The Government will achieve a major step in eliminating the red-tape associated with doing business in Jamaica, when the Companies Office introduces a ‘super form’ this year. This super form will consolidate applications from five different Government agencies. “Regulations are now being drafted by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and I expect to table them by September,” said Minister of Industry,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has expressed confidence that the necessary short term sub-projects will be implemented in time to make the Jamaica Logistics Hub operational and effective by 2015. Speaking at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday, May 15, Minister Hylton pointed out that four things are...

The Government’s trade and investment company, JAMPRO, will be bringing in investors from North America and the United Kingdom to connect with local businesses during next month’s staging of the Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, said the agency will execute a ‘Business Connect’ strategy at the conference, and mount a major...

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), last year, facilitated $7.58 billion in capital expenditures from landed investments, which in turn created 6,754 jobs. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, on Tuesday, May 14, during his Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives. The Minister said JAMPRO also facilitated $2.86 billion in export sales...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is hailing the successful reopening of the scrap metal trade. The Minister informed the House of Representatives during his 2013/14 Sectoral Debate presentation on Tuesday, May 14, that since the restart in January, the trade has generated significant employment and foreign exchange earnings, in areas such as manufacturing, the financial sector,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has highlighted the commencement of work to redevelop a number of Garmex Free Zone facilities, in line with the Jamaica Logistics Hub initiative. Making this announcement in his contribution to the 2013/2014 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14, he explained that some of the Factories Corporation of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the logistics hub initiative represents the path to transformation of the economy, and is not a “pipe dream”. “This initiative will cut the ‘Gordian knot’ which has been choking the Jamaican economy and condemned us to three decades of anaemic growth,” he emphasized , as he made his contribution to...

Local exporters will be further enabled to take advantage of market opportunities and increase their export earnings with an expansion of the ‘Export Max: Enterprise Development Programme’. A sum of $54.9 million has been set aside for Phase II of the project, which will provide technical assistance to an additional 10 companies. Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton,...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Folkes Abrahams, says there will be limitless opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) when the Government’s Global Logistics Hub is developed. “Among the many advantages of the development of a logistics hub are job creation and small business development. In most cases, the bulk of the transportation and logistics...