tim_ironmonger Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Having looked through most of the threads, overtime I have accumulated some great Weblinks and feel it would be nice to try and get these all together, so if anyone has links they feel would benefit us all then please post below.Here are a few to be going on with:Telephonehttp://www.paris.francetelecom.fr/multimedia/price_list.pdf http://www.paris.francetelecom.fr/html/particulier/offres_dediees/englishcom/accueil.htm http://site.voila.fr/FT_LesTarifs/index.html http://www.budgetelecom.com/newOne/index.aspElectrichttp://www.edf.fr/html/en/index.htmlSattelitehttp://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/europe.shtmlhttp://www.netcentral.co.uk/satcure/http://www.satelliteonline.co.ukBBC Tel Nos for Free to View card0870 243 8000Generalhttp://www.amb-grandebretagne.fr/consular_services/index.jsp?folder_id=104132&folder_id_parent=11Car Insurancehttp://www.eurofil.comInternet Providershttp://www.lesproviders.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Parr Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 I think this is really helpful. I will find the links very useful. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckenway Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Really good stuff this. Perhaps the ADMIN guys cout put a new section up under FAQ's check the sites then add them to the section.Well done.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Good idea. Far more useful than all the FAQs put together! I don't see www.pagesjaunes.fr in the list. I also find www.google.fr very handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick123 Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Hi all, feel free to take a look, it was easier for me to do it this way, sorry for being lazy....Shops & stores: Mr.Bricolage, Intermarche, Leclerc, Bricolage &Auchan, France Telecom in English Airlines & airports: Aeroport de La Rochelle, London Ciy Airport (LCY), Aroport de Bordeaux- Mrignac, Air France UK, Buzz , British Airways.loads more links on the web page, some links are more Dept 17 but feel free to browse athttp://www.rick.inuk.com/frenchbookmarks.htmRick(sadly still in UK for at least 15 more years by the look of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinetchris Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 TimGreat idea !Our contributions (some duplications - sorry !) :Some of our past/present links to interesting (some less than others !) French and UK websites :British Embassy/Consular Services in France (very useful summaries and links about lots of things, including tax, inheritance, health, residence, pets passports etc) :http://www.amb-grandebretagne.fr/consular_services/index.jsp?folder_id=104132&folder_id_parent=196Guide to public services (some in English) :http://www.service-public.fr/etranger/english.htmlPrefecture of Charente Maritime :http://www.charente-maritime.pref.gouv.fr/European Commission :http://europa.eu.int/europedirect/en/index_en.htmlCouverture Medicales Universelle (CMU) :http://www.cnamts.fr/ass/cmu/somcmu.htmCPAM for Charente Maritime (French social security, incl CMU) :http://www.cpam-larochelle.fr/Charente Maritime Tourism :http://www.charente-maritime.org/French electricity board :http://www.edf.fr/html/en/index.htmlFrench water board :http://www.saur.com/en/home.phpFrance Telecom :http://www.francetelecom17.com/French postal service :http://www.laposte.fr/French rail system (yes they still have one, unlike UK !) :http://www.voyages-sncf.com/Weather forecasts :http://www.meteo.fr/temps/index.htmlMichelin maps/routes :http://www.viamichelin.com/French embassy in London :http://www.ambafrance.org.uk/British embassy in Paris :http://www.amb-grandebretagne.fr/French yellow pages :http://wgc.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?"Liberation" newspaper :http://www.liberation.com/French road info (I think ...) :http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/Bordeaux Airport :http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/home.asp?lang=enand most important of all ... Bordeaux IKEA !!!http://www.ikea.fr/ikea_near_you/local_store/bordeaux/store.aspUK DSS (well, now Work and Pensions ...) :http://www.dwp.gov.uk/UK Dept of Health :http://www.doh.gov.uk/UK Inland Revenue :http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/home.htmand some of the particular people/companies we used :French tax advice : Charles Parkinson at Pannell Kerr Forster (Guernsey). Their book on "Taxation in France" is a must buy at about 25 :http://www.pkfguernsey.com/Legal advice (on house purchases, wills, PACS) : Matthew Cameron at Prettys Solicitors, Ipswich :http://www.prettys.co.uk/Insurance broker : Gaye Galliver of British Insurance Brokers of Aquitaine :E-mail : GAYEGALLIVER@aol.comMortgage Broker : Michelle Templeton of Templeton Associates :www.templeton-france.comUK Bank (including Internet Banking and Money Transfers via TAPS) :http://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/French bank (including Internet Banking) : More sharing options... 2 months later... Anton Redman Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 http://www.richard-binns.co.uk/Richard Binns wrote some of the most individual guide books to France and has decided to publish on the Web in Future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 2 weeks later... George Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 AntonWould like to add one to the list.Anyone with an interst in checking Siret numbers?I know its possible to check these by Minitel, but have discovered La Post have a free search facility (in English) on a web pagehttp://www.annuaire.laposte.fr/anglais/recherche/recherche_entreprise_sans_reponse.aspRegardsGeorge (Kent & Dept 72) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... martinetchris Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 LAST EDITED ON 02-Feb-03 AT 11:07 AM (GMT)FolksI believe the CMU website now has a new address :http://www.ameli.frBest wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Penny29 Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 This is such a good idea, trouble is it will end up as a "flame" topic and have so much on it that people won't be bothered to look.Eleanor, can we split this into "Links for shopping", "Links for banking", "links for French utilities", "Links for UK Gov departments" etc etc etc.To add to the general mayhem I have some:SHOPPING (BRANCHES THROUGHOUT FRANCE)WWW.BUT.FR (site has pictures of products if your French isn't fluent!!!)UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSwww.defra.gov.uk (animal pet passports and the like)SATELLITE & TVwww.bigdishsat.comwww.channel4.comwww.bbc.co.ukwww.itv.comTRAVELLINGwww.eurotunnel.comwww.raileurope.co.ukwww.french-airports.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... martinetchris Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Folksand for anyone who's interested in alternatives to the thinly veiled tabloids of the Murdoch Times/Sunday Times :Guardian Weekly - weekly newspaper available in France by subscription, includes extracts from La Monde and Washington Post :www.guardianweekly.co.ukGuardian on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.guardianunlimited.co.ukFinancial Times on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.ft.comExpatica.com, with free English language e-mails of latest headline news in France :www.expatica.com/france.aspHope some of above may be of interest !Best wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... martinetchris Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Folksand for anyone who's interested in alternatives to the thinly veiled tabloids of the Murdoch Times/Sunday Times :Guardian Weekly - weekly newspaper available in France by subscription, includes extracts from La Monde and Washington Post :www.guardianweekly.co.ukGuardian on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.guardianunlimited.co.ukFinancial Times on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.ft.comExpatica.com, with free English language e-mails of latest headline news in France :www.expatica.com/france.aspHope some of above may be of interest !Best wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 2 months later... Anton Redman Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 http://www.autoroutes.fr/index.phpSecond link covers Northern Francehttp://www.sanef.com/siteSanef/fr/peage.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Rick123 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 A useful hint in how to take your Internet Explorer bookmarks with you:On the top line menu, go to File/Import and Export and click on it. The Import & Export Wizard programme starts, choose export Favourites. It will display the contents of the Favourites folder, you decide which sub-folder you wish to save, or, if you want all of them, highlight the Favouries folder, and all of the subfolders will be exported in one.I will then ask where you wish to place the saved Favourites, usually defaulting to the My Documents folder (you can change the destination if you wish, to another folder of your choice).Click on the "next" button, the wizard goes to the next page and click "Finish". the programme will tell you via a pop-up button, when the the export is complete and a document called Bookmarks.html will have been created in your chosen folder. You can carry then around with you on a floppy disk, but better still, upload the document to a website and get international access to you bookmarks.Most IPs provide you with limited amount of web space, so upload the Bookmark.htm (or html) to your IPs file path using a prog such as WS FTP Pro - a file transfer tool. In my case visit :http://www.rick.inuk.com/bookmark.htmfeel free to take a look to see the final result & use the links if you wish.The page can now be accessed anywhere, on a Pals computer in the UK or in an Internet Cafe in Paris. You can also upload Word, Excel documents, scanned in building plans, legal documents or computer programs there, but beware, ISPs frown on "unofficial" use of storage space, and reserve the right to close your site down unless the items uploaded are being used on your "website" as you are using up their server storage space.Enjoy....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 2 weeks later... Mpprh Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 HiI've to focus useful expat links here : http://tlp.netfirms.com/expat/information.htmMost of the links are valid for all French expats, although some are local to Languedoc.Bonne chancePeterThe Languedoc Page : http://tlp.netfirms.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 1 month later... Barkham Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 www.wotsat.com is the What Satellite and TV magazine site and it gives weekly updates on headline changes to satellite programs etc., eg BBC changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.
Anton Redman Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 http://www.richard-binns.co.uk/Richard Binns wrote some of the most individual guide books to France and has decided to publish on the Web in Future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 AntonWould like to add one to the list.Anyone with an interst in checking Siret numbers?I know its possible to check these by Minitel, but have discovered La Post have a free search facility (in English) on a web pagehttp://www.annuaire.laposte.fr/anglais/recherche/recherche_entreprise_sans_reponse.aspRegardsGeorge (Kent & Dept 72) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinetchris Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 LAST EDITED ON 02-Feb-03 AT 11:07 AM (GMT)FolksI believe the CMU website now has a new address :http://www.ameli.frBest wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny29 Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 This is such a good idea, trouble is it will end up as a "flame" topic and have so much on it that people won't be bothered to look.Eleanor, can we split this into "Links for shopping", "Links for banking", "links for French utilities", "Links for UK Gov departments" etc etc etc.To add to the general mayhem I have some:SHOPPING (BRANCHES THROUGHOUT FRANCE)WWW.BUT.FR (site has pictures of products if your French isn't fluent!!!)UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTSwww.defra.gov.uk (animal pet passports and the like)SATELLITE & TVwww.bigdishsat.comwww.channel4.comwww.bbc.co.ukwww.itv.comTRAVELLINGwww.eurotunnel.comwww.raileurope.co.ukwww.french-airports.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinetchris Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Folksand for anyone who's interested in alternatives to the thinly veiled tabloids of the Murdoch Times/Sunday Times :Guardian Weekly - weekly newspaper available in France by subscription, includes extracts from La Monde and Washington Post :www.guardianweekly.co.ukGuardian on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.guardianunlimited.co.ukFinancial Times on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.ft.comExpatica.com, with free English language e-mails of latest headline news in France :www.expatica.com/france.aspHope some of above may be of interest !Best wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinetchris Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Folksand for anyone who's interested in alternatives to the thinly veiled tabloids of the Murdoch Times/Sunday Times :Guardian Weekly - weekly newspaper available in France by subscription, includes extracts from La Monde and Washington Post :www.guardianweekly.co.ukGuardian on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.guardianunlimited.co.ukFinancial Times on-line, with free news e-mail subscriptions :www.ft.comExpatica.com, with free English language e-mails of latest headline news in France :www.expatica.com/france.aspHope some of above may be of interest !Best wishesChris and Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 http://www.autoroutes.fr/index.phpSecond link covers Northern Francehttp://www.sanef.com/siteSanef/fr/peage.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick123 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 A useful hint in how to take your Internet Explorer bookmarks with you:On the top line menu, go to File/Import and Export and click on it. The Import & Export Wizard programme starts, choose export Favourites. It will display the contents of the Favourites folder, you decide which sub-folder you wish to save, or, if you want all of them, highlight the Favouries folder, and all of the subfolders will be exported in one.I will then ask where you wish to place the saved Favourites, usually defaulting to the My Documents folder (you can change the destination if you wish, to another folder of your choice).Click on the "next" button, the wizard goes to the next page and click "Finish". the programme will tell you via a pop-up button, when the the export is complete and a document called Bookmarks.html will have been created in your chosen folder. You can carry then around with you on a floppy disk, but better still, upload the document to a website and get international access to you bookmarks.Most IPs provide you with limited amount of web space, so upload the Bookmark.htm (or html) to your IPs file path using a prog such as WS FTP Pro - a file transfer tool. In my case visit :http://www.rick.inuk.com/bookmark.htmfeel free to take a look to see the final result & use the links if you wish.The page can now be accessed anywhere, on a Pals computer in the UK or in an Internet Cafe in Paris. You can also upload Word, Excel documents, scanned in building plans, legal documents or computer programs there, but beware, ISPs frown on "unofficial" use of storage space, and reserve the right to close your site down unless the items uploaded are being used on your "website" as you are using up their server storage space.Enjoy....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpprh Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 HiI've to focus useful expat links here : http://tlp.netfirms.com/expat/information.htmMost of the links are valid for all French expats, although some are local to Languedoc.Bonne chancePeterThe Languedoc Page : http://tlp.netfirms.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkham Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 www.wotsat.com is the What Satellite and TV magazine site and it gives weekly updates on headline changes to satellite programs etc., eg BBC changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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