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 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 France has a reputation as being a hostile place to start a new business, but a report this week by Ernst & Young appears to explode that as a myth. For this week's JobTalk, one Paris-based expert tells us why France is far from the worst choice for getting a business off the ground. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130830/its-easier-to-start-a-business-in-france-than-elsewhere Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:40:00 +0200 its-easier-to-start-a-business-in-france-than-elsewhere The French must put an end to the culture of self-denigration and French expats need to stop "bashing" their home country, a government minister demanded on Tuesday as she called for a change of mentality to boost the economy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130430/enough-its-time-to-stop-sport-of-french-bashing Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:05:00 +0200 enough-its-time-to-stop-sport-of-french-bashing France's Socialist government signaled on Thursday it was prepared to review its plans to hike the tax on the sale of companies that investors warned threatens to cripple the high-tech start-up sector. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121004/french-government-ready-to-u-turn-on-start-up-tax Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:22:00 +0200 french-government-ready-to-u-turn-on-start-up-tax