Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is moving to repeal and replace the Trade Act. He made the announcement during Thursday’s (March 4) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members were reviewing the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure. The Trade Act provides for, among other things, the regulation of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, has mandated members of the newly formed National Quality Policy Council to drive and promote quality within the various entities that they represent. “You are here as quality representatives of your respective organisations. You are, therefore, expected to be the focal point for quality in your organisations. The expectation is that...

One hundred micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from capacity building, technical assistance or grants in the upcoming financial year. This will be facilitated under the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) project, for which $350 million has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. It is also anticipated...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is working to have between 30 and 40 public-sector entities certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standard by the end of the new financial year. “[We] are now undergoing an aggressive approval of a number of public-sector [entities] that have already received their ISO 9001...

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are advised to offer various options to consumers when they begin to operate web stores. Speaking at a recently held Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘Virtual Biz Zone’ session, held under the theme 'Jamaica! Start Selling Online’, Chief Executive Officer of Fygaro, Ariel Rochwerger, said that offering ways to pay for products and services...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says that youth inclusion is critical to the growth and expansion of the Agriculture and Fisheries sector. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on February 23, Chief Executive Officer of the JBDC, Valerie Veira, said that youth involvement is important to fostering a culture of entrepreneurship among members of the sector....

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is calling on persons involved in the Agriculture and Fisheries sector to develop support systems to assist with business formalisation efforts. This push comes in light of the renewed emphasis being placed on increasing the number of informal agricultural enterprises implementing formalisation practices. Under the recent Formalising Operators in the Jamaican Agricultural Fisheries Sector...