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This is the level of inflation in Reunion at the end of June 2024, measured against 2023. In June, the consumer price index fell by 0,4 %. This is the first decline recorded since September 2023. On the month, the price of fresh produce has, again, sharply decreased, but without yet regaining their level of....

114,740 on average in the second quarter of 2024 in Reunion, according to France Travail. This number is down from 0,4% compared to the previous quarter and 2,3% over one year. Including those registered in reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of unemployed rises to 153,440 on the island, down by 0,2% on....

Un groupe d’étudiants de l'école supérieure d’ingénieurs Réunion océan Indien (Esiroi) won the Fruits and Vegetables Innovation prize during the last Ecotrophelia competition, which for twenty-five years has distinguished innovative agri-food projects designed within French higher education. As it happens, Time, Honorine, Torenika et Chain, 3rd year students at Esiroi, imagined biscuits filled with fruit...

Le groupe mauricien The United Basalt Products Limited (UBP) reached an important milestone in its growth, last July 1st, by finalizing the acquisition of the construction division of the Leandri group, a pillar in the construction sector in Reunion. The Bazalt Réunion holding company was born from this acquisition. Its ten companies are divided into two segments of the....

Handover to the management of the Saint-Pierre University Institute of Technology, on the occasion of the start of the 2024 university year : Olivier Marc succeeds Richard Lorion, who has reached the end of his two non-renewable five-year terms and is preparing to run for president of the University of Reunion. Olivier Marc is, himself, graduated from IUT, where he has ...

Métis heart, artisanal biscuit factory based in L’Éperon, won first prize in the 7th edition of the Entreprise trophy & Territory, organized by CPME Réunion. Like every year, des étudiants de l'institut d'administration des entreprise ont audité les entreprises sélectionnées parmi 40 candidats. There were 14 finalists, distinguishing themselves by their territorial roots and their actions in the field..

The city of Saint-Denis had allocated 1,5 million euros to its participatory budget in 2024, third of the name. At the end of a first selection phase, 54 projects, out of 171 presented by citizens of the capital, were put to a vote, online or organized on different sites. Nearly 9,000 “voters” expressed their views and 26 projects were finally....

The latest quarterly “SME Image” survey, Carried out by the Regional Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants and the SAGIS Institute with a sample of 4,300 TPE and SMEs on the island, revealed a downward trend in the turnover of the latter in the first quarter of 2024, Compared to the first quarter of 2023. A drop of 0,8% had already been measured..

Gilbert Manciet, who had been appointed sub-prefect for recovery during the health crisis, was chosen by the Region to succeed Fabrice Vandomel as general manager of Nexa. He took office on July 15. “His excellent mastery of the economic situation in our territory, its firm desire to promote the action of each employee of the agency...

After closing its Saint-Denis–Mahé line as part of its economy plan, Air Austral signed a partnership agreement with Air Seychelles at the end of June to once again offer Reunion Islanders the opportunity to travel to the archipelago.. Travelers departing from Reunion can now buy a Reunion-Seychelles ticket and take a flight in two sections. Ils...