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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce will be hosting the fourth instalment of its highly successful Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Business Roadshow in Kingston on November 21 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Karl Hyatt, said that the entities in the Corporate AreaContinue reading “MSME Business Roadshow Stops in Kingston on November 21”

  The MSME Business Roadshow continues! Are you a MSME business operator? Catch us in Kingston at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. Here’s your invitation to register for the MSME Business Roadshow brought to you by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).Continue reading “MSME BUSINESS ROADSHOW – KINGSTON”

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will roll out a week of activities to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2023. The global celebration of entrepreneurs will run from November 13 to November 19, as JBDC in association with Sagicor Bank, join under the theme, ‘GEW D.R.I.V.E. – Developing Rich Industry Value Chains for Exports’. Harold Davis, deputy chief executive at the JBDCContinue reading “JBDC embarks on weeklong celebration to mark GEW 2023”

MICRO, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to leverage government grants and facilities to enhance their business operations. While speaking at the Young Entrepreneur Association of Jamaica (YEA) summit themed ‘A New DAI: Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence – Keys to Building Better Businesses’ on Saturday at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Oral Shaw,Continue reading “MSMEs urged to tap into government aid”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) should take advantage of the assistance being offered by local funding agencies, to broaden their appeal overseas. Senator Hill, who was addressing the MSME Business Roadshow at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St. James,Continue reading “MSMEs Should Take Advantage of Help Offered by Funding Agencies – Industry Minister”

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill is urging financial institutions to find innovative ways to structure financing arrangements for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that export goods and services. “For all the banks, you out there looking at MSMEs, I want you to move all those MSMEs debt that are inContinue reading “Hill urges banks to craft innovative financing to back MSMEs in export push”

Entrepreneurs in the local agro-processing subsector are set to benefit from technical support and other business development services to drive the overall growth and sustainability of their businesses. This comes with the grand opening on Monday, November 13, of an agro-processing incubator at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre on 76Continue reading “JBDC opens agro-processing incubator”

PURRED by overwhelming demand for Jamaican canned ackee from international markets, and due to concerns over the “threat to the health and safety of consumers” given the engagement of pre-processors who clean and deseed the fruit before it gets to factories, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has moved to revise the current standard to buttressContinue reading “BSJ reviewing canned ackee standards”

JAMAICA BUSINESS Development Corporation, JBDC, is trying to equip 2,000 small and micro businesses with digital skills so they can earn more income through e-commerce. The agency is trying to get more businesses to sell online on their own websites or via e-commerce platforms, under the wider Digital Jamaica Programme that’s backed by the EuropeanContinue reading “JBDC targets 2,000 smallbiz for digital upskilling”

In 1891, Jamaica hosted its first globally publicised ‘International Exhibition’ to promote local products and attract investments to the island, inspired by the successes of exhibitions such as the London Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace (1851) and the Paris Great Exhibitions (1700-1800s). While the 1891 exhibition is seldom remembered, the London and Paris exhibitions continueContinue reading “Intellectual property rights to maximise Jamaica’s creations”