Gibert Jeune soon fermé??
Will the legendary Gibert Jeune bookshop in the Latin Quarter of Paris soon close its portes?? According to information from the Parisien The bookstore will be closed at the end of March 2021. However, the group has not reacted officially. If the closure is confirmed, it is once again a symbol that is dying out in a neighbourhood where for several decades clothing shops have gradually replaced bookstores.
A grant to improve energy efficiency in businesses
To support the ecological transition of industrial companies, the government announced in November the opening of a subsidy window. It is designed to help industrial companies equip themselves to improve their energy efficiency. Accessible to industrial companies of all sizes, the scheme enables them to obtain subsidies for their energy efficiency projects worth less than ?3 million.
Library enrolment increases in 2020
France will have 6.2 million people enrolled in public libraries in 2020, an increase of more than 2 million over the previous year. There were 6 million registrants in 2019 and 5.6 million in 2017.
150-year-old Swiss printing house to close down
The Swiss Saint-Paul Group, which publishes several newspapers, is cutting 30 jobs by completely restructuring its printing operations. This restructuring will mean the closure of the Saint-Paul printing plant in Fribourg on January 1, 2022, the daily newspaper reports Le Matin . A closure that will close 150 years of history.
