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The town hall of Saint-Denis has just started the rehabilitation of the Jamaica landfill, located by the sea at the eastern entrance to the town. Operated until the early 1990s, it extends over approximately 8 hectares and contains an estimated volume of 920,000 m³ of waste. The work aims in particular to install waterproofing devices and....

On the occasion of the Top Résa tourist fair held in mid-September, the CRT has acquired renewed advertising media. Son concept : “Revealing the Reunion through its intensity, its verticality, and its capacity to transform. » It is available in three parts. A TV film is constructed as a visual ascent from the clapper of the blades to the mountain peaks, accompanied by a....

This is the increase in consumer prices measured by INSEE over one year in Reunion between July 2025 and July 2026. However, inflation over one year slows down sharply compared to June (+1,5 %). It is mainly driven by the prices of energy and those of services, and to a lesser extent by those of tobacco. On the other hand,...

After the cooperative company Wincoop, it is the company NewTowt which is interested in the Reunion Island stopover in the Indian Ocean. NewTowt is the result of the takeover, a few months ago, from the Towt company, fallen into judicial liquidation, by Crédit Mutuel and its RES fund (Environmental and social revolution).* Artemis, Towt's second sailing freighter, had done....

The economic activity of Reunion Island was penalized by the effects of the crisis in the Middle East in the 2nd quarter, according to the economic analysis of the Institute of Issue of Overseas Departments (Iédom). After two consecutive quarters of increase, the business climate indicator decreased by 3,6 points to 100,1 – its long-term level. The sharp rise in fuel prices has....

September 1, 2026, the Macé group has sold the business of its subsidiary Scime to the Henri Fraise Fils group & You. This key player in the distribution of industrial equipment and machinery in the Indian Ocean, based in Tananarive, is at the head of a century-old network deployed in Madagascar, in the Comoros, in Mayotte, in Mauritius, and....

The turnover of Reunion VSEs and SMEs has generally increased by 1,3% in the 2nd quarter of 2026, according to So’Nelph’s analysis (the new name of Philippe Fabing's group) based on data provided by the Regional Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants. This increase must be put into perspective since it is not corrected for inflation, which reached 1,5% on....

Reunion is one of the 69 European territories supported by the Horizon Europe program as part of the Climaax project, which provides funding and technical solutions for a territorialized diagnosis of risks linked to climate change. Initiated in October 2024 for a period of 22 months, the RISC-RA project (Reunion Island’s Climate Risk Atlas) was piloted by....

Early September, Urbasolar announced the sale to Corsica Sole of 7 photovoltaic power plants and associated storage assets located in Reunion. The whole represents a photovoltaic power of 3,754 MWc, and a storage capacity of 6,242 MWh. This acquisition allows Corsica Sole to increase its Reunion portfolio to 10,53 MWp of solar power and 16,68 MWh de...

La Réunion Développement presented its new service offering on September 1st. The regional agency, chaired by Pascal Plante and directed by Frédéric Lorion, is in fact evolving its model in order to offer support to Reunion companies, beyond its three main missions : strategy and economic intelligence, support for structuring and strategic projects, and finally internationalization. The meeting...