Any of you had dealings with Blevin Franks - your thoughts.....

I had a chat on the phone with them after I first moved here and was getting bogged down with business options. Seemed very professional, told me how extremely affordable their services were and quoted a figure that was approximately equal to my annual earnings at the time. Fair enough, why should they work for peanuts, they have a good reputation and if you're a high earner I have no doubt they can save you money and pay for themselves.

Go along to one of their seminars and judge for yourself?

I'm trying to remember the name of their previous rep for Toulouse area but it's slipped my mind - we were in the same business network group and they seemed very competent to me.

where do you live?

I went to a seminar in Mandelieu run by David Franks many years ago and took up their offer of a free consultation. I decided not to use them (they were more interested in signing me up for an investment fund) but they subsequently invoiced me for their advice. I pointed out this was offered free and gratis but they nevertheless refused to cancel their bill and put their solicitors onto me. Fortunately their solicitors were the same as mine so I was able to get them off my back by demonstrating a conflict of interest.

So in short, I would never recommend Blevin Franks to anyone.