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Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (standing), addressing Wednesday’s (November 12) launch of the second Gas Pro Street Style Cook-Up food festival, at the Waterhouse Community Centre, in St. Andrew. The initiative, which is slated for the community on November 29, is a public-private community-based integration programme, being led by cooking gas retailer, Gas Products Limited (Gas Pro), and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) under its Community Renewal Programme (CRP). Listening keenly are: Gas Product Limited’s Sales Manager, Nicola Dawson (left); and Director of co-sponsor, FIRST Media.com, Dwight Scott.

Minister Hylton Lauds Gas Pro-PIOJ Partnership to Build Communities

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has welcomed the significant public-private partnership involved in the implementation of the Gas Pro Street Style Cook Up community food festival. The initiative is a community-based social integration programme being undertaken by...

Chief Executive Director of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Viera, addresses the launch of the Mobile Business Clinic Initiative in Montego Bay on Tuesday, November 4.

Highlight Positives in Business Climate – Valerie Veira

Investment, Industry and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the launch of the Mobile Business Clinic Initiative in Montego Bay on Tuesday, November 4.

MSMES Urged to Take Advantage of Business Support Services

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), addresses the opening ceremony of the Mobile Business Clinic Initiative in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay on Tuesday, November 4. Listening (from 2nd left) are: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis; Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, Valerie Viera; and Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson.

Mobile Business Clinic Will Help Stimulate MSME Growth

Mobile Business Clinics Roll Out In Mo’bay November 4

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JBDC Stages Several Activities for Entrepreneurship Week

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has planned a slate of activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which will be observed from November 17 to 22. The GEW is recognized as the world’s largest celebration of innovators and job creators, who launch start-ups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. Themed: ‘Shaping the Entrepreneurial Mindset’,...

11 years ago Commerce

20-Member Delegation for Logistics Training in China

A 20-member delegation will leave the island on Thursday, November 6, for China to participate in training in logistics technology. The team of public and private sector representatives includes personnel from the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Trade Board, Jamaica Customs Agency, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. Policy Analyst...

11 years ago Commerce

Reforms Responsible for Big Jump in Doing Business Ranking

The Government is attributing Jamaica’s significant jump in the 2015 Doing Business Report ranking from 94 to 58, to a raft of intense reform measures, which have been put in place, or are on-going. Addressing a press conference at JAMPRO’s offices on October 29, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, commended Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark...

Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), greets University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Alvin Wint (centre), and Scotiabank Vice President in charge of Government Affairs, and Co-Chairman, Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) Public Policy and Legislative Committee, Dr. Wayne Henry, during Wednesday’s (October 29) National Competitiveness Council (NCC) meeting at Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) New Kingston corporate offices. Mr. Hylton Chairs the NCC of which Professor Wint and Dr. Henry are also members.

11 years ago Commerce

Industry Minister Hails Contribution of Francis Kennedy

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has hailed the contribution of late Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) President, Francis “Paco” Kennedy, to the National Competitiveness Council (NCC). Speaking at the Council’s final meeting for 2014 at Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) New Kingston corporate offices on Wednesday, October 29, Mr. Hylton, who also chairs the NCC, described Mr. Kennedy,...

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative, Therese Turner-Jones, congratulates Jamaica on moving up to 58 from 94, in the World Bank’s Doing Business ranking. She was speaking at a press conference at JAMPRO in Kingston on October 29, where Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, announced Jamaica’s significantly improved ranking in the 2015 Doing Business Report.

11 years ago Commerce

Private Sector, Development Partners Welcome Leap in Doing Business Ranking

Members of the private sector and development partners are welcoming the news that Jamaica has made a remarkable leap in the just-released World Bank Ease of Doing Business ranking, from 94 last year to 58, out of 189 countries. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, announced Jamaica’s improved ranking in the 2015 Doing Business Report, at a...

Chief Executive Officer/Trade Administrator at the Trade Board Limited, Victor Cummings makes his remarks during a stakeholder sensitiSation meeting on the revised motor vehicle policy held at the Institute of Jamaica on Thursday, October 23.

11 years ago Commerce

CAC Secures Millions for Customers

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reporting that it secured $16.3 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers since the beginning of the financial year. Chief Executive Officer of the CAC, Dolsie Allen made the disclosure during a stakeholder sensitisation meeting on the revised motor vehicle policy held the Institute of Jamaica on Thursday, October 23. She also informed that in...

Chairman of the Board of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson (left), having a light exchange with (from second left), Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Stephen Wedderburn; and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Colin Bullock, at the official handing over ceremony for $34.7 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment to the BSJ, for its chemistry and microbiology laboratories, on October 15. The equipment has been provided under the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement.

11 years ago Commerce

EU Head Says Trade and Business Reforms Bearing Fruit

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei, says the Government’s trade and business-related reforms are beginning to show positive results. With the ongoing improvements in business facilitation, which have resulted in increased price competitiveness and higher investments, Ambassador Amadei said the private sector will be better able to tap into the opportunities for...