The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded €1.141 million in grants to Tampere University staff and doctoral candidates this year, funding 29 projects and prioritizing early‑career researchers.
Lielahden Lidl in Tampere has reopened after a 612 m² expansion and full renovation, adding wider aisles, more than 5,500 products, six high-power EV chargers and a reorganised car park.
Rovaniemi used the Crowdsorsa mobile game to map 200 km of municipal bike paths in early May, completing the work in five days and covering about 60% of the network within the first hour.
Almost 500 people have registered for Tampere's new AI-powered digital entrepreneurship advisor on Yritys.tampere.fi.
A survey found 14% of residents in apartment buildings, terraced houses and semi-detached homes in Pirkanmaa say their housing company has not checked or replaced smoke detectors since responsibility shifted to property owners in 2024.
Owners Reima Halkosaari and Niko Sydänheimo are expanding services at Viinikka's 95-year-old Lankarullakiosk with winter and spring offerings, delivery on major platforms and a mobile kitchen for next spring.
By the end of August Pirkanmaa accounted for almost one-third of Finland’s year-on-year rise in newly registered unemployed jobseekers, with long-term unemployment up about 3,600 people (roughly 31%).
Länsi-Suomen metsänhoitoyhdistys will host a free Forest Owners' Evening at Tampere Hall for landowners in western Finland, covering nature-value trading, inherited-forest matters and what landowners should know about the Expropriation Act.
Mesimarjasi Oy says a THL survey ranked its Pirkanmaa home care among Finland's best, citing high customer and staff satisfaction and a staff-centred operating model.
Keva warns nearly 15,000 municipal and welfare employees across Finland – about 2.8% of the sector – face a risk of moving onto a disability pension within the next three years.
Pretech, Vahterus and Hämeen University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) were named International Employers of the Year 2026 at the Talent Boost Summit in Helsinki.
Tamperelainen reports Posti will open a service point at K-Market Myllyhaka in Nokia on Monday 12 October and install new parcel machines and self-service kiosks across Pirkanmaa.
The IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) will be held in Tampere for the first time, showcasing advances from smartphone cameras and medical imaging to autonomous vehicles and AI-powered visual applications.
Nearly one in three Finnish restaurants, fast-food outlets or grills received at least one "needs improvement" or "poor" grade in food-safety inspections between 2024 and 2026, based on analysis of more than 16,000 inspections.
Kiinteistömaailma's September 2026 barometer shows rising demand for family-sized homes in Tampere as buyers prioritise home offices, reliable broadband and low renovation needs.
A damaged cable has knocked out Telia's mobile and landline services across parts of Sastamala and neighbouring Nokia; technicians expect repairs to take a few hours.
H&M will open a standalone H&M Beauty shop at Ratina shopping centre in Tampere on Thursday 8 October at 10:00, offering H&M products and more than 80 external beauty brands.
A regional economic review shows Pirkanmaa’s combined corporate turnover rose 6.3% in January–June, led by a 15.1% jump in industrial export turnover in April–June.
Loimua will buy district heating company Leppäkosken Lämmön from Leppäkoski Group, expanding from Pirkanmaa into Satakunta and lifting its annual district heating sales to about 1.2 TWh; the deal is expected to close by year-end pending approvals.
More than 15 Tampere-region companies demonstrated rehabilitation, healthcare, accessibility and housing solutions to a delegation from Lviv’s UNBROKEN hospital and the City of Lviv during visits in late September and early October.