Government will be placing focus on a few priority sectors under phase two of the National Export Strategy (NES) as it looks to improve the country’s exports. Emphasis will be...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has established an “Entrepreneur of the Year” award to recognize its most outstanding entrepreneur for the year. Through the JBDC Business Monitoring programme, which...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says wider and affordable access to telecommunication services, will allow businesses to compete in domestic and international markets more effectively ....

Former Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) Executive Director, Carol Simpson, has been appointed head of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Simpson,...

Legislation to facilitate Jamaica’s adoption and implementation of the international trademark registration system, the Madrid Protocol is to be placed before Parliament soon. Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony...

Government is seeking to provide some $1 billion in loan financing to Micro, Small, and Medium-size Enterprises (MSME), as part of plans to bolster the sector. Minister of Industry, Investment...

For the first time since the global economic recession of 2008, Jamaica recorded more than US$500 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows during 2013. This is contained in the...

Female entrepreneurs have long experienced challenges which have been impediments to their business engagements. Some of these hurdles include: limited access to formal business networks and financing. Consequent on these...