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1st
leading French port complex with HAROPA (combining Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) being ranked 5th on the European scale.
35%
of its GDP coming from exports.
+ de 800
foreign companies with bases in Normandy.
20%
of its regional value-added coming from industry (source INSEE).
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT – 2023 OVERVIEW, A RECORD YEAR
The results from 2023 indicate a significant growth in the attractiveness of Normandy for foreign investors, as well as a positive impact on local employment. Unlike previous years, this year most projects concern the creation of subsidiary companies.
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Normandy: the queen beauty
The remarkable growth in the French cosmetics and perfume export industry reflects a global appreciation for the country’s beauty and fragrance offerings. In 2023, the sector not only exhibited substantial progress but also achieved an historic milestone, surpassing the €20 billion mark for the first time.
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Normandy, a leader for bio-responsible and efficient plastics solutions
Plastic should be a component that makes life easier. However, while it’s very resistant and useful, it also brings many environmental challenges. But Normandy has risen to this environmental challenge to set out its stall as a pioneer in plastic recycling. As an industrial region, Normandy has decided to contribute to reducing its environmental impact, notably by positioning itself as a leader in the recycling sector.
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NORMANDY AND THE RUHRGEBEIT
Normandy has always been an open region, exporting its history, its culture and its products to other parts of the world, whilst also embracing individuals, cultures and businesses from elsewhere. So – sometimes – you have to look wider than just your immediate neighbours to understand and learn from others who have very similar circumstances to your own.
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Normandy, strategically attractive for its agricultural sector, the quality of its products, livestock farming and fishing
Just when you thought you had heard the last about Brexit, that you understood the rules, the paperwork, it comes at you once again like some form of ‘Groundhog Day’. Is it all becoming too much, too difficult? Normandy offers solutions that can help with the latest dose of ‘Brexititis’.
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NORMANDY AGRICULTURAL: CULTIVATING THE FUTURE
Normandy is a region highly renowned for the quality of its produce, livestock, and fishing. Its agricultural sector can be summed up as follows:
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From Cybersecurity to Nuclear and more : the development of the ‘Digital Bocage’
Fresh from showcasing the best that Normandy has to offer to the world during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas - the most prestigious international show for all things digital, electronic and technological in the world - Normandy is once again demonstrating that it is at the cutting edge of the digital sector.
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COST OF LIVING IN NORMANDY : QUALITY OF LIFE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT, ALL WHILST NOT HAVING TO BREAK THE BANK.
The Economist published a recent article looking at the cost of living How Europe’s cities stack up in the cost-of-living index (economist.com). It’s an issue that leaders and deciders are having to think about seriously at each and every level of society. We’re all feeling the pinch, the need to look for a cheaper option sometimes – whether that be in our private lives, or in the businesses we run.
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The best large economy is France, with two gold medals and three silvers
A recent article in ‘The Economist’ ( Which EU county is winning our economic pentathlon? (economist.com)) looked at how different economies across the European Union were facing up to five major challenges: demand, debt, demography, decarbonisation and decoupling (from the world’s autocracies).
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