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The city of Saint-Denis is the winner of the “fertile neighborhoods” call for projects launched by the National Agency for Urban Renewal (Anru), for its project to create five allotment gardens in the heart of the Vauban districts, Butor and Bas de rue Maréchal Leclerc, within the scope of the Northeast Coast Urban Renewal Project (prunelle). Outre la multiplication...

Last November, the Ministry of Health and Solidarity launched a call for projects from associations fighting against poverty, with a budget of 100 million euros, two thirds of which were reserved for local projects. 80 projects were submitted to Reunion and 21 were selected. Ils se partageront une dotation de...

Hotels and restaurants in Reunion Island experienced a brief improvement in the health crisis from October 2020 to January 2021, according to INSEE. Over this period, restaurant turnover exceeds that of 2019 by 6%. It is slightly down in November due to the low number of tourists from outside the island., mais repart à la...

After the return of moderate attendance during the 2020-2021 southern summer holidays, passenger numbers collapsed again at Roland Garros airport in February and March. The restrictions imposed by the authorities to curb a new epidemic wave had the immediate consequence of a drop in traffic between Paris and Saint-Denis in February (-67%), qui s’est un...

The Reunion beef has recorded an 11% increase in its production in 2020 : 1,817 tonnes of cattle carcasses were produced, Against 1,636 tonnes in 2019, According to an agreste economic situation from the Ministry of Agriculture. The monthly slaughter curve has been progressing since 2018, la hausse de 2020 étant plus marquée en...

Iédom published in March the latest figures on credit rates practiced in Reunion, which firstly show a rise in business loan rates in the 4th quarter of 2020, after several months of decline. Average interest rates increase between July and October 2020 for all types of business credit. Cette remontée...

The evolution of births and deaths in Reunion in 2020 is significantly different from that observed in France and in other overseas regions., underlines INSEE. On the island, births remained stable, while they decreased by 2,3% in mainland France. 13,160 children were born to mothers residing in Reunion, as much as in 2019. As for deaths,...

The quarterly survey carried out by Iédom among Reunionese business leaders confirmed a continuation of the economic recovery at the end of the year. The health situation was then under control locally, the island escaped a second confinement and the climate indicator continued to recover : at 98,8, it was close to its long-term average (100). La consommation des ménages...

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...