Stories by Tameka Gordon

Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), reported increased revenues of $8.93 billion for the first quarter, ended August 1, or 13 per cent more than the $7.89 billion posted for the corresponding period of 2014.Net profits also grew to $313.5 million compared...

Carreras Limited plans to introduce new cigarette products under its Craven A brand in another two weeks, Managing Director Marcus Steele has said.Among other things, the new products are aimed at recovering ground lost to cigarette smugglers,...

Lasco Financial Services has extended its footprint to eastern Jamaica, opening its fifth cambio outfit in Port Antonio. The company entered the Portland capital for the first time as foreign exchange trader after another cambio operator exited the...

LIME Jamaica and Flow Jamaica have been ranked as more socially devoted telecoms brands for the second quarter of 2015 by social media monitoring firm Socialbakers.The ranking places the duo over chief competitor Digicel for the April-to-June...

The Brian Pengelley-led micro agency board is to formulate a plan for the eventual merger of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), and the Self-Start Fund (SSF) into one body.The merger...

Smith & Stewart Distributors, the makers of Crazy Jim ice cream, is looking to retake market share lost to increased competition by creating a grass-roots distribution network of street vendors.

AMG Packaging and Paper Company is to expand its slate of products to toilet paper and paper towels under a $150-million investment that marks its entry in the consumer market.The company has leased a 15,000-square-foot site at Orange Street,...

Derrimon Trading has put the Sampars masthead on its newly acquired grocery retail operation in St Ann's Bay.The company acquired the assets of Northern Cash and Carry, a 15,000-square-foot store at 3 Harbour Street, which had been closed for some...

Cardiff Hall, St Ann, will soon have another hospitality offering called The Runaway, a four-room bed and breakfast spot being developed by a young couple from Brooklyn, New York.Jeff Belizaire and Kalisa Martin, both of whom have Caribbean roots,...

More local companies are using polygraph tests as a tool to weed out job applicants, especially employers anxious to protect trade secrets and those fearful of recruiting fraudsters, says one local security and intelligence firm, Guardsman Elite....

Cardiff Hall St. Ann will soon have another hospitality offering in The Runaway, a four bedroom bed and breakfast being constructed by a young couple from Brooklyn, New York.Jeff Belizaire and Kalisa Martin, both of whom have Caribbean roots, have...