Business

Jamaica's coffee industry is at a crossroads and needs diversification if the sector is to move forward, says Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton. According to Tufton, for more than 20 years Japan has been the dominant market for Jamaican coffee...

Each member of a pension plan or retirement scheme is legally entitled to a benefit statement annually, to be provided within four months of the end of the financial year end.

Answers for Children, a children's clothing store in Kingston, is relocating its Manor Centre outlet to upper Manor Park plaza, where it will merge with sister operation Simplicity for Kids.

IF YOU thought that the colourful sporting spectacle that is the World Cup football finals had reached fever pitch in South Africa, then you need to check Sagicor's offices in Jamaica. The insurance company is putting on a grand World Cup show of its own that is intended to put the sparkle in South Africa to shame.

DEVELOPERS OF lighting and solar technology made a presentation yesterday to business and ministry stakeholders, demonstrating how to reduce reliance on Jamaica's energy grid by more than 50 per cent.

Denis O'Brien has moved to tidy up his mobile holdings, executing in this quarter the acquisition of stand-alone company Digicel Pacific Limited (DPL), which now joins the larger Digicel Group Limited family.Digicel Group bought the Pacific business for...

RBTT Bank Jamaica has launched a foreign currency credit line for small and medium businesses, offering loans of up to US$250,000 at a discount.The US$10-million fund is available for subscription at 7.5 per cent and 8.0 per cent interest by the export...

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has placed a ban on the importation of used motor vehicle tyres effective July 1, six months after relaxing the rules in an effort to clear a 6,000 backlog at the wharves.The number of tyres sitting on the ports...

Sagicor Life of Jamaica is shedding the historic Blue Cross of Jamaica property, acquired 18 months ago when it bought the company's health-insurance portfolio for J$1.7 billion.

The initial public offering for Jamaican Teas Limited was oversub-scribed two minutes after subscriptions opened in Kingston to a hungry equities market.Mayberry Investments Limited (MIL) lead broker and financial adviser to Jamaican Teas, advised in a...

With an eye on improving what it said was a flat sales performance over the past two years, large distributor HD Hopwood Limited has spent more that J$8 million to set up a new warehouse in Montego Bay, targeting the scores of smaller mom-and-pop shops...