Stories by Tameka Gordon

Consumers will have no difficulty getting eggs for the traditionally high-consumption Christmas holidays this year, producers say.With more layers having been placed in production coming out of a near yearlong scarcity of eggs, Caribbean Broilers...

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) will this month upgrade its sports betting software, a US$1-million project contracted to Intralot.The gaming company will install a new...

New market entrant Pure National Ice Company (PNI) has set up a plant in Kingston equipped with the latest technology to manufacture and sell ice nationwide, eventually.PNI has been operating for just over four months and already distributes to St...

With contracting US dollar supplies now facing The Cayman Islands, the Jamaica National Building Society says it has seen diminishing remittance activity through its JN Money Service (JNMS) subsidiary there."Our September report indicates that there...

The partners have put $540 million into the business, each footing 50 per cent of the cost.A $200-million chunk of the start-up capital was spent on equipment and inventory with "the balance in land, offices and warehousing", said managing director...

Red Stripe Jamaica boss, Cedric Blair, says he expects no shifts in production for the Diageo brands produced locally under the deal in which Heineken NV has bought the assets and brand of the favoured Jamaican beer for US$421 million, but cannot...

Turner Innovations Limited, whose owners invented the sorrel-harvesting machine, is mulling whether to license and sell machines globally or keep the technology to themselves and buy sorrel from farmers to process and market under Brand Jamaica.The...

Fledgling insurance broker Axia Jamaica Insurance Agency is pitching its services to Jamaicans living aboard, through a premium access card that tacks on added perks when they buy policies through the company.The year-old agency sells policies for...

Blue Power Group Limited chalked up another year of $1 billion sales, saying the turnover, which was up by $15 million year on year, was fed by both growth in both the soap and lumber divisions.Exports also performed well for the company, which...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has crafted a new set of building codes that will eventually overhaul the way residential and commercial buildings are renovated and maintained.The Jamaican Standard Application Document - JSAD - aims to bring...

Entertainment company KLE Group has landed its first franchise for the Tracks and Records restaurant business, which should open by November.The outlet will be located in a tourist hot spot locally, but KLE chief executive Gary Matalon was mum on...

Some used-car dealers are trying to get around the extended warranty terms stipulated under the year-old Revised Motor Vehicle Import Policy by striking side deals with customers who are being asked to accept a shorter coverage period.Portfolio...