The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) issued a total of 160 multiple category licences as at September 2023. This was disclosed by Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, while speaking during the three-day CanEx Jamaica Business Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Friday (October 20).Continue reading “CLA Issues 160 Licences”
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A Message from Sen. the Hon. Aubyn Hill – MSME Business Roadshow
SEE MESSAGE FROM SEN. THE HON. AUBYN HILL HERE Are you a MSME business operator? The MSME Business Roadshow is brought to you by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (#MIIC) in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This event provides MSMEs with an opportunity to gain insights on growing your businessContinue reading “A Message from Sen. the Hon. Aubyn Hill – MSME Business Roadshow”
Second MSME Business Roadshow Slated For October 26
The second leg of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s ‘MSME Business Roadshow’ is slated for Thursday, October 26 at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James. This follows the event’s initial staging in August where operators of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) benefited from a series of activities geared towardsContinue reading “Second MSME Business Roadshow Slated For October 26”
PHOTO: Minister Hill Attends IDB Reception
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), exchanges pleasantries with General Manager, Country Department Caribbean Group and Country Representative, Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Anton Edmunds (centre), and Division Chief, Division of Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation, IDB, Gonzalo Rivas. The occasion was the IDB’s Sub-Regional Policy Dialogue network forum cocktail receptionContinue reading “PHOTO: Minister Hill Attends IDB Reception”
Registration for JBDC’s Oil Extraction Workshop Ends October 20
Persons interested in participating in the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) one-day workshop on: ‘Introduction to Oil Extraction’, are being reminded that the deadline for registration is Friday, October 20. The workshop will be held at the entity’s Incubator and Resource Centre, 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, on Tuesday, October 31. It will explore topicsContinue reading “Registration for JBDC’s Oil Extraction Workshop Ends October 20”
MSME Business Roadshow
The MSME Business Roadshow is brought to you by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The MSME Business Roadshow is heading to Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James on October 26. This event provides MSMEs with an opportunity to gain insights on growingContinue reading “MSME Business Roadshow”
Industry Minister Highlights Low Unemployment Rate
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, is welcoming the decline in Jamaica’s unemployment rate, which stood at 4.5 per cent as of April 2023. Making his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (October 6), Senator Hill argued that the significant achievement of gettingContinue reading “Industry Minister Highlights Low Unemployment Rate”
Gov’t’s duty-free import scheme for key sectors yields $1.4b in benefits
A Government scheme that allows companies to import certain items duty-free in areas such as agriculture and tourism generated benefits totalling $1.4 billion for the period 2021 – 2023, Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Aubyn Hill says. Senator Hill made the announcement during his contribution to the 2023/24 State of the Nation Debate in the SenateContinue reading “Gov’t’s duty-free import scheme for key sectors yields $1.4b in benefits”
Jamaica good for investments, says minister
LONDON: Senator Aubyn Hill, Jamaica’s minister of industry, investment and commerce, has promoted the island as a good place to do business as “it is the only country in the Western Hemisphere with a post-pandemic positive economic recovery rate”. He highlighted that Jamaica’s GDP was higher than it was in 2019; debt to GDP wasContinue reading “Jamaica good for investments, says minister”
America’s capital market told Jamaica wants investments, not loans
The capital market in America is getting a nudge that Jamaica wants investments, not loans with the acknowledgement that markets are rewarding Jamaica after years of painful adjustments. Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Senator Aubyn Hill, who is now in New York marketing the island as investment ready highlighted that Jamaica, which was viewed asContinue reading “America’s capital market told Jamaica wants investments, not loans”
