If you're looking to buy a car, it can be a convenience or a headache. Whether you're looking to buy your first vehicle or your fifth, there are several things to consider before signing on the dotted line. Buying a car is a significant purchase and having a clear understanding
AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Print Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to More 1We are in a digital literacy pandemic, one that was percolating beneath our busy schedules and distracted agendas until the actual pandemic hit. Then it became everyone's reality and, for many parents, educators and school
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) has reported a decline in the country's total import and export activities during the January to February review period of this year. According to the latest figures presented by the entity, total imports during the period went down by some 12.6 per cent to
The pandemic has led to plummeting sales for drink products aimed at bargain consumers, and may very well have been the last straw that drove Spike Industries into closing down the bag-drink manufacturing division of its beverage business. The... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210616/low-sugar-rejection
AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Print Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to More With approximately 25 per cent of its branches in digital model as of May 31, Scotiabank senior vice-president for Retail Banking, Perrin Gayle is optimistic about the industry-wide movement towards increased digital operations. Gayle,
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The burgeoning business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, now operating in 12 of the 14 parishes across Jamaica, is poised for further growth to come from the over US$70 million in projects being prepared by international investors. Gloria Henry, president of the Global Services Association
Plans are back on track for Caribbean Assurance Brokers’, CAB, regional expansion, Chairman and CEO Raymond Walker says, after months of delay ascribed to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The brokerage is otherwise on track with its energy efficiency project, having achieved 85 per cent green energy coverage through the expansion of
The loan portfolio of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited dipped by nearly four per cent year on year. Personal loans are down, generally, but mortgages rose by 11 per cent at Jamaica's second largest banking group. Scotia Group's total loan portfolio was estimated at $215 billion at the end of
“HOW can I earn rental income when I can't even afford a mortgage for myself? NHT only lends up to $6.5 million, and there are no houses available for that price!” If this is you, then there is a solution. You can combine the benefits of real estate investing with
Investments, insurance and private pension funds regulator, the Financial Services Commission, FSC, is warning that more pension funds may fold from the adverse impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its recently released review of the... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210609/pandemic-erodes-37b-pension-savings
