Reims attracts it, why?
December 14, 2020 by Magazine En-Contact
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Jean-Yves HEYER, Managing Director Invest in Reims
In-Contact: Has the year 2020 given rise to new requests from companies who contact Reims to settle there? What characterizes these requests, seems new to you?
Jean-Yves HEYER: The year 2020, like all years of crisis, reinforces the relevance of our positioning “close to Paris but far from its prices” by offering a best-cost tailor-made solution that responds to companies’ search for savings. Unlike the 2008 crisis, many Parisian companies are integrating teleworking over a period of 2 to 3 days and are examining the possibility of reducing their office space by up to 50% with, for some, the rental of a place. exceptional, once a week, to bring the teams together.
Can the aspiration of people, young couples to live and live near their place of work materialize in the Reims urban area? What is the price of this dream?
Whether it is papernest’s client advisers, VOS engineers in the space sector, Invivo data scientists or finance specialists at HSBC, the reaction of Parisians who settle in Reims is often the same. Everything seems simpler in the 12th largest city in France where everything is accessible within 15 minutes with an average property price of € 2,100 per m2 and purchasing power 8 times greater than in Paris.
You know the contact center industry very well. What does it now represent in Reims Métropole?
This sector now represents a real sector in Reims with nearly 3,000 jobs and recognized expertise in insurance and business services. Pôle emploi has perfect mastery of the MRS and the University of Reims develops tailor-made training courses that adapt, every semester, to the needs of the sector. Overall, we have set up a real proactive ecosystem which offers an average recruitment time of 34 days, on average, for a client advisor.
By the editorial staff of En-Contact
Read more on Jean-Yves Heyer and see again our report devoted to Reims, here.
Photo of A: Jean-Yves Heyer, the Mayor of Reims and the President of the CCI – © Fred Laures
