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The departmental commercial development commission authorized, October 24, the creation of a commercial and leisure center of nearly 5,000 m² in the Roland-Hoareau business zone in Pierrefonds (Saint Pierre), not far from the multiplex. Named Pol’Sud, its cost is estimated at 55 million euros. It will bring together businesses, restoration points, games and sports rooms...

Interprofessional employers’ organizations in Reunion (CPME and Medef) and several organizations, historical employers' and professional associations and unions (Association for the industrial development of Reunion, Reunion Federation of Construction and Hospitality Industry Trades Union) announced on October 29 the creation of the Socle movement, “intended to strengthen collective action in favor of development...

Awarded by the ChooseMyCompany platform, the HappyTrainees label promotes companies offering their interns and work-study students quality professional experience. E.Leclerc Réunion is the first Reunion company to obtain this label : 93,2% of apprentices recommend the brand to work there. HappyTrainees is based on an online questionnaire (carried out in June 2025), where interns and work-study students note....

This is the increase in the number of electric vehicle sales in October (289 units). This rebound is explained in particular by the launch of the social leasing system, which offers global aid of €7,000 allowing you to pay monthly rent of less than €200 for three years. Nevertheless, over the first ten months of the year, vehicle registrations...

Eight tariffs out of fourteen, in the overseas departments and communities of the euro zone, remain higher than those of France, according to the latest Iédom report which compares data from April 2025 to those from April 2024. Bank rate differences with France have widened for six of them. The biggest increases relate to maintenance costs..

In 2023, Reunion legal market units in the non-agricultural and non-financial sectors have created 9,5 billion euros of added value, for a turnover of 33,4 billion euros, and their investment amounted to 2,5 billion euros, according to the INSEE annual report on the subject. A “legal unit”, concept now used by INSEE, is a company identified...

France Travail figures for the 3rd quarter of 2025 show a rise in unemployment in Reunion. Over the period, the number of people registered with France Travail who are neither awaiting guidance nor on a social pathway increases by 1,4 % (+2,430 people) and 2,5% over one year. The number of job seekers in categories...

The Court of Auditors published a report on the General Social Security Fund of Reunion Island at the end of September, the first since an inspection carried out in 2002. The Court establishes in particular several findings. It firstly emphasizes that the quality of the service provided varies depending on the branch., with notable difficulties in the old age branch and a....

In 2022, so-called “complex” households are more common in overseas departments than in France, according to an INSEE study. Complex households are those which are not made up only of a single person or a family nucleus (couple with or without children or single-parent family). Those which bring together a family nucleus and at least one ascendant or descendant..

One year after its launch by the Réunion Region, in partnership with the State, Cyber ​​Réunion draws up an initial assessment. Reunion companies remain very exposed to cyberattacks, but the regional system is already showing tangible results on the ground. Carried by Réunion THD, Cyber ​​Réunion manages two systems. The European Digital Innovation Hub supports VSEs and SMEs and communities..