Business

Clearly not expecting financial institutions to lend irresponsibly, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Milton Samuda, is urging resource-rich facilities to fuel capacity building - preparing small businesses to be "bank-ready".

Registrar of Companies Judith Ramlogan says an increase in fees at the Companies Office, ranging between 25 and 250 per cent, is intended to bring charges in line with the real costs of providing the services.The changes, as well as the introduction of...

Flow Jamaica is finalising the build-out of a broadband network for Montego Bay, to be wrapped up by December 31.

Paulette Dunn-Smith, who for a short time ran state training agency HEART Trust/NTA but quit after allegations of conflict of interest, is now attached to a consultancy in the same line of business.The firm Dunn, Pierre, Barnett and Associates Ltd...

The Estate Management Division of the National Lands Agency (NLA) is now selling property for high density residential development in St Andrew, off which it is likely to make substantial profit.The properties purchased in...

The Government-funded and operated Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has become synonymous in Jamaica with education loans, never mind its recent controversies and long-term funding conundrum.

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has given the operator of Better Price Hardware a three-week ultimatum to vacate premises on Lower Harbour Street, Falmouth, to facilitate the sewage-treatment plant for the Falmouth Port.

Drink manufacturer and distributor Red Stripe Jamaica has seen profits plummet 84 per cent in the fourth quarter to June this year on the back of a marginal drop in sales, the latest in a performance slide which the company has been bracing for some two...

Island Entertainment Brands (IEB), which operates the Margaritaville franchise in Jamaica and the Caribbean, says it is investing upwards of US$2 million - with the backing of PanCaribbean...

Burger King Holdings Inc is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at US$3.26 billion.

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) said Tuesday it will make a US$4-million payment to the Anguilla government following the passage of Hurricane Earl through the northern Leeward Islands on Monday....

No GOJ subsidy in August - We refer to the headline and sections of the article 'Needy GOJ sinks BOJ deeper into the red' on Page 2 of the Financial Gleaner of Friday, August 27, 2010...