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Posted on 06/05/2026
Jamaica and India Celebrate Enduring Bilateral Partnership
The longstanding diplomatic partnership between Jamaica and the Republic of India was highlighted on Monday (May 4) during a Ministerial Luncheon hosted by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. The luncheon was hosted in honour of the official visit by India’s Minister of External Affairs...
Posted on 05/05/2026
New trade order? Indian minister pushes Jamaica to seize fresh economic opportunities amid growing global instability
Jamaica’s Minister of industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill (left) greets India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar ahead of Monday’s ministerial luncheon held at AC Hotel Kingston in New Kingston. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) Declaring that modern commerce can no longer be separated from global politic...
Posted on 18/04/2026
NCB Launches $2 Billion SME Growth Fund Facility
National Commercial Bank Limited (NCB) has launched a $2 billion facility designed to provide access to financing to small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The NCB SME Growth Fund II is open to both new and existing NCB customers across Jamaica’s key growth sectors. Lauding the initiative during a luncheon at the AC Marr...
Posted on 02/12/2022
Business Community Responded Well to COVID-19 Challenges – Permanent Secretary
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett-Templer, says Jamaica’s business community, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, responded well to the many global challenges caused by COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. “This, coupled with the...
Posted on 02/12/2022
Hill: Nat’l Investment Policy to boost growth, reduce corruption
Investment Minister Aubyn Hill has expressed confidence that the National Investment Policy (NIP), which is to be tabled in Parliament soon, will create a smooth path for prospective investors to do business in Jamaica and reduce corruption. “The NIP ......
Posted on 02/12/2022
Gov’t putting together land bank for investors
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Potential investors in Jamaica's real estate sector will soon have an easier time identifying opportunities through a soon-to-be-developed land bank. Vice-president in charge of research, advocacy and project implementation at Jampro, Shullette Cox briefly spoke...
Posted on 02/12/2022
60 MSMEs Trained Under JBDC Accelerator Programme
Sixty micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have benefited from critical support to grow their businesses under the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) 2022 Accelerator programme. The entity partnered with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to deliver cohort four...
Posted on 02/12/2022
CAC secures $28m for aggrieved consumers
HE Consumer Affairs Commission's (CAC) complaints division has for calendar year 2022 handled 1,201 complaint cases to date, of which 906 were resolved. This reflects a resolution rate of 75.43 per cent. In resolving these complaints, the CAC said it...
Posted on 02/12/2022
Gov’t Remains Committed to Facilitating an Enabling Business and Investment Environment
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon Norman Dunn, says the Government remains committed to facilitating an enabling environment for investments and business development in Jamaica. Speaking at the official opening of Amazing...
Posted on 25/11/2022
Dr. Dunn Tours Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn on Friday (November 18) toured Seprod’s Milk and Dairy Production Plant in St. Catherine, as part of activities to mark World Antimicrobial Resistance Week....
Posted on 25/11/2022
BOLD MOVE: Gov’t pushing plan allowing MSMEs to use intellectual property as collateral for loans
MINISTER of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Dr Norman Dunn has declared that the Government has embarked on a game changing move with its decision to allow the use of intellectual property (IP) as collateral. "This...
Posted on 25/11/2022
JIPO upbeat banks will accept IP as loan insurance
The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is upbeat about the prospect of commercial banks accepting intellectual property (IP) as collateral to provide financing to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). At the most recent Jamaica Observer Press Club where the concept...
