Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Tamk) will set up a joint work-life professorship in vocational education, with the appointee expected to start in September to unify research and speed its transfer into teaching and workplace practice.
Imatra will run a crowdsourced invasive-plant removal campaign with the Crowdsorsa app from June and has doubled the local reward pot to €3,500 to encourage volunteers to remove lupin and other invasive species.
Kangasala's direct tourism revenue rose 1.8% to €16.9 million in 2025, supporting 88 person‑years of employment, Visitory Oy's study finds.
HUS carried out 173 drug tests for healthcare staff last year, up from 35 the year before, while most Finnish welfare regions still perform only a handful of screenings.
Tamperelainen reports that Tampere has topped a spring downtown vitality ranking that measures shops, services and vacant retail space relative to population, with Helsinki second and Espoo third.
Rymy-Eetu owner Tarja Palomäki says young Tampereans still drink in restaurants but have less money to spend, and nightlife is harder to attract because of high alcohol taxes, smartphones and streaming services.
The government loosened rules on housing company loans in recent budget talks, a move that could raise shared housing-company debts and push monthly condominium charges for some Tampere studio buyers above €1,300.
Temporary staffing firms say Finland’s employment slump has bottomed out and hiring is recovering this spring, with sector revenue and company data pointing to improvement in March–April 2026.
Kuopio-based Cme Solutions and Pirkkala-founded Skyfuel Solutions have won a €4 million contract to renew Air Force fuel systems at the Rissala (Siilinjärvi) and Oulunsalo air bases.
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation awarded €11.5 million to eight Finnish research, technology and cultural projects, bringing its lifetime support to more than €500 million.
Nine teenagers from Nokia will build playhouses at Nokian Kartanonranta in a two-week June project after more than 60 local youths applied.
Nine local teenagers were selected for a two-week playhouse-building and entrepreneurship project at Nokian Kartanonranta after more than 60 applied.
Orivesi-based Saunatalo filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, potentially jeopardising deliveries of prefabricated apartment saunas to Tampere projects such as Ranta‑Tampella.
Fimlab will cut about 30 person‑years at its Tampere operations after a stronger‑than‑expected drop in demand for laboratory services, the company said following change negotiations.
Rinnekodit has opened restructuring talks at its Breikki unit in Tampere, affecting 32 permanent employees across Tampere and Helsinki, including 16 staff based in Tampere.
Visit Tampere announced that Ari Penttilä will become chair of its board, effective 18 May 2026, succeeding Ville Virkki.
Lieksa will run a crowdsourced invasive-species control campaign from 8 June to 31 August 2026, offering €3,000 in rewards for removing giant hogweed and lupin via the Crowdsorsa mobile game.
For the first time in nine years, most students nationwide do not qualify for general housing allowance this summer, forcing many to rely on work, loans or continued summer studies.
Löytötex has filed for bankruptcy, laid off more than 70 employees and will reopen its eight stores, including Tampere, on Thursday for a liquidation sale expected to last at least two weeks.
TAKK has published annual tuition fees for non‑EU/EEA students with residence permits, ranging from about €10,000 to over €17,000 as Finland introduces vocational tuition in August.