Many residents of France - of whatever nationality, not just British ex-pats - know how simply awful, hard and expensive French beds can be and by contrast how luxurious, comfortable and supportive a beautiful pocket-sprung British bed or mattress can be.

The experience of the directors of British Beds Worldwide Ltd a few years ago of having a delightful holiday in France ruined through lack of sleep on a board-like French mattress gave rise to the idea of British Beds in France.

And so, since inception, British Beds in France have been supplying and delivering arguably the best and most comfortable beds and mattresses in the World to delighted customers in and around Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Avignon, Nimes, Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Pau, Limoges, Poitiers, Brive, Lyons, the French Alps, Nantes, Orleans, Rennes, Brest, Angers and Paris and all points in between.

Typical feedback after delivery says:

"Je tiens à vous remercier car la livraison des 3 lits a bien eu lieu le jour prévu. Comme nous étions en travaux, nous n'avons pas pu monter les lits, mais cela a été fait depuis, et nous avons pu constater que tout était conforme et qu'il ne manquait pas un boulon... Je viens d'autre part de recevoir le reçu que vous m'avez envoyé par courrier. Tout est donc parfait. Si j'ai besoin de lits dans le futur, je n'hésiterai pas à m'adresser de nouveau à vous. Mon mari les* a trouvés très beaux"; and

"The bed was delivered this evening at 8.30pm. The chaps who brought it in also put it together for us because the mattress was so heavy my wife was unable to help. They were really very helpful and did far more than they were required to do. Please pass on to the carrier company our appreciation. The bed is fantastic and all we anticipated, in fact more so ! Thank you again for your generous gesture, we shall certainly recommend your company to everyone in future."

Such customers now sleep soundly on beds and mattresses made in the traditional way by the best of British craftsmen. Only the finest all-natural materials are selected and used – cotton, lambswool, mohair, silk, cashmere, and horse-hair, for example. Traditional pocket-springs are counted in their thousands in most of these fabulous mattresses, with fillings often being hand-teased into place.

The products are export-wrapped and VIP checked at the UK factory before being transported fully-insured to the customer’s property anywhere in France and then taken into the bedroom. Throughout, the transaction is closely monitored by a director of British Beds Worldwide Ltd. Yes, that’s the name now, as the company has responded in the interim to requests for good old-fashioned Britsh skills and craftsmanship and the resultant well-being that sleepin on one of these wonderful products provides.