Business

Alfred Thomas wants to take his four-year-old company public, but isn't ready to take the plunge just yet.Instead, he will use the next two years to expand the product range at Pioneer...

Desperate to stimulate new jobs in the economy, the Government is willing to give up income on unused factory space, but the targeted new manufacturing investors will still have to cough up some cash for the space they...

The Digicel Group is taking a US$65 million (J$5.6 billion) bet on downtown Kingston, representing the size of the investment in its new headquarters on which construction will last around 18 months.The development will bring 1,000 of Digicel's regional...

The Grenada government says it has defied the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to introduce a tax amnesty and reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on key sectors in an effort to stimulate economic growth.Finance Minister Nazim Burke made...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Monday reserved its ruling in a landmark case that could determine whether the present Belize government can take legal action against former government ministers for losses suffered by the state...

Security company Guardsman Group will retrofit a downtown property acquired this month to house three of its businesses and areas to train personnel, but how much it spends will depend on the financing secured, the company said last Thursday....

Kraft Foods Inc said Monday it is starting arbitration proceedings against Starbucks Corp's move to end its agreement with Kraft to distribute and promote its packaged coffee in stores.Earlier this month, Starbucks said it would end its agreement...

Roger Hinds has been returned unopposed as president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) for the 2011 period. Vice-president of the SAJ, Kim Clarke, was also returned unopposed, while the other members of the managing committee were returned...

It doesn't matter what field or profession you are in - whether you are an entrepreneur, a doctor, teacher, nurse, store clerk or politicians, head of state - we all need encouragement. Oftentimes, people want others to feel as if they are not making a difference...

Nigel Holness, managing director of FirstCaribbean International Bank Jamaica (FCIBJ), is just three months into the job. He succeeded Clovis Metcalfe in September. But by recent moves, it is clear that Holness is on a mission to aggressively grow market share and increase the bank's revenue, even if it means applying tactics not usual within Jamaica's banking sector.

'An' accident occurred between a taxi driver and me in September as I tried to negotiate a landslide around a bend along the Race Course road. You wrote about this on October 3. When I went to renew my policy the premium went up by 110 per cent - from J$79,000 to J$166,000. The third party, who you and I agree was at fault, and I are insured with the same company.

A long-forgotten enclave of commercial expansion, the older sections of downtown Kingston are seeing an upsurge in property buys by local companies and private investors ahead of an expected resurgence of business there in coming years.