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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2020/21 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 10. At left is National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, while Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte is in the background.

Exim Bank Continues To Support MSMEs

For the 2020/21 fiscal year, the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica Limited (EXIM) will continue to pursue activities aimed at facilitating the growth and development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Those targeted are involved in the manufacturing, agro-processing,...

President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Janet Silvera.

Mobay Chamber President Calls Out Non-Compliant Business Operators

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), listens attentively to a point being made by Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Trading, Vaughn Phang (left), at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens office with manufacturers and distributors of disinfecting agents on March 12. At second right is Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Monique Gibbs.

Government To Monitor Distributive Trade

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Caribbean Group Country Manager, Therese Turner Jones, display signed copies of the US$50 million Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme, at the Finance Ministry in Kingston, on Friday (March 13).

Gov’t And IDB Sign US$50 Million Agreement For MSME Project

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6 years ago AgricultureCommerceCoronavirusHealth & WellnessIndustry

MICAF COVID-19 Visitor Policy

As Jamaica continues our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The MICAF and its agencies wishes to assure our valued stakeholders that we will remain fully functional and commit to meeting the needs of our key publics. We value our stakeholders and regret that we have to temporarily restrict access aimed at safeguarding your health as well as those of our...

6 years ago Industry

Coconut Board To Complete Acquisition Of 1,000-Acre Property

The Coconut Industry Board (CIB) will be seeking to complete the acquisition of a 1,000-acre property during the new fiscal year. The property will be used to establish a new seed garden, nursery and farm, which will provide raw material for the establishment of coconut water and coconut oil factories. As contained in the 2020/21 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Finance & Public ServiceIndustry

Bureau Of Standards Targeting MSMEs

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) will be providing targeted support to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), during the new fiscal year, which begins April 1. Emphasis will be placed on the priority sectors of manufacturing and agriculture/agribusiness as well as the emerging industries of medical cannabis, hemp and bamboo. As stated in the 2020/21 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates...

6 years ago CommerceIndustry

JBDC Revamping Client Business Management System

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is revamping its client management system to include the placement of entrepreneurs in tiers. The entity will now be using Neoserra, a customer relationship management system designed specifically for non-profit economic development programmes to track detailed demographic and economic information about clients as well as assistance provided to them. This was announced by the...

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis, speaking at the JBDC’s

6 years ago CultureDevelopmentIndustry

JBDC Mapping Cultural And Creative Industries

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is conducting a mapping exercise of cultural and creative industries in Jamaica to determine the value of the sector and develop recommendations on how to grow the creative economy. It is being done in collaboration with the British Council, which is providing funding. The agency’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Harold Davis, who made the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), displays the newly launched Things Jamaican website, at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘Breakfast with the CEO’, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, on Thursday, March 5. Sharing the moment (from left) are JBDC Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira; Marketing Service Manager, JBDC, Janine Taylor; and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, JBDC, Harold Davis.

6 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

JBDC Launches Things Jamaican E-Commerce

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has launched Things Jamaican E-Commerce. The new website was unveiled under the theme ‘Buy Jamaica. Click Jamaica’, at the JBDC’s ‘Breakfast with the CEO, at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston, on Thursday, March 5. Speaking at the event, State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, endorsed...

Director of Projects and Programmes, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Division at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (left), in conversation with Business Development Director at Moody’s Analytics, Bryson Turner (centre) and Principal Management Consultant at Business Works Limited, Andrea Livingston-Prince, at the opening of a two-day master class training session of the SME lending Training Programme, held at the Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Ethics at the University of Technology (UTech), on March 5.

6 years ago CommerceIndustry

Business Advisors And MSME Facilitators Take Part In Master Class Training Sessions

Business advisors; micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) facilitators; consultants and business development organisations are benefiting from two-day master class training sessions. The sessions are being held under the Moody’s SME lending Training Programme, on March 5 and 6, at the Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship Leadership and Ethics, at the University of Technology (UTech). Director of Projects and Programmes,...