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 19th March 2010
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Christmas at…Le Petit Monde
.jpg) Christmas fayre, gifts, cards, and festive cheer...in stock from 1st November. Orders now being taken for Christmas turkeys, festive specialities and hampers. Open Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm and Saturday 10am - 1pm. Further information.
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Having travelled and shipped goods to destinations throughout the world when running his logistics and shipping business in the UK, it seemed a natural choice for Geoff Butterworth to call his new enterprise here in France ‘Le Petit Monde’. What a small and accessible place the world now is and what a wonderful selection of international foods and products it offers...
Lise McClendon tells us about her new novel set in Dordogne... "Several years ago, besotted by the sunshine-and-grape-dream during a long winter in the American Rocky Mountains, I conjured up an idea for a novel..."
Blevins Franks is a leading pan-European financial advice group, advising UK expatriates in Europe, and has specialised in international tax and investment planning since 1975. .jpg)
There's a festival or event nearly every month of the year in France, and Dordogne is no exception. Whether you live here permanently and fancy a day out, or want to plan a holiday to coincide with a major festival, here's a guide to help you, with a selection of annual festivities.
Shopping in France is no hardship! And whether you are visiting Dordogne for a holiday or living here permanently, the cities and towns of the region offer a wonderful choice of shops, from the small chocolatier tucked away in a side street to the huge 'zones' with giant superstores such as LeClerc, Decathlon, Darcy. Here's some suggestions as to where you can buy all the things you can't live without!
Not everyone who moves to the Dordogne is at the end of their working life and looking forward to taking it easy. It also has its attractions for those at the other end of the age scale, embarking on a new ‘career’ with a young family. Natalie and Patrick McAlpine have taken just such a step.
Since they were established in 1975, Blevins Franks has grown into being a pre-eminent tax and wealth management provider. They have a number of regional advisers based in France to help expats locally, including Nicholas Pasco, based in the Aquitaine & Charente Office.
As Sterling continues to trade at record low levels against the Euro, British exporters to France are overjoyed but for those of you living in or owning property in France, times have never been so tough.
The Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Dordogne and the unique Périgord Développement was set up in 2006 to provide support for the British working in the region.....
Having a business plan is essential for any business start-up regardless whether its a one-man band or a major player. This is true for any country but argueable a little more so in France where things are slightly different. There are just as many opportunities and French, though desirable, is not essential in the first instance.
Filing Cabines are an essential part of the furniture in France. The reason? you are required to keep original hard copies of many and varied documents in some cases, quite literally for a lifetime.
Assuming that your payments to the UK Government are up to date, if youve lost your job recently you might be getting jobseekers allowance but did you know that ...
Dordogne East and Lot branch recently completed a second training course and are proud to announce that we now have a total of eighteen Active Listeners. There is a further training course scheduled for 2009, which will increase the availability of Active Listeners to twenty two.
buggs the Bergerac based car hire company, celebrates its first year of operation, the year has been a great success thanks to a winning formula of providing practical cars ...
The European Directive states that the driving licences of EU member states are valid in other EU countries. This means that you can keep your UK licence until you ...
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The Dordogne Police are determined to reduce accidents and save lives throughout the year because it seems it isn’t just in the peak months when these occur. Now, with the increased risk of ice and fog they appeal for care and common sense. They are carrying out increasing numbers of random speed checks at critical times throughout the day and, of course, during holidays and festivals. They are getting tough so are not to be ignored or treated lightly!
Peter Murphy, a painter and decorator in Hertfordshire, was on the internet. He saw that 55 acres of forest, including a nine acre lake, were for sale in the Double. The temptation was irresistible. He was working for a company that handled building insurance claims, and was spending hours on the M25...