Carole and I are back into the maze of French paperwork to get our gites and chambre d’hotes registered as a business – a new system, Auto Entrepeneur, now exists and we found an excellent site run by a charming lady which helps you get a business sorted in France, aptly called http://www.startbusinessinfrance.com/ – as an added bonus her husband has a business selling curries by mail – we bought some and they are divine