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A new Export Centre and Business Information Point (ECBIP) in Linstead, St. Catherine is expected to boost production in the area and increase exports. The Centre is located at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) parish office in Vanity Fair, Linstead, and will bring vital business information services closer home for residents of St. Catherine and its environs. "The services...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), is inviting small business operators and business interests in western Jamaica, to attend a two-day business clinic and sensitisation session at the Civic Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, on April 7 and 8. Dubbed 'Capitalising on today's Business Opportunities for tomorrow's Prosperity,' the clinic is geared at exposing participants to various means of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has called on operators of local laboratories to get their facilities accredited to international standards. He was speaking at the culmination of a three-day accreditation training seminar, which was convened by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), yesterday (March 26), at the Medallion Hall Hotel in...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda, has urged manufacturers to place greater focus on producing goods for export to earn much needed foreign exchange for Jamaica. He said that while engaging in manufacturing for local consumption is good, it is not good enough to have products that are not geared to export and which can earn foreign exchange. "Jamaica...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce Karl Samuda, is to visit Canada in April, to look at one-stop facilities created to support business development. He will be looking for measures that can be adopted and implemented in Jamaica, against the background of challenges arising in facilitating the growth of business and trade, locally. Addressing the official launch of the Jamaica...

Global News Products Incorporated is launching a symposium entitled Protect Your Profits: Maximizing Profits through Intellectual Property Protection on April 26, 2009 (10AM - 3PM) at the Hilton Kingston Hotel. The conference aims to provide a forum for the discussion of practical ways in which Jamaican businesses can boost their profitability through a more judicious use and proactive protection of...

Jamaica had a successful showing at the just concluded International Food and Drink Event (IFE) in London, with manufacturers and exporters meeting and booking orders with European distributors. "All the exporters (from Jamaica) had meetings with potential distributors and in some cases have had orders. There has been a positive response from consumers. All the exporters have had good meetings,"...

After years of intense deliberations on the much-anticipated National Export Strategy, Government and stakeholders in the export sector have hammered out the final draft of the document to guide the all-important industry. Stakeholders in the export sector today (March 17) assembled at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, to validate the final draft of the proposed strategy, ahead of the...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has made an impassioned appeal to stakeholders in the export sector, to embark on an urgent retooling exercise. Speaking today (March 17), at the validation session of the National Export Strategy, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Mr. Samuda sought to mobilise players in the sector to inject capital in a comprehensive...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Michael Stern, has suggested that governments and business communities in the region work together to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. "Despite difficult times, we need not be unnecessarily pessimistic. What we need to see now is greater investment in ICT, so that...

Over 500 micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), across the island, have benefited from a suite of technical services provided under the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) over the past five years. These enterprises span a number of sectors, including agro-business, the creative industries, tourism, and the services sectors. A Euro 26.17 million, five-year joint initiative, established in 2004 between...

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles has encouraged Jamaicans to invest more in the country, to provide jobs for those who need it. "You cannot have jobs without expansion of investment or new investment, (and) you cannot invite people to come to your country to create jobs, to create investments, when they are scared of their capital and...