The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) has launched a Scaled-Up Intellectual Property (IP) Management Clinic aimed at empowering local entrepreneurs to protect and leverage their intangible business assets. The four-month programme will strengthen the capacity of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to effectively manage and utilise their IP assets to boost business growth and competitiveness. Being undertaken in collaboration...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, has urged Jamaican businesses to build bridges to success by leveraging education, renewable energy and logistics to strengthen Jamaica’s competitive resilience. He was speaking during the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Empower JA Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday (September...

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being urged to strengthen their internal quality systems as they prepare to enter and compete in international markets. Export Research, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Sheneecia Salmon, in making the call, said that obtaining the necessary certification is only one part of becoming export ready. “Quality...

Come September 1, charitable organisations will be able to register and renew their status online through a new digital registration system being launched by the Department of Cooperatives and Friendly Societies (DCFS) on the Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) platform. The initiative, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce in partnership with the Jamaica...

The New Kingston Business District Renewal Initiative is moving into implementation, with public and private-sector stakeholders advancing plans to address homelessness and improve safety, sanitation and the area’s overall environment. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, recently led a follow-up working meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston location with key partners as...

The National Export-Import Bank (EXIM) Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Facility approved financing for 28 enterprises in 2025, with total disbursements amounting to approximately $630.9 million. This information is contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2025. “The facility continued to experience strong demand, with the programme remaining oversubscribed,” the PIOJ said. In...

More than 40 emergency responders and radiation safety trainees participated in a hands-on exercise aimed at strengthening their ability to safely manage incidents involving radioactive materials. The source recovery training exercise, hosted by the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) on August 25, brought together 30 members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB)...