This is the first delivery of the bicycles which will be distributed in Brussels by the company JC DECAUX. We are expecting 1.250 bicycles to be allocated to fifty stations in Brussels.

Producers started shooting a franco-belgian film in Brussels (St Josse) in February 2009. The film is called "indélébile", it's a thriller by Grégoire VIGNERON, starring the French actors Benoit MAGIMEL and François-Xavier DEMAISON.

Budget : 7,5 million €. Release : the beginning of 2010.

One scene shows a heavy traffic jam in the Rue du Marché. Therefore, POTIEZ-DEMAN offered to make use of one of its 25m³ trucks and some fifty cardboard boxes. One of our own drivers, Alain Placque, played the part of the delivery person.

The scenes were shot on February 28^th.

The film:

Etienne is almost 40 and is soon to be the new general manager at the industrial company he has been working. In the beginning of his career however, he sidelined a colleague in order to boost his own career. Convinced by a friend, he looks the man up in order to make amends. But things go wrong and the man gets killed by Etienne's friend...

The real estate sector is slowing down. This has its impact on the moving sector. "For some companies, it is becoming a matter of life and death," Nicole Martinet of the Official Belgian Removal Association confirms.

Especially on the level of individual moves, the consequences of the crisis are clearly noticeable. "People are postponing the purchase of a house or are managing the move themselves. But besides that, we are also feeling the competition coming from other sectors," she explains.

"Because the transportation sector is in dire straits, some transportation companies are aiming for other markets, such as the moving market." According to the Official Belgian Removal Association, which represents about 80% of the companies in this sector, some smaller companies specialized in individual moves are now in a situation of "life or death" because of the crisis. However, up to now, no company has had to shut down.

In the moving sector, another characteristic of the crisis is showing: some  entrepreneurs want to sell their company, but this appears to be impossible due to the lack of buying candidates.

On a job level, the situation has also changed. "We have always employed a lot of low-qualified people," says Mrs. Martinet. "Until last year, we were constantly asking for more personnel and it was difficult to fill some of the vacancies. Now this is no longer a problem. The chance of finding a job has become so small, that we can now count on much more qualified personnel."

On the market of the business-related moves, the pressure and the competition has also risen. "For the companies, it's now a matter of keeping the faith and being creative," Mrs. Martinet concludes.