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The National Competitiveness Council’s (NCC) Reform Agenda, which outlines a comprehensive approach to improving Jamaica’s business climate and removing the impediments to doing business, is currently before the Cabinet for review. This was stated by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton,  at the launch of the Bureaucracy Hotline, 1-888-REDTAPE (733-8273), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Monday...

Jamaica has a recognizable brand that can be maximized to the greater benefit of the country, Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke-Hamilton says. “The name itself is a brand and it is an incredibly recognized brand…what we produce can sell purely on the basis of a brand that has been developed and that has recognition across the world....

The London office of JAMPRO, the Government’s trade and investment promotions agency, has secured the support of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to promote Jamaica as an investment and business destination. Representatives of JAMPRO and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) accompanied High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndomet Assamba, on her first official visit to...

State Minister for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, has underscored the need for local food processors to maintain high standards in their operations, in order to ensure consumer safety, and enhance Jamaica’s competitive edge in the global marketplace. “The maintenance of high standards, with respect to (the) quality (of food) and consumer safety and protection, is not confined...

London - The head of JAMPRO's United Kingdom and European office, Laurence Jones, has said that the Ministry of Agriculture in Jamaica and a Birmingham based shipper/distributor are in talks with a view towards establishing a significant distribution hub in Birmingham for Jamaican goods. Mr. Jones told a Caribbean Trade Conference in Birmingham on Wednesday (October 10), that JAMPRO intends...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that government has been strengthening existing and emerging micro financing institutions to help in the eradication of poverty, especially among female headed households. “There are no visible barriers to women’s access to the financial sector.  Women have access to all types of financing and...

The Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA) is looking to source financing for entrepreneurs under its 'Jamaica 50 Business Ideas for Sustainable Earning' initiative. JEA President, Vitus Evans, said that discussions have been held with several financial institutions to provide financing of between $1 million and $5 million for viable projects. He said the response so far has been positive. He was...

Jamaica's earning from total exports for the first five months of the 2012 was valued at US$715.3 million, with domestic exports increasing by 1.08 per cent over the similar period last year. President of the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA), Vitus Evans, presented the figure at yesterday's (October 9) quarterly media briefing in Kingston. He noted that of the US$715 million,...

Exporters in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector are being encouraged to take full advantage of the newly launched FINPYME ExportPlus Jamaica programme, which seeks to improve the capacity of SMEs to better access export markets. This call came from Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, as he addressed the ceremony to launch the initiative at...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured over $5 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers, for the first six months of the 2012/13 financial year, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dolsie Allen, has disclosed. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Allen said the sum was for the settlement of 849 complaints received, representing a 75 per cent resolution rate. She...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), located at 1 Grenada Way, New Kingston, will be closed to the public from Friday, October 5 to Tuesday, October 9, to facilitate the upgrading of its document processing management information system (DPMIS). During the period, all regular services will be suspended; however, customers can utilise the drop off box service, which will be...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the Global Logistics Hub could add 17 per cent growth to Jamaica’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over six to eight years. The figures, Mr. Hylton said, were baseline estimates provided by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). The Minister was briefing senior journalists on the global logistics hub, at a breakfast...