Glenn

I intend to move to france and continue to run an internet based business. Obviously with the cotisations i will be paying i will receive any healthcare benefits under the system. My question is, my girlfriend will not be working for the immediate future and therefore not earning a salary or paying any contributions. (She will be doing some admin type work for me but that's it) So how will she get any form of health cover? (Fortunately, neither of us need any treatment at the moment, i'm just trying to understand the 'what if' scenarios!)

Am about to complete on my french property and will need to ensure all post (mainly bills i guess!) gets sent on to me in the UK. Will utility companies accept a UK address to mail to? What is the French name for the mail redirection service that i need to take out at La Poste and how much can i expect to pay for it? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know if this is acceptable? Move to France, take cats, no rabies injections etc needed as UK is a rabies free country, no other injections needed, and enter france without problems. If i need to bring cats back to the UK at some future point, find a french vet who knows the UK pet passport scheme and allow 6 months to pass for rabies injections to clear. Can then enter the UK again. Am i right in my thinking or am i missing something? Thks in advance!

Having read through all the previous posts, i'm still uncertain how much applies to my situation which is: For the last 5 years a friend and i have run a small, office based UK Ltd Co that provides a service to its clients. I am now looking to move to France and run it from there, with my friend still handling their aspect from the UK. There are no other staff and we both fall under the standard tax bracket. Closing the UK Ltd Co is not an option for us. Can i set myself up in France as consultant under a micro bic and invoice the UK Co on a consultancy basis? (I will need to return to the UK for a day or two every couple of months for work reasons.) If so, how much allowance am i granted for expenses, as i understand it is the turnover less this figure that the cotisations are based on. How long can a micro bic trade for? (i read somewhere that after 2 years a micro bic had to be turned into a different type of company) If a micro bic is not appropriate for me, what is and approx what % cotisations can i expect to pay? I have spent hours looking at numerous sites trying to understand this, but all the micro bic info seems to apply to B&B's. Any advice on my situation would be hugely appreciated.

I am currently in the process of buying a property - due to complete in July - which is near Segre, about 35 mins NW of Angers. Am looking for someone who can deal with everything relating to changeovers (cleaning, washing etc) and also general garden maintenance (grass cutting etc). Or alternatively a separate gardener and caretaker if i can't find one person to do everything. Everyone i've contacted so far seems to be too far away!