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Amid global supply disruptions occasioned by the novel coronavirus pandemic, entrepreneurs are being urged to capitalise on new economic growth trends as potential opportunities for expanding their businesses. Minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, speaking to small enterprise owners at a recent Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC)Continue reading “Entrepreneurs urged to exploit global growth trends”

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown, says that the entity is working to have legislation in place within the next financial year. “You would have heard us talking and making reference to the BSJ (Bureau of Standards Jamaica) legislation because that still underlines and gives us theContinue reading “National Compliance And Regulatory Authority Targets Legislation By 2022/23”

THE smiles are broader these days in the corridors of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) after its Protection Tribunal awarded a client $7.6 million, the largest-ever compensation granted by the watchdog body. Consumer activist Vernon Derby, host of Nationwide Radio’s At Your Service programme, reported the award on his Bark di Trute blog Friday, sayingContinue reading “CAC gets historic $7-million payday for aggrieved consumer”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, along with Executive Chairman, BluShip Cargo and Freight Limited, Daren Miller; CEO, BluShip, Lemar James; Director, of Operations, BluShip, Javae Munroe; Miss Universe Jamaica 2021, Daena Soares; Nigerian High Commissioner to Jamaica, H. E. Ambassador Maureen Tamuno; Honorary Consul; Israeli Honorary Consulate in Kingston, Ainsley Henriques,Continue reading “BluShip’s 2021 Corporate Linkages Media Briefing on the Trade in Cultural Goods”

  Prices of Approved /Accredited /Pre-Accredited Private Laboratories /Medical Facilities Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Jamaica as at November 19, 2021.   SEE FULL LIST HERE

With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.20 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2021, the country is now in a V-shaped economic recovery. The disclosure was made by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with portfolio responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw during his address on day one of the JamaicaContinue reading “Jamaica In V-Shaped Economic Recovery – Shaw”

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) was established to facilitate trade between Jamaica and its trading partners, which according to the agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Sharonmae Shirley, includes medical testing that is done to support the national COVID-19 testing regime. A critical tool in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is the availability ofContinue reading “JANAAC Provides Confidence to COVID-19 Testing”

The Consumer Protection Tribunal has issued a ruling in favour of a consumer who sought redress through the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). The amount of $7,587,000.00 was awarded to the consumer after it was found that section 23 (damaged goods sold to consumer), section 24 (return of defective goods) and section 30 (false or misleadingContinue reading “CAC Awards More Than $7m to Consumer to Settle Breaches of CPA”

  SEE FULL FLYER HERE World Antimicrobial Resistance Week is being recognized from November 18 – 24, 2021 under the theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance!  

“FORMALISING YOUR business has more benefits than disadvantages, but many people shy away from the process owing to myths about taxation,” says Kawain Fearon, public relations officer, Companies Office of Jamaica. Fearon explained that an informal business is one that is involved in the production and trade of goods and services that are unregistered, orContinue reading “More benefits than disadvantages to formalise your business – Companies Office of Jamaica”