Financial literacy? What is that? I don’t think I need that to run a successful business! I have been running this business for years and I think I am okay. The foregoing comments are typical of the exchanges when one speaks to many owners and operators of MSMEs or small
The Bank of Jamaica is projecting that inflation is likely to rise again, and data related to the recent rains could further dampen its outlook. Inflation is currently back within the target range, but “Jamaica is not yet out of the woods where price increases are concerned,” BOJ Governor Richard
Twenty-seven farmers who were insured under the GK Insurance Weather Protect Scheme and impacted by the recent heavy rains are set to receive payouts. Minister of Agriculture, Floyd Green, made the disclosure during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20231206/27-farmers-receive-bad-weather-insurance-payout
The Jamaica Stock Exchange in the old Myrtle Bank Hotel in downtown Kingston. IN 2015, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) was declared by US financial news entity Bloomberg as the best performing stock exchange in the world, a feat which was repeated three years later in 2018. Those two years
Playa continues to credit Jamaica's performance to its improving financials. Playa Hotels and Resorts NV has once again credited Jamaica's tourism market for the growth of its business which experienced a four per cent jump in third quarter revenue to US$213.15 million. The Dutch-based hospitality firm, which operates in
THE calls are getting louder from private sector individuals for the Government to start taking steps to mitigate an impending labour crisis that could emerge from the tightening job market with unemployment at a historic low of 4.5 per cent. Businessmen who spoke to the Jamaica Observer on the matter
IAJ PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATRE DR. THE HON R. DANNY WILLIAMS, OJ DANNY WILLIAMS AD IN GLEANER
CIBC FirstCaribbean (Photo: Garfield Robinson) CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (CIBC FCIB) is planning to rebrand its business to that of its Canadian parent company in the coming financial year (FY) at a time when it is exiting the Dutch Caribbean. CIBC FCIB will adopt the name of its parent
CB Financial Group received approval from its shareholders for an APO. Shareholders of NCB Financial Group Limited (NCBFG) approved all three resolutions at its extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday as the financial conglomerate moves to raise billions in new capital to reduce debt and further bolster its capital. The company
CHAIRMAN of the Margaritaville Caribbean Group Ian Dear said the country will have to soon act with "absolute urgency" to address a tightening labour market with imported labour, particularly for entities operating in the hospitality sector, if the recent boom in the tourism industry is to be sustained. Dear, however,
