France Business Features & News

The Bordeaux Euratlantique project is due for completion in 2030 and aims to make Bordeaux a European metropolis and pioneer of large-scale sustainable development. International companies have already been attracted to its 2.5 million m² of construction, over 738 hectares. That’s why the project is supported by the French government and regional authorities, including the Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine (Regional Council of Aquitaine ), and... more...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt a series of new investment projects in France, at a conference in Paris on September 10 2010.   The first project will be a research and development centre in Paris. " This centre will develop products for use worldwide and will increase Google’s research and development efforts in France, employing many skilled engineers and French university graduates each year " pledged Schmidt. The new centre is likely to employ “a few dozen”... Google investment plans...

THE LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON region in France has concentrated its economic development strategies around its network of business parks, which aim to provide companies with sustainable support. As part of its economic policy, the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Authority is continuing to build business parks dedicated to establishing new businesses, that will create both jobs and wealth. By providing an appropriate, high-quality and state-of-the-art solution, the Regional Business Parks... more...

Information on each of the region's 13 business parks....... business parks' details...

After a rigorous selection process, the city of Montpellier (in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France) was chosen in October 2010 to become the world headquarters of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), currently based in Washington. This worldwide organisation aims to fight world hunger, by coordinating and financing agronomical research in developing countries. It has fifteen research centres spread across the globe, staffed by 10,000 researchers and... more...