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Despite the deterioration of the health situation and the new constraints that accompany it (partial confinement and curfew put in place at the end of July), the Reunion economy once again demonstrated resilience in the 3rd quarter of 2021, according to the INSEE economic note. Salaried employment continued to grow, avec 3 300 emplois supplémentaires par rapport au 2ème trimestre...

The redemption of antenna meeting in Océinde by the Cirano group received the green light from the Superior Council of the Audiovisual Council on November 24, which however asks the buyer to comply with certain conditions. Nassir Goulamaly, President of Océinde, remains chairman of the board of directors of antenna meeting, which he had acquired in 2016. « Des engagements forts ont été pris avec...

In 2021, calls for projects have been launched throughout France as part of the government policy of “the first 1,000 days”, this period going from the parental project of conception of a child to the latter’s entry into school. « La politique publique des 1000 premiers jours vise à agir dès la petite enfance contre...

Published at the end of 2021, the annual energy assessment carried out by the Observatoire Energie Réunion reveals that energy consumption has fallen by 8,3% in 2020. The slowdown in economic activity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has notably reduced fuel consumption by 14%., those of airplanes and land vehicles. The share of fossil fuels (coal, fioul...

New car sales increased by 13,5% in 2021 in Reunion, erasing the drop of 13,6% recorded the previous year, marked by nearly two months of health confinement and fall in consumption. A total of 32,768 passenger and utility cars were registered last year on the island., including 16,516 sales to households (+2,4%)....

Run drive, the carpooling platform launched in 2018 by Zeop, is transformed. It now has the ambition to become a multimodal hub, bringing together in a single application all the mobility solutions available when a user wishes to travel. Bus and coach lines, shared electric vehicles : the offer must be gradually enriched over the months, at...

A significant portion of the town’s residents are impatiently awaiting the event.: a commercial complex including a 1,000 m2 supermarket under the U Express brand will open its doors in mid-2023 in Sainte-Rose. Work is due to begin in February, with the project manager SCI Rose des Vents of the Kin Siong and Lam Tow families. So far, the Sainte-Rosiens...

INSEE recently published a study on the location of commercial zones in Reunion Island., based on 2015 data. It confirms the growth of activities in the periphery, even if commercial activity is still very present in city centers. As elsewhere in France, Reunion’s commercial zones are developing outside the heart of cities, near...

Réunion had 861,200 inhabitants on January 1, 2019, according to figures for the “legal population” recently published by INSEE. More recent figures are estimates only. Our island is the 25th French department in terms of population. The INSEE study also reveals various variations from one micro-region to another between 2013 and....

Household consumer prices have increased by 0,4% in December in Reunion, announces INSEE. The price rise continued for energy, services – particularly for transport – and manufactured products. Tobacco prices are almost stable, while those of food products decline. Over a year, the costs...