Harmonisation Limited has shelved plans to hire a project manager for the Harmony Cove casino resort development, but in the meantime, Chairman Jeffrey Hall says the “very complex project” is moving forward. The Harmony Cove project, in which state...
Transport company Knutsford Express Services Limited is reforming its passenger processing and boarding procedures, using a model that partly mimics airport logistics, inclusive of departure gateways. The company has also added ticket-checking...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), the regulatory authority under the Microcredit Act (2021), introduced new rules for the sector in a bid to reduce the possibility of money laundering and to minimise consumer-hostile practices such as loan sharking. One...
Jamaican Women in Coffee is eyeing a third grant to continue its work in creating opportunity for females to wring value from their coffee farms through training. The Kingston-based group, otherwise referred to as JAWiC, says it aims to improve...
On a busy Friday afternoon in Kingston, outsourcing company Ibex Limited took to the streets with a float, featuring music and women dressed in red – the company’s signature colour – to woo new workers. Ibex is currently seeking 2,000 employees...
Shellie Leon, acting CEO of the Companies Office of Jamaica, says recent amendments to the Companies Act have introduced fines which penalise companies that fail to make an annual return for beneficial owners or report changes mandated by the law....
Businessman Elias ‘Lee’ Issa is entering the retail clothing market in Negril through the Kix store brand, expanding his business holdings beyond the hotels and other ventures he already operates in the resort town. In addition to the clothing...
Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, the designated host institution for the SheTrades Caribbean Hub aimed at supporting women-led businesses to access markets and investment opportunities, will launch the platform near the end of this month. The...
The board of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, JAS, is in discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture on the possibility of reconstituting itself as a charitable organisation after its divestment by the state. JAS currently operates as an agency...
Jamaica’s outsourcing sector has quadrupled the number of jobs in a decade, but it still has a far way to go to reposition as a market for higher-end services. Currently, basic business process outsourcing, or BPO, segment accounts for 75 per cent...
As the Bank of Jamaica combs through the applications for microcredit licences, a clearer picture of the dispersed sector that has now fallen under its regulatory umbrella is emerging. Only 13 firms have been licensed to date, at last report, with...
Anthony Tharpe, CEO of the Caribbean Real Estate Fund Limited, otherwise known as Careif, has been canvassing for industry support following a loss in the Court of Appeal which means, he says, that property contracts can be voided if a developer...
The official data on cocoa is lagging, but businesses and the regulator overseeing the market say more cocoa-based products are being produced in Jamaica, and as part of the trend, more local beans are being supplied as raw material to local...
A pandemic can change perspective. And for Thalia Lyn, the past chief executive, deputy chair and founder of food service company Island Grill Group, that meant a recalibration about who to hand over management of the business to that had just come...
Yummy Jamaican Ventures LLC, a start-up run by Jamaican entrepreneur Heather Elliot-Whitehead, is targeting the frozen soups market in New York. Based in Brooklyn, the family-run operation produces its line of Yummy Jamaican Frozen Soups and its...
