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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of door-stop food-delivery company, Road Jockey, Rajiv Maragh (left), listens attentively as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Velverine Harrison, speaks during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 29.

Online Food Delivery Company To Be Launched November 1 In Montego Bay

New tech start-up company, Road Jockey, will be joining Jamaica’s online food delivery market on November 1, in an effort to tap into the pandemic-driven surge in delivery demand. The company will be launched in Montego Bay, St. James, before...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), John Mahfood.

JMEA President Lauds JANAAC

Communications Specialist, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell.

CAC Secures Some $4.2 Million on Behalf of Aggrieved Consumers

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), speaking with WiPay’s Country Manager for Jamaica, Kibwe McGann, about the point-of-sale terminals that the organisation provides, during the opening ceremony for the entity’s WiPay’s headquarters in New Kingston on Thursday (August 26).

Digital Payment Firm WiPay Providing $4M in COVID-19 Grant Relief Support

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a virtual press conference recently.

Gov’t Resumes E-Commerce National Delivery System

5 years ago CommerceIndustry

Increased Business Name and Company Registrations in 2020

A total of 12,809 business names and 3,935 companies were registered by entrepreneurs and investors with the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) in 2020. This was disclosed by Government Senator, Don Wehby, who indicated that the outturns represent a 12 per cent increase for business names and three per cent rise for companies over 2019, despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

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ENDS Pilot Expands Island-Wide

The E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) Pilot Programme will this weekend be given its sternest test as operations are heightened in all fourteen (14) Parishes. This is in keeping with the island-wide rollout announced in the House of Representatives by the Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Kingston and St. Andrew lead the way with close to sixty (60) registered and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, providing an update on the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) platform during Wednesday

5 years ago Commerce

248 Businesses Expected To Use ENDS This Weekend

Approximately 248 businesses are expected to utilise the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) platform this weekend, as the Government continues to expand the service island-wide. The web-based ENDS system enables quick-service industry and delivery stakeholders registered on the platform, to operate during the curfew hours implemented to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ENDS is a partnership between...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. Hon. Norman Dunn, addressing a webinar hosted by the Jamaica Association for Micro-Financing (JamFin) on May 13.

5 years ago CommerceIndustry

Institutions Urged To Get Ready For July Implementation Of Microcredit Act

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, is encouraging microfinance institutions (MFIs) to get ready for the Microcredit Act, which, he says, will become effective in July this year. The Microcredit Act 2021, which was passed in January of this year, aims to license and regulate microcredit institutions that provide financing...

5 years ago CommerceIndustrySectoral Debate 2021/2022

State Entities That Facilitate Imports And Exports To Be Digitised

Some 20 State entities that facilitate imports and exports are earmarked for digitisation under the Jamaica Electronic Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) initiative. The JSWIFT is the one-stop facility designed to provide fully automated services to enable a single portal for access to the services of all cross-border regulatory agencies. This was stated by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce,...

5 years ago CommerceSectoral Debate 2021/2022

CAC Secures $22 Million For Aggrieved Consumers

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) secured approximately $22 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved consumers who transacted business with product and service providers during 2020/2021. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who made the disclosure while making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 11, also noted...

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Government To Advance National Sourcing Policy

The Government will be advancing the National Sourcing Policy to rebalance shortfalls in the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on economic growth in Jamaica. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, gave this update during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate at the Sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 11). “The National Sourcing Policy...