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Manager, Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE), Nora Blake (second right), presents the JSSE Rule Book to Project Director of Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal), Saffrey Brown (left), during the ceremony for the listing of Project STAR on the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE), at the offices of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in downtown Kingston, on February 6. Sharing the moment (from second left) are Co-Chair, Project STAR, Keith Duncan and Chairman, JSSE, Professor Neville Ying.

 

Project STAR Listed on Jamaica Social Stock Exchange

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 07 Feb 2024    admin   
Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) is now listed on the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). The JSSE provides a platform to assist social-sector organisations to attract long-term funding to make their projects sustainable. Project STAR is a social and economic transformation programme created by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force and driven by communities, to bring about societal transformation through targeted interventions in under-resourced areas of Jamaica. Speaking at the official listing ceremony, at the...


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PRESS RELEASE: Jamaica Secures CARICOM Approval for CET Suspension on Imports of Lithium-ion Batteries to Sustain Renewable Energy Growth

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 05 Feb 2024    admin   
Kingston, Jamaica – The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) is pleased to announce that the CARICOM Secretariat has authorised the suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) in respect of the importation of lithium-ion batteries into Jamaica. This decision follows the intervention made by Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce at the 57th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on November 27, 2023, and subsequent bi-lateral consultations between Jamaica and Barbados, and marks a pivotal development in...


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PHOTOS: Senator Aubyn Hill Welcomes Directorate-General at EU Commission

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second left) and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second right), share a moment with European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne van Steen (left); and Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), Félix Fernández-Shaw. The event was a cocktail reception held in honour of Mr. Fernández...


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National Quality Awards Programme Coordinator and Senior Standards Development Officer at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Cecelia Johnson Rowe.

 

BSJ Invites More MSMEs to Register for NQA Programme

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is inviting more micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the manufacturing, agriculture and service sectors to register for its National Quality Awards (NQA) programme. Now in its 20th year, “the NQA is Jamaica’s first quality systems-based awards programme implemented to recognise and reward local companies that have demonstrated the application of standards and quality systems in both the production of goods and the delivery of service,” explained the Programme’s Coordinator and Senior Standards Development Officer at the BSJ, Cecelia...


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Official flyer for the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s ‘Tax Talk’ workshop.

 

JBDC Hosts Two-Day Workshop on Filing Taxes

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), in partnership with Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), will host a two-day workshop from January 31 to February 1, 2024 to assist businesses with filing their taxes. Dubbed ‘Tax Talk’, the workshops will be held via the Zoom platform, starting at 10:00 a.m. daily. To be conducted by Tax Education Officers, the workshops will expose business owners within the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector to training and much-needed information on how to meet their filing obligations. Day 1 of the workshop will be for persons whose...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, speaks with Founder/Executive Director, Young Women of Purpose (YWOP)/Young Men of Purpose (YMOP), Lanisia Rhoden, during Monday’s (January 29) launch of the Realise, Embrace, Achieve Your Purpose (R.E.A.P) Women Entrepreneurship Project 2024, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in New Kingston.

 

30 Women Poised to R.E.A.P. Rich Dividends under New Entrepreneurship Project

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
Thirty female entrepreneurs are to benefit from business skills training and other assistance through the Realise, Embrace, Achieve Your Purpose (R.E.A.P) Women Entrepreneurship Project 2024. The initiative aims to empower the targeted beneficiaries, drawn from communities in and around PriceSmart establishments in Kingston and Portmore. It is spearheaded by the nonprofit Young Women of Purpose (YWOP)/Young Men of Purpose (YMOP). The project provides entrepreneurship training, business coaching, mentoring, and financial support of up to $3 million. Its primary objective is to address high...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right), shares in discussion with (from left) Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marianne Van Steen; Director with the EU, Felix Fernandez Shaw; President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Corah Ann Sylvester; and Chairman of Jamaica Producers Group, Charles Johnson. Occasion was a press briefing held at the Kingston Wharves Limited Corporate Office on Friday (January 26)

 

Newport West to Be Redeveloped

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 31 Jan 2024    admin   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill has welcomed the involvement of the European Union (EU) in the redevelopment of Newport West. The EU will be making funding available for a study and a business model, that will result in the area becoming a world class logistics facility, and a competitive resilient economic zone. Speaking at a press briefing held at the Kingston Wharves Limited Corporate Office on Friday (January 26), Minister Hill said the group “understands that we want to be become the logistics hub of the region”. The Minister informed that the...


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PRESS RELEASE: MIIC Celebrates Surge in Consumer Confidence, Confirms the Government’s Commitment to good Management of the Jamaican Economy

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 29 Jan 2024    admin   
The latest Jamaica Business and Consumer Confidence Survey shows that the Consumer Confidence Index has surged to a remarkable 174.7 points in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking an impressive 8.5% growth from the previous quarter. This positive development underscores the inherent resilience of Jamaican consumers and their firm positive expectation to return to pre-pandemic economic conditions. The Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce welcomes this surge in consumer confidence which is a clear testimony of the solid and consistent management of the Jamaican economy that the Andrew...


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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Women Entrepreneurship Support (WES) Project

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 29 Jan 2024    admin   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is inviting women business owners and women start-ups in the parishes of St. Thomas, Manchester & Westmoreland to benefit from: Business Formalization Training Business Registration with Companies of Jamaica Financial Aid with Equipment Support of up to $25,000 SEE FULL FLYER HERE SEE link below to registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/TpEUFCTkjS Deadline: February 2, 2024 For information please call 876-968-7116 or visit www.miic.gov.jm REGISTER NOW! at www.miic.gov.jm


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Official flyer for the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) ‘Fundamentals of Business’ workshop.

 

JBDC to Host Online Workshops on Business from Jan. 23 to Feb. 13

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 23 Jan 2024    admin   
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a series of online workshops geared towards teaching participants the fundamentals of starting and running successful businesses. To be held from January 23 to February 13, the four-week workshop will cover one of four modules each Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These are Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Formalisation, Design Thinking and Value Proposition, Marketing Fundamentals, and Start-up Financing and Costing. Presentations on the various modules will be done by industry experts. The programme is being offered...


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