Posted on 13/01/2023

Farmers Encouraged to Cultivate Crops Used to Produce Essential Oils

Local farmers are being encouraged to cultivate ample quantities of crops that are used to produce essential oils, to enable them and, by extension, Jamaica to tap into the multibillion-dollar global market for these nutraceuticals. This urging comes from State...

Posted on 13/01/2023

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival March 25

Coffee lovers, both locally and internationally, can mark Saturday, March 25, 2023 on their calendars as the date when the highly anticipated Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival will make its grand return. The sixth staging of the annual event was...

Posted on 13/01/2023

Senator Hill to Lead Second Trade Mission to Guyana

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, will head Jamaica’s 60-member delegation to Guyana from January 23 to 28 for a second trade mission. The visit will focus on strengthening previously established partnerships with Guyanese businesses...

Posted on 13/01/2023

JBDC Embarks on US$72,000 Project to Strengthen Cultural and Creative Industries

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has embarked on a US$72,000 project to strengthen the cultural and creative industries (CCI) in Jamaica. CCIs can be defined as those industries whose activities are based on cultural values or other artistic individual...

Posted on 13/01/2023

MSBM, JBDC sign strategic partnership to boost entrepreneurship

The Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) last month signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to signify a strategic partnership to boost entrepreneurship and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) through the...

Posted on 10/01/2023

JAMPRO Looking to Bolster Coffee Exports

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is working with key stakeholders to position the country’s Blue Mountain Coffee as a luxury brand that will drive demand and increase exports. For the past five years, JAMPRO has partnered with the Jamaica Coffee Exporters’...

Posted on 16/12/2022

JBDC picks home-grown B.O.S.S.E.S

From the rich soils of the island, four entrepreneurs have emerged to claim the title of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation's (JBDC) B.O.S.S. man and woman and runner-ups of the year. The agency, in celebration of global entrepreneurship week, held...

Posted on 16/12/2022

Bigger trade mission for Guyana in January

A follow-up trade mission to Guyana is planned for January, the size of which is expected to surpass the 22 companies that visited in October as part of a government-led junket in search of business opportunities.

Posted on 16/12/2022

CAC Urges Consumers to Shop Smart This Christmas

Consumers are urged to “be smart” in their approach as they go shopping this Christmas season. The advice was given by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (Thursday), where several...