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VSEs and SMEs in Reunion recorded an overall drop of 4,7% of their turnover in 2020, according to the Image PME study by the Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants. This decline is lower than that of the whole of France (-8,4%) and all metropolitan areas. The decline started in the 1st quarter of 2020, in connection with the....

The University of Réunion has just launched two university diplomas dedicated to entrepreneurship, including one specially dedicated to students who have acquired the national status of student-entrepreneur. March 26, 16 students received this status from the hands of the president of the establishment. The beneficiaries will be supported by the Student Center for Innovation, transfer and entrepreneurship (Pepper) de l’Université pour mener...

The impact of the health crisis on CBo Territoria’s 2020 accounts is limited. The company of La Mare, which saw its turnover drop by 6,4% at the end of the last financial year (103,6 million euros), records a net profit group share of 14,2 million euros. In 2020, the real estate activity generated net rents of 20,5...

After 15 months of implementation, 8,100 homes were built or rehabilitated in 2020 thanks to an investment of 215 million euros as part of the Overseas Housing Plan, rue Oudinot announced at the end of March. In the meeting, la construction et la réhabilitation de près de 3 300 logements sociaux ont été financées dans...

In September 2020, the Grand Port Maritime bought the “big houses” from the State, also called “engineers’ houses”. They were built at the end of the 19th century to accommodate CPR engineers., the company operating the new port of Pointe-des-Galets as well as the railway. Today they present a strong....

Only 42% of Reunionese women worked in 2017, i.e. 8 points less than men, according to INSEE figures published on March 8 on the occasion of Women's Rights Day. This gap has nevertheless decreased in 10 years : it was 13 points in 2007. Reunion Island women are also much less integrated..

Le gouvernement a débloqué une enveloppe de 2 millions d’euros pour financer la création d’un gymnase dans le quartier du Chaudron, in Saint-Denis. La somme, qui représente près des deux tiers du montant total de l’investissement (3,1 million euros), provient du Fonds exceptionnel d’investissement, mis en place en 2009 dans le cadre de la Lodéom pour soutenir les projets...

La Réunion a accueilli seulement 216 716 touristes en 2020, soit 59,4% de moins par rapport à 2019, selon Île de la Réunion Tourisme. Un retour en arrière de trois décennies ! Après un début d’année satisfaisant et une progression en janvier et février, la fréquentation touristique extérieure est tombée à zéro pendant le confinement, pour ne reprendre que...

The Grand Port Maritime de la Réunion achieved a turnover of 49 million euros in 2020, impacted by the health crisis in the same proportions as traffic, which fell by 4%. During the supervisory board meeting on March 11, the multi-annual investment programming for 2021-2023 has been revised to take into account...

Le câble sous-marin METISS (Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System) est entré en service le 5 mars dernier. D’une longueur de 3 200 kilomètres, il relie l’île Maurice, la Réunion et Madagascar (Fort-Dauphin) aux côtes sud-africaines, au niveau de Durban. Créé en juillet 2016 pour les besoins spécifiques de ce nouveau câble, le consortium METISS regroupe six opérateurs de la zone...