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After Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, Saint-Denis launched its rental offer of electrically assisted bicycles on November 19. It is broken down into two products. Sodiparc has acquired 30 “VAE” offered for long-term rental of one to three months, at the monthly rate of 30 euros. La modicité du prix vise à faire prendre goût à...

In 2020, the University of Réunion associated with two Mauritian universities launched the SWIO project (Solar and Wind energy in the Indian Ocean). Its object : study the climate variability of solar radiation and wind in Réunion and Mauritius using a regional climate model capable of producing data for the near future (horizons...

The University of Réunion and the Research Institute for Development (IRD) are partners in three mixed research units : Espace-Dev (space observation, models and science involved), pimi (Infectious process in an island environment) and Entropy (Tropical Marine Ecology of the Pacific and Indian Oceans).
Mi-November, on the occasion of Valérie Verdier’s visit to Réunion, President and CEO of the IRD,...

The Medef Business Awards 2021 were awarded on October 28 during the annual general meeting of the employers' organization, organized in Saint-Denis in the presence of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, national president. Just like last year, the third edition of this competition, launched in 2018, was dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility actions (RSE). Deux catégories ont été distinguées...

In 2019, Reunion Island merchant businesses have created 7,8 billion euros of added value, for a turnover of 26,8 billion, according to a recent publication from INSEE. The added value created increases sharply, of 324 million euros (+4,3%), after weak growth in 2018. Construction sectors (+78 millions), of teaching, de la santé et de l’action...

Le nombre de demandeurs d’emploi tenus d’en rechercher un et sans activité (category A) a baissé de 1,4% au 3ème trimestre et de 5,3% sur un an, according to the latest official figures. Il s’établissait en moyenne à 128 450 inscrits à Pôle Emploi. La baisse est moins significative en incluant les chômeurs qui ont malgré tout exercé une activité...

Ibrahim Patel could count on an easy reappointment to his position as president of the CCI Réunion, on November 24 during the first plenary assembly of the mandate. At the end of the consular elections organized for the first time online from October 27 to November 9, sa liste a emporté les 16 sièges du collège Services et les...

Les travaux d’extension du périmètre irrigué du Bras de la Plaine ont débuté fin octobre sur la commune de Petite-Île. 377 hectares supplémentaires seront équipés dans les secteurs de Mont-Vert et d’Anse-les-Hauts, grâce à la mise en place de 37 km de canalisations, d’une station de pompage de 350 litres/seconde et d’un réservoir de 4 000 m³. 115 bornes...

The prefecture published at the beginning of November the first delivery of the price monitoring barometer of around sixty consumer products, which will thus be followed every two weeks until the end of the year. This tool, the implementation of which was entrusted to the company Sagis, vient compléter les mesures mensuelles de l’Insee et vise à...

Daaf recently updated the key figures for the Reunion agri-food industry, with 2018 data. This remains the first pillar of local industry : it represents 6% of the added value produced in Reunion, compared to 4% in mainland France, 45% of turnover and 38% of jobs in the manufacturing sector. L’industrie agroalimentaire regroupe 352 établissements dont 2 appartenant...