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The Reunion and Guadeloupe livestock sectors signed a partnership agreement on June 26 aimed at supporting the structuring of the animal sectors in Guadeloupe. L’IGUAVIE (Interprofession guadeloupéenne de la viande et de l'élevage) wishes to draw inspiration from the model of Reunion inter-professional associations, notably from ARIBEV (Reunion Island Interprofessional Livestock Association, meat and milk), qui constitue un...

Albioma, for its part, completed the conversion of its Bois-Rouge power plant to wood in recent weeks., imported logs supplemented by bagasse during the sugar campaign. The conversion, on the same model, of its Gol power plant will soon be launched and should be completed by mid-2024, before the start of the sugar campaign in the South. Dans le...

The Mauritian group IBL is officially in control of the Reunion brand Run Market since August 3. IBL now owns 51% of Make Distribution, the company that owns the four Chaudron stores, by Duparc, of Saint-André and Saint-Paul. The Mauritian conglomerate has therefore created an SAS under French law, IBL Run Invest, dont l’objet social est...

Air Training Meeting, subsidiary of the Réunion Air Assistance group, lance en septembre les activités de son centre de formation d'apprentis : 12 learners will begin their training in the field of tourism as travel sales advisor, preparing to obtain a level 4 professional title. For RAF, il s’agit d’une « suite logique »....

The first of twelve engines at the Port Est power station was converted to liquid biomass on June 19, and the conversion of other units is in progress. EDF Production Electrique Insulaire announces the end of the operation by the end of October. The most powerful thermal power plant in Reunion, qui peut couvrir 40%...

As part of its electric mobility development strategy, On July 20, TotalEnergies inaugurated the first high-power charging stations in its La Marine and Commune Bègue service stations., in Sainte-Suzanne. The Marine station is now equipped with two 150 kW terminals and that of Commune Bègue, de deux bornes de...

In 2022, 5,700 Reunion Islanders were affected by the various aid measures for integration through economic activity, according to the prefecture, in 85 structures offering courses combining work, training and adapted support for a maximum duration of 24 months : 53 % des personnes accueillies ont ensuite bénéficié d’une sortie en emploi ou en formations certifiantes...

Même si l’économie réunionnaise, bien équipée en amortisseurs de crise, résiste mieux aux difficultés du moment que l’économie française dans son ensemble, la croissance devrait ralentir en 2023, selon les partenaires des Comptes économiques rapides pour l’Outre-mer (CÉROM). L'INSEE note ainsi une légère diminution de l’emploi salarié au 1er trimestre 2023, pour la première fois depuis trois ans (200...

En moyenne en 2021-2022, la part des personnes qui appartiennent au halo autour du chômage est plus importante dans les départements d'outre-mer qu’en métropole, estime l'INSEE dans une note récente. Le halo concerne 10 % de la population de 15 à 64 ans à La Réunion, 11 % à la Guadeloupe et à la Martinique, 20 % à Mayotte...

“ Against the backdrop of the battle against pension reform, the first quarter of 2023 is marked by the lasting trend of inflation and the attempt to control it via monetary tightening, notably tougher borrowing conditions”, underlines the development agency Nexa in its latest economic report. The effects of this situation in Reunion are multiple, avec des...