Business

Sales are steadily improving at Coca-Cola Company as vaccinations allow for the opening of restaurants and offices in many regions globally. Coke historically had booked half its sales from restaurants, stadiums and other public places. The...

In a new marker for central banking in Jamaica, the amended Bank of Jamaica Act took effect on Friday, April 16, giving the BOJ full independence to craft policy based on its priorities for the monetary system. On the eve of the new law taking...

Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road to recovery. Following a disastrous 2020, during which governments closed borders to try to halt the spread of COVID-19 and months when the...

QUESTION: What are your thoughts on young people being financially educated? Not for the person who wants to become an accountant, but wouldn’t it be beneficial to the country if children could learn finance as part of their curriculum like...

National Commercial Bank Jamaica, NCB, has split its Corporate, Commercial and Consumer Banking Division into two units, one of which will be run by returnee Sheree Martin. Effective April 12, Martin, who rejoined the bank in 2020 after several...

Armed with US$30 million in fresh cash from its recent additional share offer, Proven Investments Limited has stepped up its Caribbean build-out of portfolio companies with the outright purchase of Heritage Education Funds International Inc....

The leader of Honduras' Private Business Council said on Wednesday that businessmen will try to buy as many as 1.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to assist in government vaccination efforts. Council President Juan Carlos Sikaffy said the...

W ith more than two thousand participating companies so far, the e-commerce platform that kept food companies and other retailers connected to customers during the three-week soft lockdown to bend the COVID curve, is soon to broaden its footprint...

Citizens of the Caribbean are fully aware of the challenges we face. They know that governments across the region are financially stretched, which has been further accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our citizens also know we have limited access...

In line with its ambition to make Europe a greener place, the European Union wants to drastically reduce gas emission from transport by 2050 and promote electric cars. But according to a report from the bloc’s external auditor, it is lacking the...

Dolphin Cove is starting a shift in customer traffic back towards more foreign visitors, but is still far from a full recovery of the most lucrative segment of its market. The company has been mostly reliant on locals for business since the COVID...