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Opinion
June 13, 2022
Five things we didn’t expect when we scaled our French business to London
Scaling a French business in the UK comes with its own set of challenges. There is the language barrier — of course — but there are also legal and regulatory hurdles. Here’s what one French scaleup learnt about expanding to the UK.
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