capital but not locally and after 3 years found that because of this they had to pay 7% of the value immediatly.  It is thing like this that we would like to be aware of and why I requested suggestions for books, this will all help us to make the right decissions and will prepare us for a move. Our intentions are to rent for a minimum of 6 months in France, and during this period evaluate the chances of running a business, if all else fails we may just live off our capital untill our pensions arrive, but neither of us is ready to retire completly yet   Thanks   Stephen  

Hi   My wife and I are both 50 and intend to move to France as soon as we have sold our house in England.  We intend to settle is East Dordogne / Correze area.   Our plan is to buy a house with possibly a separate gite.  We will have enough funds to be able to relax for a year or so without t he need of additional income, but eventually we will need to generate enough to live on, and as our French will not be sufficiently fluent to allow us to get jobs in France, we will set up our own business (of some sort).with our remaining funds    Although we have looked extensively and the French housing market, we know very little about the practical aspects, such as what we legally need to do.   Can anyone recommend a book (s) that will explain what we need to do with regards to paying for healthcare, taxes, bills etc, both in our “year off” and when we have our own business.   We also need to know what type of businesses we can and can’t operate without  French recognized qualifications.   Basically we want to get the "rules" to live in France   Many thanks   Stephen and Mandy