Jacqueline
04-21-2009, 04:19 AM
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Estate agents and removal firms feeling the crunch
Estate agents and removal firms feeling the crunch. Jacqueline Karp With the current French housing market so sluggish, how are French-based removal firms specialising in the UK market faring? All French removal firms are feeling the crunch, whether on domestic or international runs, but those working with the UK have had to change radically. Rob Fereday, for Halcyon Europe Ltd, a haulier running between South-West France and Yorkshire, told me that he dated the start of the en masse return home to President Sarkozy's new legislation on health care. Many feared they were no longer covered by E forms and sold up. "The current financial crisis has done the rest," Rob said. "We used to do our business bringing Brits to France and returning with antiques for auction in the UK, but fifty percent of the UK antiques market has folded. A large number of antiques buyers in the UK used to be American,
Estate agents and removal firms feeling the crunch
Estate agents and removal firms feeling the crunch. Jacqueline Karp With the current French housing market so sluggish, how are French-based removal firms specialising in the UK market faring? All French removal firms are feeling the crunch, whether on domestic or international runs, but those working with the UK have had to change radically. Rob Fereday, for Halcyon Europe Ltd, a haulier running between South-West France and Yorkshire, told me that he dated the start of the en masse return home to President Sarkozy's new legislation on health care. Many feared they were no longer covered by E forms and sold up. "The current financial crisis has done the rest," Rob said. "We used to do our business bringing Brits to France and returning with antiques for auction in the UK, but fifty percent of the UK antiques market has folded. A large number of antiques buyers in the UK used to be American,