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THE JAMAICA Business Development Corporation (JBDC) annually awards exceptional local entrepreneurs through its B.O.S.S MAN and B.O.S.S LADY of the Year programme. This year’s finalists disproved the old adage that dissuades mixing family and business, as the programme saw two couples vying for the awards. On November 12, Carl Sharpe of Chocollor Chocolate copped theContinue reading “A couple of bosses: JBDC awards B.O.S.S Man and B.O.S.S Lady to power couples”

Government Ministers participate in the symbolic cutting of the ribbon which signifies Progressive Grocers of Jamaica Limited’s grand opening of its Progressive Shopping Centre, during a ceremony on Barbican Road in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 14). Ministers present are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) Minister of Justice, Hon. DelroyContinue reading “State Min. Dunn participates in grand opening of Progressive Shopping Centre”

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reminding shoppers to ensure that they get their receipts when making purchases this yuletide season. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Director of Communications, CAC, Latoya Halstead said that consumers are to be vigilant about getting their receipts as this is the time of year whenContinue reading “Shoppers Urged To Always Request Receipts”

THE Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the market study of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee and the Jamaica High Mountain Coffee Sub-Project. According to JSIF Managing Director Omar Sweeney, the MOU seeks to set out the areas for cooperation and theContinue reading “JSIF, Jampro sign MOU for Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee market study”

The Government has implemented a project to prepare a consumer and welfare policy which, when completed, will empower consumers to make informed choices in the marketplace. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw who said the policy, to be prepared by his Ministry, will also provide consumers with avenuesContinue reading “Policy Coming To Empower Consumers To Make Informed Choices”

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has upended normal life, but it has also unleashed the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit for which Jamaicans are known. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis, tells JIS News that the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) recorded its highest number of persons registering newContinue reading “COVID-19 Sparks Entrepreneurial Spirit Of Jamaicans”

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office is looking to incorporate the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, 2012, which seeks to protect performers in their performances. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the disclosure during the BluShip Corporate Linkages Media Briefing on Trade in Cultural Goods, at the AC Hotels by Marriott, St.Continue reading “JIPO Looking to Incorporate Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances”

THE Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has enlisted five of its business service intermediaries to facilitate the capacity-building of 20 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) under the IGNITE programme over the next 12 months. The 20 MSEs will form the third cohort of the IGNITE programme, an initiative of the DBJ, and will interact withContinue reading “20 MSEs to benefit from DBJ’s IGNITE III”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the 19th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture being hosted by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), under the theme “Integrating Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law: Optimizing Consumer Welfare”, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The Shirley Playfair Lecture series is an annual public lecture, which focusesContinue reading “19th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right); Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, H.E. Angie Shakira Martinez Tejera (2nd left); Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (left); and Head of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Daniel Beltré Acosta, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New KingstonContinue reading “Ambassador of the Dominican Republic of Jamaica H.E. Angie Shakira Martinez Tejera pays a Courtesy Call on Ministers Shaw and Dunn”