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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett-Templer.

Second MSME Business Roadshow Slated For October 26

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 20 Oct 2023    admin   
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 towards growing their businesses. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett-Templer, noted that the first roadshow “got off to a successful start in Mandeville”. “We will [therefore] be taking the message and services of the Ministry, our 20...


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PHOTO: Minister Hill Attends IDB Reception

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 20 Oct 2023    admin   
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 reception at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Wednesday (October 18). Source: JIS


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Registration for JBDC’s Oil Extraction Workshop Ends October 20

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 20 Oct 2023    admin   
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 topics surrounding the market trends for oil extraction, raw material supply and the needs and sources to start an essential oils business. Participants will also be exposed to the various types of oils that can be extracted...


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MSME Business Roadshow

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 20 Oct 2023    admin   
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 growing your business and exporting whilst engaging with the 20 agencies of the Ministry. Entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity to win J$300,000.00 towards supporting their business through the Business Pitch Competition sponsored by @dbjamaica. CLICK HERE FOR...


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Senator Aubyn Hill (third left) is joined by Pak’s Cosmetics CEO Peter Mudahy (centre) after a tour of the head office in Harlow Essex. From left are: Kelli-Dawn Hamiliton from the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority, Judith Slater, Britain’s high commissioner to Jamaica, Shullette Cox, JAMPRO’s president, Jeff Hussain, managing director of Beauty Logistics, and Ronald Barnes from Pak’s Cosmetics.

Jamaica good for investments, says minister

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
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 was also lower than it was in 2019, and the island’s unemployment numbers are at their lowest since the start of these statistics being counted. He also cited the recent upgrade of Jamaica’s credit rating from B+ to -BB by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings as a...


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Industry and Investment Minister Aubyn Hill delivering remarks at the Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Business Roadshow at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Thursday, August 10, 2023. 

America’s capital market told Jamaica wants investments, not loans

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
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 as an emerging markets “basket case” has now transformed into a standout case. “We had to go through very tough and bitter doses of medicine, fiscal medicine, to get our house back in order,” explained Minster Hill, speaking during in an...


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Shaniel May Brown.

What's in a name? Company name, business name & trademarks

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet If you asked Shakespeare, a name is quite irrelevant. If you ask a business, a name is very important especially as it relates to its brand and image. With a name being so valuable and fundamental, it is even more important to ensure that this name is protected by all means and that the name chosen is in compliance with the law. The name may be the company name, a trade name (also known as the business name) or a registrable trademark. Company name When incorporating a...


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Director of the Standards Division at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Julia Bonner Douett.

 

Director of Standards at BSJ Gets Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
Hailing from a small farming community in St. Andrew East Rural, Julia Bonner Douett always knew that her passion would, one day, lead to much success. The current Director of Standards at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Mrs. Bonner Douett will grace the stage at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on October 16, to be pinned with a Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service for her contribution in the field of standardisation at the Bureau. Mrs. Bonner Douett tells JIS News that she feels “very blessed” to receive the honour from her country. Her current success, she says, is as a...


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Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce.

Industry Minister Highlights Low Unemployment Rate

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
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 getting the unemployment down to this historical low is an achievement that affects every Jamaican everywhere. “The lowering of unemployment and the raising of the number of people in employment, pulls into the earning economy many Jamaicans from the lower levels of...


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The Government has targeted agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, healthcare, and the creative industries.

Gov't's duty-free import scheme for key sectors yields $1.4b in benefits

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 18 Oct 2023    admin   
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 Senate on Friday. The Productive Inputs Relief-Fiscal Incentive Regime scheme facilitates duty-free importation of specific items intended for productive use, as well as income tax relief to spur expansion of productive activities in the...


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