Starting a business when you are past retirement age

[Tony F Dordogne]

Not sure whether this one has been dealt with before but here goes ........

My OH is past statutory retirement age and I'm 58.  We both have E121s, hers on age and mine on disability.

We have a UK business and we're happy with that, though I'm thinking that we may be better off transferring to a French company so we can advertise here in specialist magazines without any problems.

Neither of us need to pay cotizations because we're already past the point of no return and neither will get any benefit from the French Government if we did so.  So, if we start a business in France, can we do so without paying the cotizations as our contributions would not make any difference to our pensions, benefits etc?

Alternatively, is there any mileage in having two companies - ok, I understand the financial and taxation implications of doing so and that the admin could be a nightmare - one in the UK and one in France?