News from the 2nd constituency of Corse-du-Sud:
1. Far from the Palais-Bourbon, the great dismay of small businesses2. Antoinette Nunzi: “We are the cash drawer of the State”
She keeps the store running, Antoinette Nunzi. All year. Twenty years that the business leader has taken up the challenge of living and working in the village. She knows how much “perseverance” that allowed him to get there must be nourished every day in order to continue to overcome obstacles.
“Even if we are forty minutes from Ajaccio and there are huge problems hiring, we end up finding solutions”, she assures.
Originally from Bastelica, the former fashion journalist in Pariswho passed through Milan, created, at the age of 23 – she is 42 today – her brand, “Nanarella”, of “Corsican identity jewelry, jewelry to wear all year round, whether you are Corsican or not”.
Employing between ten and twenty employees, Antoinette Nunzi has several sales locations on the island, including one at Ajaccio airport, has its entrances to the Continent, but favors purchasing on site, “popular with customers”.
She started without any help, the only financial support – from Adec – came when she set up her workshop which is always full, at the entrance to the village.
And for a few euros more
Today, she would like to transform a little house “more than a hundred years old, in an eco-museum, in order to tell the story of island culture and heritage”. She can’t find any financiers.
“For the elections, I am in great demand, when it comes to releasing €120,000, I am told that the file is not complete”.
The economy in Corsica? “There is no secret, businesses must operate twelve months a year, opening from June to September is killing us. Small businesses like mine serve of cash drawer to the State, we are massacred by the charges. I feel that people can no longer stand this system at work. Me first”.
