The opportunities of the civil nuclear energy
La Seyne Sur Mer July 1st, 2010
VAR ITER ACTIONS gathers the Var Chamber of Commerce and Industry (industry department and Var Accueil Investisseurs), the Var Chamber of jobs and Crafts, Toulon Var Technologies Innovation and the Var Departmental Council. On July 1st, this network will organize in the office of CNIM (Brégaillon – La Seyne sur mer) a meeting on the following subjects: the opportunities of the civil nuclear energy, ITER and the CEA of Cadarache for the var industry. Program and registration on: http://variteractions.tvt.fr/ for further detailsEUROSATORY Exhibition
Paris 14-18 June 2010
Var Accueil Investisseurs participates to the EUROSATORY exhibition – land, Airland, Homeland Defence Week in order to promote the defense and safety sector in the Var- HALL 5 - S440. for further details
TThe Var is an ideal department with many assets to call on to that will help turn your business expansion or relocation plans into reality in the very heart of the attractive Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur region, where the land meets the sea.
Economy
There's not a shadow of doubt about it, the Var is a department that is made for starting up, where the economic and institutional operators rally round to help you succeed in your ventures.
The Var, with its base of over 55 000 firms and an average of almost 8 000 new start-ups every year,
is home to 20% of the region's economic activities and 22% of the region's new businesses.
While the rate of new business start-ups is higher than the national average in all the PACA region's departments, it is at its highest in the Var. The employment areas with the highest start-up rates are Brignoles (16.0%), Toulon, Fréjus - Saint-Raphaël and Draguignan (almost 14% each).
While the rate of new business start-ups is higher than the national average in all the PACA region's departments, it is at its highest in the Var. The employment areas with the highest start-up rates are Brignoles (16.0%), Toulon, Fréjus - Saint-Raphaël and Draguignan (almost 14% each).
New business ventures
- The No. 1 region behind the Paris region for new business ventures (on average 8000 p.a.).
- 22% of the region's new businesses start up in the Var.
- 10 competitiveness clusters, 2 of which are world class.
- No.2 French region for aeronautics, space and defence industries.
- No.3 French region in terms of GDP (112 billion euros).
Foreign investments
- No.3 French region.
- The No. 1 region for job creation in R&D centres.
- 1 100 essentially European or North-American businesses.
- One of the top 5 most attractive French regions.
- Top French destination for foreign film producers.