Spectrum Capital Partners, the investment arm of the UCC Group, is scouting joint-venture partners for the development of a resort and neighbouring residential housing project in Trelawny, adding to plans to create a…
Category: Business & Economy
UK wages rising at record pace, higher interest rates likely
Wages in the United Kingdom are rising at a record-high rate amid stubbornly high inflation, official figures showed on Tuesday, bolstering expectations that interest rates will increase again – to the worry of…
Margins down but JMMB pressing forward
HIGH volatility and the harsh realities of current market conditions which compressed margins for the JMMB Group last year will not deter its business from going after increased growth over the short term,…
Dream a little bit bigger
In 1992, 22 First Division football clubs in England broke away from the English Football League to form the Premier League which has since been hugely successful financially, drawing the envy of the…
Island Products cramped for space
AT least one manufacturer is pleading for assistance to acquire land space to expand his factory operations. “Right now I can safely say our growth is limited only by space,” said Earl Barry…
Revamped Trade Act to amplify services
Against the backdrop of an expanding trade gap with the rest of the world and the search for comparative advantage, Jamaica will be revising its Trade Act that predated Independence – a time…
Patois-speaking AI chatbot developed for entrepreneurs
A new chatbot, which uses artificial intelligence to recognise and respond to patois and other languages, will be rolled out next month by a company called AcumenPro Limited will launch a. Branded as…
GK Jamaican Birthright participants excited about JA’s future with technology
Participants in this year’s GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme spoke highly of technology’s importance in advancing Jamaica’s development during a recent courtesy call to Flow’s Vice President and General Manager, Stephen Price. Flow is…
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact, allowing personal data to keep flowing to US
The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American…
Fesco aiming to triple cooking gas market share in months
In the three months since its soft launch into the household or liquid petroleum gas market, Future Energy Source Company Limited, which trades as Fesco, says it has secured 2.5 per cent share…