https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Frenchman has lost his job after he used his company car to make some extra through carpooling-service BlaBlaCar, by taking passengers on his work trips. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160420/frenchman-fired-for-using-blablacar-on-work-trips Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:43:30 +0200 frenchman-fired-for-using-blablacar-on-work-trips A look at how France shapes up in dozens of global surveys has revealed the country is doing surprisingly well in areas it is often seen as lagging behind. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151013/france-survey-business-start-ups Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:30:33 +0200 france-survey-business-start-ups The Local chats to one of the co-founders of BlaBlaCar, which on Thursday became the first French start-up to be valued at over $1 billion. And he says it's time start-ups consider France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150918/paris-no-harder-than-london-for-start-ups-blablacar-brusson Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:56:28 +0200 paris-no-harder-than-london-for-start-ups-blablacar-brusson France's record-breaking start-up BlaBlaCar is set to take over the world, or most of it, with its popular ride-sharing app. Here's everything you need to know about the jewel of the French start-up scene. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150917/blablacar-start-france-unicorn-questions-need-to-know Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:33:48 +0200 blablacar-start-france-unicorn-questions-need-to-know Ride-sharing company BlaBlaBar announced that it had broken all records for a French start-up after revealing it was now valued at $1.6 billion - enough to earn it the grand status of being a "unicorn". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150917/french-start-up-becomes-first-to-top-1-billion Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:29:25 +0200 french-start-up-becomes-first-to-top-1-billion