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The Reunionese economy has resisted the health restriction measures implemented from February, according to INSEE. In the 1st quarter of 2021, Employee employment continued to grow (+1%), a net creation of 2,600 jobs. The private sector has brought most of this growth (+1,4%), especially in household and business services, the...

Since June, it is possible to do your shopping online by only purchasing local products. This is the niche chosen by the Wéva platform, founded by two short circuit activists, Anne Duroure and Jean-François Pouliquen. Fruits and vegetables, salty and sweet grocery store, dairy products, drinks, produits d'hygiène et de beauté, essential oils : l’éventail des produits...

70,1% of Reunion households use pesticides at home, révèle les résultats d’une enquête de l'Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, environment and work (Considered). Products in the form of aerosols or sprays are the most frequently used products in Reunion Island., like in the West Indies to fight mosquitoes, cockroaches and ants. L’utilisation des...

Transaction volumes increased in 2020, portés par le dynamisme des appartements anciens, selon la dernière note de conjoncture immobilière de la Chambre des notaires de la Réunion qui porte plus précisément sur les ventes conclues entre le 1er février 2020 et le 31 janvier 2021. Plus de 8 000 transactions ont été comptabilisées sur la période,...

The 2020 study of the corporate real estate market in Reunion, carried out by Inovista Consulting & Research, once again highlights the high cost of offices and business premises on the island. Le faible niveau de l’offre conjuguée à un taux de vacance très bas fait de la Réunion « un des territoires les plus chers de France pour...

Eight urban wasteland redevelopment operations will be supported by the State in Reunion over the next two years, to the tune of more than 4 million euros, following a call for projects. In Saint-Benoît, a city center building will be rehabilitated to create a 56-unit residence for people losing their autonomy. At Rivière-Saint-Louis, l’ancien centre artisanal...

La Commission de Régulation de l’Energie a autorisé début juillet la construction de nouvelles centrales photovoltaïques dans les Départements d’outre-mer et en Corse, pour une puissance totale de 59,8 mégawatts-crête (MWc). Cette décision fait suite à un appel d’offres lancé en 2019 pour les zones non interconnectées (Corse, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte et Réunion, la Commission de Régulation de...

Cap Business Indian Ocean, the new form of the Union of CCIs in the area, extended to new private actors, takes a position on the subject of regional maritime services. Eric Magamootoo, its general secretary, at the end of July described the situation as “all the more worrying as the increase in freight costs is expected to continue (…). The...

The Council of Europe has officially approved the renewal of the dock dues regime, applicable dans les cinq Départements d’outre-mer français à compter du 1er janvier 2022, until 2027. “The new rules adopted will allow a greater number of local products to benefit from tax differentials, which can go up to 20% or 20%, according to their nature,...

The European Commission has given the green light, July 16, a global grant of 67 million euros intended to co-finance development projects at Roland-Garros airport. The latter is currently implementing, despite the crisis, an investment program of 113 million euros intended to increase its capacity by 2,5 to 3,5 million passengers. La construction d’une...