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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), engages in a light conversation with President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson, during the 40th anniversary banquet of the SBAJ, held last evening (November 28), at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), engages in a light conversation with President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson, during the 40th anniversary banquet of the SBAJ, held last evening (November 28), at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Gov’t Committed to Supporting Growth of MSMES – PM

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, November 30, 2015
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government will continue to put supportive mechanisms in place to facilitate the growth and development of the micro small and...
State Minister for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, addressing the Ministry’s National Quality Policy 2015 public forum, which held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay, on Thursday, November 19.

Gov’t Recommits to Further Modernizing the National Quality and Standards Framework

By: Glenis Rose, November 22, 2015
Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), emphasises a point, while addressing the Jamaica Business Development Corporation's (JBDC) Business Dialogue Forum, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) regional headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew, on Monday, November 16. The forum formed part of the JBDC's activities marking Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), from November 16 to 21, under the theme: 'Going for Growth'. Also participating were: financial analyst, Ralston Hyman (centre); and the Scotiabank Group's Vice President in charge of Government Affairs, Dr. Wayne Henry.

Business Reforms Trigger Investment Boom

By: Douglas McIntosh, November 19, 2015

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Industry, Investment, and Commerce State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), and Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Chairman, Professor Winston Davidson (left), greet Managing Director of organic bamboo charcoal export firm, Janitorial Traders Limited (JTL), Roger Chang (2nd right), during Tuesday’s (November 3) launch of the Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Looking on is: Director, Special Projects, BSJ, Gladstone Rose.
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Financial Institutions Urged to Lend to Bamboo MSMEs

Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Chairman, Professor Winston Davidson, is urging private sector financial institutions to provide funding for Jamaica’s emerging bamboo industry, particularly fledgling micro, small and medium-sized enterprises...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, November 9, 2015