Aki Hyrkkönen Oy has submitted a top bid of €735,900 for the protected former Hatanpää laundry on the shore of Näsijärvi; the city’s housing and property committee will decide on the transfer next week.
Compass Group Finland won the tender to operate Café Metso at the Metso main library from early next year after Tampere city rejected a rectification request from the current operator’s parent company.
Tampereen Energia will raise district heating prices in Tampere, Pirkkala and Ylöjärvi from 2027, increasing customers' bills by about 1.9% on average.
Tapola Oy is buying Tampere meat processor Yrjö Wigren's business; Wigren will stay as an independent brand and production will remain in Tampere, with the deal expected to close by mid-November.
Pirkanmaa tourism and nature groups have asked Environment Minister Sari Multala to keep the Seitsemisen nature centre under state-owned Metsähallitus, arguing a sale would damage conservation, education and tourism despite the centre's modest annual costs.
Continental's VikingContact 8 won Tuulilasi magazine's comparison of eight studless winter tyres, scoring 93 points in tests held in Älvsbyn and Tampere for top ice, snow and low-noise performance.
Pirkanmaa's unemployment rate rose to 13 percent in September, with long-term unemployment up nearly 29 percent year-on-year, YLE reports.
Tampere firm Atapley Europe has supplied VR headsets to Lviv’s Unbroken children’s hospital, where therapists use them to treat war-related trauma and to show calming nature scenes for grieving and hospitalized children.
Tampere-based HR and payroll firm Integrata aims to double revenue to about €50 million by 2030 after reporting €19.3 million for January–September 2026, driven by acquisitions, new contracts and demand for AI-powered HR tools.
Lager 157 opened a new store at Ideapark in Lempäälä on Thursday; the youth-oriented retailer’s outlet has an entrance from the outside rather than into the mall interior.
The Competition and Consumer Authority says Pirkanmaan Jätehuolto placed repeated no‑tender orders for activated carbon worth about €320,000 for its bio‑waste treatment plant in 2024–25.
Kim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie and loungewear line goes on sale at Tampere’s Stockmann department store today.
Pirkanmaa-based clothing company Besign has filed for bankruptcy and its Blaa online shop is temporarily offline.
Linkosuo has opened group-wide restructuring negotiations covering 83 employees and warned that up to eight positions may be cut, the company says.
K-Market Tahmela will close for a full renovation from 26 October, with the last day of service on 24 October; the store aims to reopen in early December.
More than half of companies in the Tampere Chamber of Commerce area expect turnover to rise in the next six months, and 33% say they plan to increase staff.
According to the City of Tampere, proposed waste tariffs for 2027 are on public display until 12 November 2026; changes are modest, with small adjustments to bio‑waste, packaging, kerbside and sludge transport fees.
Ruutuluotsi, set up by city-owned Finnpark, began enforcing parking in October at five Helsinki Port areas and already patrols nearly 20 parking sites including several in Tampere.
Suomen Nuorkauppakamarit elected Pauliina Kostiainen as national chair for 2027 and Olli Remes as vice-chair at its national conference in Turku on 9–11 October.
Tays appointment bookings and visit instructions will move to Suomi.fi and the OmaPirha portal in November; the OmaTays service will be discontinued and patients should check contact and consent settings to avoid missed notifications.