Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce,  Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill delivers his remarks during the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) workshop on Wednesday (March 13), at the Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston. The three-part workshop series, titled ‘SEZ Unplugged’, targeted professionals, including attorneys-at-law, realtors, commissioned land surveyors, and financial professionals, and was designed to equip them with knowledge...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (head of table), addresses the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) board meeting held on Wednesday (March 13) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.

The Income Tax Act will be amended to increase the maximum participating voting share capital of companies listed on the Junior Stock Exchange from $500 million to $750 million. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the measures are in an effort to further facilitate growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME)...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) handled 1,292 complaints and resolved 893 up to February of the current fiscal year, an increase of 24 and 11 respectively, over the similar period in 2022/23. The figures were provided by the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dolsie Allen, who addressed a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Mrs. Allen informed that most...

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is reporting that in excess of $88 billion in Productive Input Relief (PIR) was approved last year to assist businesses. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, made the disclosure while addressing the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on March 6. “We approved PIR, which is Productive Input Relief, for...

Several micro, small and medium-sized business operators in Kingston and St. Andrew benefited from the National Housing Trust’s third Compliance Engagement and Mobilisation Session (Compliance 365) at Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 7). NHT Assistant General Manager for Compliance, Dameon McNally, said the session is pivotal to the entity’s thrust to improve compliance among members...

Some 1,335 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have so far benefited from the Boosting Innovation Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (BIGEE) programme. The US$25-million project forms part of the Government’s thrust to support a sustained and robust entrepreneurial ecosystem in Jamaica, thereby boosting the country’s economic growth. It is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD) and executed by the...