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The final figures from Roland-Garros airport for 2020 confirm the first estimates : over the year, traffic dropped by 58,2%. The platform welcomed 1,040,139 passengers – a level equivalent to that of 1993 – compared to almost 2,5 million in 2019. Traffic collapsed from March, when the Covid-19 pandemic....

Specializing in the supply of street furniture made from 100% recycled plastic, the Reunion company Empreinte Urbaine wants to go further with its ValoPlastic project. Thanks to an innovative process, which is the subject of a patent application, it offers to transform plastic waste of all kinds, and without prior sorting, in a binder used in the composition of concrete,...

Between 2008 and 2017, 9,500 jobs were created in the commercial sector, hors agriculture, in the meeting, measured INSEE. In all sectors, employment increased except in construction, particularly impacted by the economic crisis of 2007-2008. Mid-sized companies (ETI) and microenterprises contribute the most to the creation of salaried jobs. This growth....

Fin 2018, 80,900 people worked in the public service in Réunion, almost one in three employed people, according to the latest figures from INSEE. Among them, 9% benefited from a subsidized contract, a share six times higher than in mainland France (outside Île-de-France). Between 2011 and 2018, public employment increased twice as fast in Réunion..

The landscaping sector represents 220 companies in Reunion, i.e. 750 active people including 550 employees. It generates an annual turnover of 45 million euros and is mainly made up of small companies employing on average 2,5 employees offering varied activities : maintenance of parks and gardens, pruning and clearing, petits travaux de jardinage… Le secteur se structure...

Household consumer prices have increased by 0,7% in January in Reunion compared to the previous month, announces INSEE. All major sectors of consumption are concerned : energy, services, but also manufactured products, food and tobacco. The increase in energy prices accelerates (+2,2%), s’approchant ainsi des niveaux de prix...

The Southern Urban Community was awarded the “circular economy” label in January by Ademe, the national agency for ecological transition, during the European Energy Transition Conference held in Dunkirk. And the label, awarded for four years, rewards the actions and projects undertaken by the intercommunity on its territory (Between Two, Saint Joseph, Saint-Philippe et...

The number of job seekers required to look for work and without activity (those in category A) was on average 132,350 in the 4th quarter of 2020 in Reunion, according to the latest official statistics. It went down by 2,4%, or 3,320 people, compared to the previous quarter, and 1,4% over one year. Total name....

39% of Reunion Islanders lived below the metropolitan poverty threshold in 2018, according to INSEE. After having declined significantly between 2007 and 2017, as well as income inequality, the poverty rate remained stable in 2018, due to the deterioration observed in the labor market. Poverty remains much higher than in mainland France (15...

Le nouveau panorama de l’Observatoire des Usages Digitaux réalisé par Médiamétrie confirme la part croissante du digital, désormais installé dans les habitudes des populations des Antilles, de Guyane et de la Réunion. In 2020, plus de 620 000 Réunionnais (88,1% de la population de 13 ans et plus) se sont connectés au moins une fois à internet, quels que...