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Assistant Manager, Business Advisory Services, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Keera Walters.

Tax Talk for Registered Businesses

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 31 Jan 2023    admin   
Owners and operators of registered businesses are being invited to participate in a virtual workshop dubbed ‘Tax Talk 2023’, being organised by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) in partnership with Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ). The event will be held over two days on Tuesday (January 31) and Wednesday (February) 15 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. respectively, both days via the Zoom platform. Interested persons are being asked to send an email to workshops@jbdc.net on or before January 30 to register. Assistant Manager for Business Advisory Services at JBDC, Keera Walters,...


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Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh engaging memebrs of the Jamaican business delegation on Tuesday (Photo: News Room/ January 24, 2023)

Jamaican Business Minister backs local content focus in Guyana … Encourages large Jamaica business delegation to find partners

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 25 Jan 2023    admin   
Jamaicans believe that there are abundant business opportunities in Guyana and the country’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill said Tuesday that the Guyana Government’s focus on local content is no deterrent. Hill is leading a 75-member business delegation to Guyana, just three months after he visited the country with a smaller delegation. According to him, Jamaican companies are deeply interested in entering the local market. He has encouraged them to look for Guyanese partners for their new ventures. “I like the Guyanese content arrangement for government contracts,”...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (centre), speaks about the second trade mission to Guyana, which will take place from January 23 to 28. He was addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on January 12. Minister Hill is flanked by President (Acting) of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox (left) and Chief Executive Officer at Konnexx Services Limited, Dean Nevers.

Senator Hill to Lead Second Trade Mission to Guyana

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, will head Jamaica’s 60-member delegation to Guyana from January 23 to 28 for a second trade mission. The visit will focus on strengthening previously established partnerships with Guyanese businesses as well as increasing trade and investment opportunities between the two countries. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Thursday (January 12), Senator Hill shared that he foresees “Jamaica and Guyana building formidable business, commercial and even broader political arrangements”. “Jamaica is...


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Kamesha Blake, executive director of Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA); John Mahfood (seated right), president of the JMEA; (standing, from left) Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce; and Courtney Campbell, president and CEO, VM Group, watch as Conroy Rose, ,CEO, VM Pensions Management Ltd, signs the memorandum of understanding establishing the JMEA Retirement Account. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Closing the pension gap

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
RESEARCH carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, which was released last month, has found that more than a third of retirees are either unpensioned or do not have an income to sustain them. Coming out of the study, "The ILO has warned that old age-related social protection coverage is deteriorating, leaving 34.5 per cent of people over 65 without any labour-related income or pension, a situation of vulnerability and economic security that has been made worse by the COVID-19 crisis. In 2019, just ahead of the pandemic, 31...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addressing stakeholders at a Rebranding and Quality Recognition Ceremony, held at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 18).

Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry’s 2023 Strategic Objectives Outlined

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s strategic objectives for 2023 will focus on increasing exports and local direct investments, and training unattached youth. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, outlined details of these during the Ministry’s Rebranding and Quality Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday (January 18), at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, and executives of the Industry Ministry’s departments and agencies, were among the guests attending. Senator Hill said the Ministry will be...


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Permanent Secretary Sancia Bennett Templer (right) and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill display a strip showing the Jamaica’s Business Ministry rebrand at a certification ceremony at the AC Hotel Thursday.

Jamaica’s Business Ministry rebrands to help woo investors

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has been rebranded Jamaica’s Business Ministry. The rebranding was announced by Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce, on Wednesday evening during a Rebranding and Quality Recognition ceremony held at the AC Hotel. Hill said one objective of the rebranding effort is to grow Jamaica exports, starting with more targeting Guyana. Another objective is to woo prospective business investors to seek assistance and intervention from the ministry or its agencies. “The biggest part of the $815.3 billion that Minister (Nigel)...


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Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen.

National Consumer Protection and Welfare Policy Development Nearing Completion

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
The National Consumer Protection and Welfare Policy, being developed by the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), is nearing completion. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CAC, Dolsie Allen, told JIS News that the Policy, which is expected to be implemented this year, is “more than 85 per cent complete”. She informed that it will be used to govern the operations of the CAC and all other government agencies that have some consumer protection component within their mandate. “The whole aim is to empower our consumers… let them know that the Government has an interest in the consumers. We are the...


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President (Acting) of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Shullette Cox, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

Local Businesses Seek New Buyers in Guyanese Market

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 20 Jan 2023    admin   
Local businesses across various sectors will be exposed to new buyers in the Guyanese market as part of the second ministerial trade mission to the country. The mission, which will be led by the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, is scheduled to take place from January 23 to 28. “With export being a primary focus for JAMPRO , one of the important inroads that we want to make in Guyana is to expose our exporters, both on the manufacturing and agricultural side, to new buyers and new distributors in the Guyanese market,” said President (Acting) of the...


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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right), observes the process for manufacturing essential oils at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) incubator in Kingston, following the facility’s recent commissioning. Looking on is JBDC Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira.

Farmers Encouraged to Cultivate Crops Used to Produce Essential Oils

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 13 Jan 2023    admin   
Local farmers are being encouraged to cultivate ample quantities of crops that are used to produce essential oils, to enable them and, by extension, Jamaica to tap into the multibillion-dollar global market for these nutraceuticals. This urging comes from State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, who cites ginger, tumeric, lemongrass, pimento, and castor beans, as examples of these crops. He said the global market, which is projected to reach US$15.3 billion by 2027, presents an opportunity for stakeholders in the local food processing,...


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Mugs are raised for the official launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, which will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Celebrating (from left) are Chair, Gastronomy Network, Nicola Madden-Greig; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Dr. Carey Wallace; Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left); Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, Juliet Holness, and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. The ceremony was held at Devon House in Kingston, on January 9.

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival March 25

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 13 Jan 2023    admin   
Coffee lovers, both locally and internationally, can mark Saturday, March 25, 2023 on their calendars as the date when the highly anticipated Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival will make its grand return. The sixth staging of the annual event was launched today (January 9) at Devon House, in Kingston, and is set to take place at its traditional home – Newcastle, St. Andrew. For this year, patrons can expect to be treated to the usual abundance of food, coffee and culture, as well as a roster of activities that include a farmers’ day/festival marketplace, a barista competition, coffee panel...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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