GraceKennedy to expand operations in the west

"We built a new financial service centre and our agriculture arm, AgroGrace, will be expanding and opening up in early January," the CEO told clients during a dinner in Rose Hall on Monday.

He added that the True Value store has just been renovated.

Wehby further said that the company spent on average $500 million on investment, indicating that a great part of this is spent in western Jamaica - Montego Bay, in particular.

He also reminded customers that many of GraceKennedy's subsidiaries were in Montego Bay, including First Global Financial Services, JIIC, Western Union, Hi-Lo Supermarket, and Allied Insurance Brokers.

The function was also attended by the president of First Global Financial Services, Robert Drummond; GraceKennedy Financial Group CEO, Courtney Campbell; assistant vice-president of First Global Financial Services, Maria Ho Sue; assistant vice-president of First Global Bank in the western region, Courtney Wilson; among other employees of GraceKennedy.

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Members of Cornwall College's Business Club with their water-candle display during an entrepreneurship expo held at the University of the West Indies, Mona-Western Jamaica Campus, on Friday, November 18. From left: Selvern Taylor, Kevaughn Grant, Josimar Stephenson, Clinton Rattray, Jhevaun James, and Kevon McIntosh. The Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication's third-year public relations students hosted the expo, under the theme 'It's My Business: Engaging Youth in Enterprise', as part of their course requirement and as a way to encourage youth in western Jamaica to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option.- Photo by Christopher Thomas