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February 2025
 

24 February 2025

Shadine Salmon pumps $300K of MIIC 2023 MSME Business Pitch Grant into Xquisite Events

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 24 Feb 2025    nicola.wint   
KINGSTON, JAMAICA; FEBRUARY 19, 2025: Balloons are big business in Central Jamaica, thanks to Shadine Salmon and her Xquisite Events. Through her artistry, she creates beautiful decorations for corporate events, gender reveals, weddings, christenings, and engagement parties. Her three-year-old business has enjoyed significant revenue growth since claiming one-of-three Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce (MIIC) MSME Business Roadshow Pitch Competition’s grant prizes in August 2023. Salmon admits that the $300,000 prize allowed her to attain several business milestones. “Since winning...


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Export dream realised for Paris Ruby Gourmet Cakes

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 24 Feb 2025    nicola.wint   
KINGSTON, JAMAICA; February 19, 2025: In November 2024, Zelecia Smith sent her first monumental package — 170 Paris Ruby Gourmet fruitcakes to Florida. Paris Ruby Gourmet, Smith’s micro, home-based operation, has become an international export success story. Her inaugural shipment has placed her cakes on the shelves of Broward Meat and Fish Company in Margate, Florida, marking the culmination of a strategic business approach that began in 2019. Smith was among three winners of the MSME Business Pitch Competition, held as a part of the Ministry of Industry Investment and Commerce’s (MIIC)...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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