New Internet firm launches next week
FORMER DIGICEL group brand director Marguerite Cremin has joined forces with two local businessmen to launch a new voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) firm early next week. Called Caribbean Net Talk, the product will offer broadband...

The job description is a limiting document
THE JOB description is such an accepted and inherent part of the business landscape that to question its relevance and efficacy is almost like questioning motherhood.

Pinero plans awaiting approval
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: CONSTRUCTION OF Jamaica's largest resort complex on more than 200 acres of prime beach front property at Pear Tree Bottom in Runaway Bay in St. Ann is now awaiting planning approval.

Tips for selecting a broker
Question: My business has grown rapidly over the past 24 months. Turnover will increase this year by 40 per cent to nearly $12 million. The outlook for the next two years is also positive. The business will be relocated to a new site in September.

Newspapers going compact
RISING OPERATIONAL costs, coupled with the increasing competition for advertising revenues by media entities and especially newspapers, have given prominence to the idea by some traditional broadsheets to convert to tabloid or compact...

Agriculture suffering
THE AGRICULTURAL sector has been severely affected by Hurricane Dennis which did most damage at the eastern end of the island bringing heavy rains and packing sustained winds of over 75 kilometres per hour.

'Dennis' deals beekeepers a painful sting
WESTERN BUREAU: THE AILING bee industry, which was still on the mend from last year's devastation by Hurricane Ivan, has suffered yet another setback on account of Hurricane Dennis, which impacted the island last week.

Companies suffer losses from Dyoll
LAST MONTH the Supreme Court of Jamaica approved the application by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to liquidate Dyoll Insurance Company. However, while the court's decision came as no surprise and long before the FSC's...