A good Samaritan police officer from Nîmes, closed doors for six employees, an incubator for low-carbon startups: the essential news in the region

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A Nîmes police officer on leave saves an assaulted man

#GARD Alexandre, 50, assigned to the judicial police of Nîmes is currently in Paris as part of the security of the Paralympic Games. Last Saturday, he was enjoying an evening off, when he witnessed a violent fight.

“Off duty or not, it doesn't matter. We're police officers 24 hours a day!”, he explains. Faced with this outbreak of violence, Alexandre decides without hesitation to intervene. And starts yelling “Police” Police!”, while raising his business card towards the aggressor and interposing himself to protect the victim.

The attacker fled and the Nîmes police officer called for help while the victim, who had received countless puncture wounds to the abdomen, lost consciousness several times. The attacked man was then taken to hospital in an absolute emergency with a life-threatening prognosis.

Today, he is out of danger. His alleged attacker, who was quickly arrested, was also brought before the Paris prosecutor's office. A judicial investigation was subsequently opened against him for "attempted murder".

Six former Camaïeu employees contest their dismissals

#SETETwo years after the definitive closure of all Camaïeu stores in France, the French ready-to-wear brand has just been reborn under the name Be Camaïeu, relaunched by the Celio group. More than 200 former employees are suing the former shareholder. Six of them in Sète. This Monday, September 2, they had an appointment before the industrial tribunal.

They all want to have their unfair dismissal recognized by the company Aciam, since liquidated and whose main shareholder was the holding company FIB (Financière immobilière bordelaise), headed by Michel Ohayon (104th place among the largest fortunes in France in 2022 with assets estimated at more than a billion euros, before the fall).

The figure of the day: 6

#NÎMESCold shower at the start of the school year for six permanent employees of the Elite catering group in Nîmes who found the doors closed to the retirement home where they worked. On July 30, 2024, they received a letter from the HR department informing them of a change of service provider, but without any change to their working conditions.

A month later, however, on August 28, the Elior company, the new service provider, contacted by the employees, denied the resumption of their contracts.
Not wanting to be caught out, the employees nevertheless went to the workplace on September 1, after their vacation. The management of the MSP, while regretting the situation, did not open the doors to them. The employees have notified the labor inspectorate and are in despair about their situation.

An incubator reserved for decarbonized companies

#MONTPELLIER Henera, an incubator reserved for startups that take on the challenge of decarbonization, was inaugurated this Tuesday, September 3. “This is the first incubator of this type in France”, assures Isabelle Prévost, director of the Business Innovation Centre (Bic) in Montpellier, which supports all these young shoots, some of which may become flagships of the global economy.

Because “this first class of Henera has set itself an international ambition”, emphasizes the director. For this launch, representatives of the giants EDF and SLB, world leaders in renewable energy and partners of the operation were present. As was the city's chief magistrate. “Henera is a step. “We want to create the conditions for a relevant ecosystem here in Montpellier,” Mayor Michaël Delafosse confirmed at the time of the speeches.