Destabilized by the health crisis, the operators of fitness rooms are still, for many of them, struggling. In September, a key month in terms of subscriptions, the return of practitioners did not live up to expectations. Operators continue to wonder…
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Solidarity Fund: change of rules for overseas territories
Launched in March 2020, the solidarity fund has helped, to the tune of 37 billion euros, companies weakened by the Covid-19 crisis. While the situation tends to improve in metropolitan France, it remains tense in the overseas territories and communities…
Cryptocurrencies: SheeldMarket raises $ 10 million
When an individual wants to buy or sell cryptocurrency, all he has to do is open an account on a specialized platform. When an institutional investor wants to do the same thing, it’s not the same story at all. To…
Relaunch: business leaders, more combative than ever!
Tired, but upright, the bosses of VSEs, SMEs and ETIs are showing rather positive morale in the start of the 2021 school year, driven by the prospects of a strong economic recovery. According to the new barometer of the Fondation…
T’as Meilleur Temps, a cooperative supermarket that relies on mutual aid
You have better time is not a supermarket like the others: here, only those who have bought for 100 euros of shares and have therefore become full members of the cooperative that runs it. They also give 3 hours of…
Simundia raises 10 million to popularize professional coaching
Constrained and forced, many companies have discovered online coaching to continue to develop, despite the pandemic, the “soft skills” of their employees. And many have taken a liking to it. Start-ups positioned in the niche are therefore booming. Simundia, one…
Plum raises 5 million to enhance Ikea boxes
With its dominance in the furniture sector (15.43% market share), Ikea has been a source of inspiration for interior designers for many years. The latter dig into its catalog of boxes to manufacture almost tailor-made sets and a whole ecosystem…
J.-M. Bouchet and L. Blanchard (Qair): 2.0 success in renewable energies
The Languedocien Jean-Marc Bouchet, 62, is a repeat offender: serial entrepreneur of renewable energies for 30 years and already winner of an Entrepreneur’s Prize in 2013. He was then the manager of the Quadran group, sold in 2017 to Direct…
AHG, Plug in Digital, WatcHelp… winners of the Entrepreneurial Prize in Occitanie
The Entrepreneur of the Year awards for the Occitanie region were awarded to the finalists on Thursday, October 14. In the Entrepreneur category, the jury rewarded Jean-Marc Bouchet (chairman of the supervisory board) and Louis Blanchard (chairman), the two co-founding…
Women, more often victims of burnout than men
The alarm bell is sounded. While the evolution of women in the business world is generally looking for the better, there are still many shadows on the table. Among them: professional burnout, which affects women more than men – and…