If you transfer currency from you home country to France, you should consider using a broker. They offer better rates than you will generally get from your own bank and in my experience provide a more user friendly and faster service.
The GBP EURO rate is currently on a 16 month high, if you want to make lump sum or regular transfers I can highly recommend our Currency partner TorFX.
If you would like to keep up to date with the Euro you can subscribe to their free updates on GBP/EUR and EUR/USD by clicking here
Survive France members who use TorFX for their foreign currency exchange transfers can earn free Marks and Spencers vouchers too!
keep on going up I say - currently hubby earning in sterling so enjoying a marginal uplift vs our euro income at the moment....come on sterling keep going up :)
I've used them and they're pretty good but you need to change quite a lot of money to get good rates. Service is top shelf and you can set trading limits/goals with them, which helps.