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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 25/10/2023
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...
Posted on 20/10/2023
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...
Posted on 20/10/2023
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,...
Posted on 20/10/2023
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...
Posted on 20/10/2023
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...
Posted on 18/10/2023
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...
Posted on 18/10/2023
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...
Posted on 18/10/2023
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...
Posted on 18/10/2023
What’s in a name? Company name, business name & trademarks
"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...
