Blades lays claim to Highgate trademark -Receiver shuts down chocolate factory
Receiver Ken Tomlinson has shut down the Highgate Foods chocolate factory, putting 100 full and part-time staff out of work, and is now in the process of trying to value the assets of the debt-burdened...
Dole offers to buy out JP's UK food distributorship
Jamaica Producers (JP) will decided next Monday whether it will sell its stake in its banana ripening and food distribution business in the U.K. to its minority partner, Dole Food Company, or buy the 35 per cent shareholding held by the American firm.
Local animal feed prices inching up - Pushed by US demand for grain
Local feed manufacturers have began to feel the pinch from seemingly unrelated energy legislation enacted in the United States just over a year ago to almost double the blend of renewables into America's fuel supply in another six years.
UK pension switch irks retirees
Some 3,500 retired Jamaicans who get pensions through the U.K. Pension Services office will no longer have the option of receiving their payments in hard currency, following a policy review in Britain.
Belize tests market reaction with debt service trigger
Belize has triggered a special facility on two of its debt instruments to cover September payments, saying it did so to retain its limited cash pool for servicing external debt without similar safeguards.
C&WJ restoring call boxes
Cable and Wireless Jamaica Limited (C&WJ) is reviving its call box service, the telecom has confirmed, saying it sees revenue potential in certain rural areas and the tourism sector.
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