The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) will host the 20th staging of its flagship public education initiative, the Shirley Playfair Lecture, on Thursday, December 1. It will be held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), John Mahfood, will deliver this year’s lecture under the...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the ‘Safe Food for Export’ seminar held on Wednesday, November 23 at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. It is one of several activities under the ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance: Environmental Health and Trade’ symposium being staged by the Ministry in observance of World Anti-Microbial Awareness Week, November...

Jamaican investors are now able to acquire shares in entities listed on the Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange (DCSX). This, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), facilitating the arrangement between the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and the DCSX. The MOU was signed during a Bell-Ringing Ceremony at the JSE in Kingston on Tuesday (November 22). The partnership will...

Members of the country’s Muslim business community are being urged to seek collaboration and cooperation opportunities with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC). Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, who made the call, said that such partnerships could bring many more Muslim investors to Jamaica. He was speaking recently at an Empowerment Seminar and Business...

A delegation comprising 17 companies from the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago is now in Jamaica on a trade mission. The four-day visit by the companies, which span construction, food and beverage, logistics, packaging and printing, chemicals as well as other sectors, is part of an effort to expand and promote bilateral export trade between the countries. Minister of...

As Jamaica’s resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel the economy’s gradual recovery from the resulting fallout, more persons are being encouraged to become entrepreneurs. This urging comes from Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, who was speaking during the recent Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Young Entrepreneur Success Summit...

Electrical products distributor and pipe manufacturer FosRich Company Limited has been hailed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, for its progressive business model. “FosRich has grown by leaps and bounds with new products, new locations, new partners, and an increase in employment from three employees. I have no hesitation in commending your business model...