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National Quality Awards Programme Coordinator and Senior Standards Development Officer at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Cecelia Johnson Rowe.

 

BSJ Invites More MSMEs to Register for NQA Programme

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is inviting more micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the manufacturing, agriculture and service sectors to register for its National Quality Awards (NQA) programme. Now in its 20th year, “the NQA is Jamaica’s first quality systems-based awards programme implemented to recognise and reward local companies that have demonstrated the application of standards and quality systems in both the production of goods and the delivery of service,” explained the Programme’s Coordinator and Senior Standards Development Officer at the BSJ, Cecelia...


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PHOTOS: Senator Aubyn Hill Welcomes Directorate-General at EU Commission

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second left) and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second right), share a moment with European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne van Steen (left); and Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), Félix Fernández-Shaw. The event was a cocktail reception held in honour of Mr. Fernández...


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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Women Entrepreneurship Support (WES) Project

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 29 Jan 2024    admin   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is inviting women business owners and women start-ups in the parishes of St. Thomas, Manchester & Westmoreland to benefit from: Business Formalization Training Business Registration with Companies of Jamaica Financial Aid with Equipment Support of up to $25,000 SEE FULL FLYER HERE SEE link below to registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/TpEUFCTkjS Deadline: February 2, 2024 For information please call 876-968-7116 or visit www.miic.gov.jm REGISTER NOW! at www.miic.gov.jm


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PRESS RELEASE: MIIC Celebrates Surge in Consumer Confidence, Confirms the Government’s Commitment to good Management of the Jamaican Economy

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 29 Jan 2024    admin   
The latest Jamaica Business and Consumer Confidence Survey shows that the Consumer Confidence Index has surged to a remarkable 174.7 points in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking an impressive 8.5% growth from the previous quarter. This positive development underscores the inherent resilience of Jamaican consumers and their firm positive expectation to return to pre-pandemic economic conditions. The Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce welcomes this surge in consumer confidence which is a clear testimony of the solid and consistent management of the Jamaican economy that the Andrew...


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Official flyer for the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘Fundamentals of Business’ workshop.

 

JBDC to Host Online Workshops on Business from Jan. 23 to Feb. 13

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 23 Jan 2024    admin   
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a series of online workshops geared towards teaching participants the fundamentals of starting and running successful businesses. To be held from January 23 to February 13, the four-week workshop will cover one of four modules each Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These are Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Formalisation, Design Thinking and Value Proposition, Marketing Fundamentals, and Start-up Financing and Costing. Presentations on the various modules will be done by industry experts. The programme is being offered...


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Minister of Industry Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Kelli- Dawn Hamilton (centre), listen as Chief Executive Officer, German Ship Repair Jamaica (GSRJ) Limited, Colonel Martin Rickman, explains the operations of the GSRJ's 235 metre-long Panamax-size floating dry dock, JAM-DOCK-1, which is moored at the entity’s shipyard along the Sir Florizel Glasspole Highway stretch of Kingston Harbour. Teams from the Ministry and the JSEZA toured the shipyard on Tuesday (January 16).

 

 

GSRJ Undertaking Work on Second Ship-Servicing Project

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 19 Jan 2024    admin   
German Ship Repair Jamaica (GSRJ) Limited is now undertaking work on its second ship-servicing project with ‘The Vikrant Dolphin’. The vessel, which is currently moored in the shipyard in Kingston, is a diving support barge registered in St. Kitts and operating in the Gulf of Mexico within the offshore oil industry. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, said the Government has ensured that the appropriate framework has been established to facilitate the industry’s development in Jamaica. “It is a whole new industry here in Jamaica, and it is not just the...


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Mugs are raised for the launch of the seventh staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, slated for Saturday, March 2. Celebrating (from left) are Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill; Chair of the Gastronomy Network, Nicola Madden-Greig; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, and Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace. The launch was held at Devon House in Kingston on Tuesday (January 9).

 

Seventh Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Slated for March 2

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 16 Jan 2024    admin   
The seventh staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival is slated for Saturday, March 2 at Newcastle in St. Andrew. The festival offers patrons the opportunity to explore Blue Mountain Coffee and coffee-related products, and experience the coffee culture through food and activities. Addressing Tuesday’s (January 9) launch at Devon House in Kingston, Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, shared that the coffee beverage constitutes only 20 per cent of the by-products that can be derived from the coffee bean, noting that the remaining 80 per cent is virtually wasted. Consequently, he...


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Dr Velton Gooden (third left), executive director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, and Dr Kevin Brown (third right), president, University of Technology, Jamaica, display folders containing copies of a memorandum of understanding signed between the university and the bureau on Friday, December 15, 2023, at the institution's Papine campus for the procurement of research services for Regulatory Impact Assessment of Jamaica's trade sector. Also sharing in the moment are Sharian Hanson (left), legal officer, and Julia Bonner Douett (second left), director, Standards Division along with Professor Kamilah Hylton (second right), dean, Faculty of Science and Sport and Ave McIntosh (right), head, School of Mathematics and Statistics.

UTech, BSJ signs MOU for research services in trade industry

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 22 Dec 2023    admin   
The University of Technology, Jamaica inked an agreement with Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) for the procurement of research services geared towards a Regulatory Impact Assessment of the country's trade sector. The agreement came into effect on Friday, December 15, 2023, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by executive director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Dr Velton Gooden and president, University of Technology, Jamaica, Dr Kevin Brown at the university's Papine campus. Under the MOU, UTech, Jamaica has been contracted by the BSJ on behalf of the Ministry of...


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From left: Janine Fletcher-Taylor, manager, marketing services unit at the JBDC; Valerie Veira, CEO of the JBDC; Roger Thompson, CEO and managing director of Jolly Trotters; and Harold Davis, deputy CEO of JBDC, photographed during the recent signing of a partnership for the new Trotters Tings by Things Jamaican store.

Jolly Trotters forges partnership with JBDC on new souvenir shop …yearns for greater partnership and support from players in the local tourist industry

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 21 Dec 2023    admin   
Tour and hospitality company Jolly Trotters Limited following a recent partnership with the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will expand its business with the opening of a new souvenir shop for tourists, to be traded under the name Trotters Tings by Things Jamaican. The store expected to come on stream in January 2024 aims to target tourists in the New Kingston hotel district. The store is to be stocked with authentic Jamaican keepsake pieces including gift tokens and souvenirs made by local artisans. The Jolly Trotters group, already comprising the Trotters Bar and Restaurant...


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Shawneil Bailey-Gordon, founder of Zarabelle and winner of the 2023 Best Pitch Forward (centre), with her symbolic cheques and award with (from left) Dominic McDowell, project manager, Kingston Creative, and Andrea Dempster-Chung, executive director of Kingston Creative.

Creative entrepreneurs win $550,000 in seed funding...4th edition of Pitch Competition infuses capital into Orange Economy

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 21 Dec 2023    admin   
Kingston Creative hosted its fourth annual pitch competition on Friday, November 24 at the new Kingston Creative co-working space located at 107 Harbour Street, as part of its ongoing commitment to fostering innovation and supporting creative entrepreneurs. Developed in partnership with the IDB Lab, JAMPRO and the Development Bank of Jamaica, ‘Best Pitch Forward’ showcases the exceptional talent and innovative ideas from the Orange Economy and ensures that the best start-ups receive funding, a release outlined. Creatives were provided access to training sessions, coaching and a pitch...


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