Stories by Tameka Gordon

Cake maker Tortuga International Holdings Limited expects to be operating at full capacity in the next five to seven years as the company ramps up exports.For now, the newly...

The Ministry of Agriculture's onion development programme will likely miss its target to supply 17 per cent of the country's needs from its current crop year because of the recent spate of heavy rains.Despite getting roughly 30 more farmers in the...

Nostic Agricultural & Manufacturing Limited says local distributors are now hesitant to stock its cigarettes as counterfeit products are causing serious confusion in the market...

The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) has spun off its research and development arm, the West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station (WICSCBS), into a separate legal entity and has broadened its membership in a bid to shore up funding....

Two business groups have signed a pact with state-operated agencies that is meant to double exports to US$2.5 billion within four years.The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), the...

Lasco Financial Services Limited has opened a new location in Montego Bay and relocated its Red Hills Road branch to more spacious accommodation in Kingston.The micro loan and money-services company invested just under $3 million to set up its new...

Jamaican consumers will have more than adequate supplies of pork and eggs for the high consumption Christmas period, producers say amid a boost in production by both industries. President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers' Association, Hanif Brown, told...

Cable company Digital Interactive Services Limited, which will trade as ReadyTV, says it has already spent US$2 million to install a tower in St Andrew and expects to roll out its television...

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), in collaboration with the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PIOJ), has launched an online application portal for its Voucher for Technical Assistance Programme (VTAP).The funding window provides grants to...

Gore Developments Limited says it is spending $2 billion to deliver its next project in Old Harbour, St Catherine, dubbed New Harbour Village IV.The official ground-breaking, marking the launch of construction, is scheduled for November 4 but work...

Business process out-sourcing company IBEX Global Solutions says it plans to expand to at least three other parishes in the short term, which would boost its Jamaican workforce to 5,000, up from the 500 it started with in June this year.The Portmore...