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Kier To Exit Caribbean Business. Cites ‘Portfolio Simplification’

Construction firm Kier will take a £73m hit in its full-year results after taking the decision to close its Hong Kong and Caribbean businesses, it revealed late June 2017.

The firm is set to close its Caribbean business following the agreement of a final account with an unnamed client on what Kier called “a challenging project”, which is expected to complete “within the next three months”.

In total, the closure of the Caribbean business will have cost Kier £79m, including £23m last year and £56m this year.

Kier said that the moves to close the businesses fit into a wider programme of “portfolio simplification” that it has undertaken since the middle of 2015. This has resulted in it concentrating more on its regional building, infrastructure and housing projects.

Source: Telegraph

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October 10, 2013 Business Investments, Sports, Entertainment, Culture Leave a comment

Remember The Voice Backlash? Watch This Video As Digicel And TVJ Proudly Annouce Bringing It To Local TV!

TVJ Announces Rights To The Voice - Live on TVJ

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US$500,000 Investment To Transfrom Skateland Half-Way Tree By Rainforest Seafoods

Talk about big business! Fish Pot restaurant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rainforest Seafoods, has rented property in the heart of Half-Way Tree formerly known as Skateland for its second seafood-oriented quick-service eatery. Continue Reading →

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Coconut Water Energy Drink?! Guyana May Be On To Something.

Yes it’s true. Foreign investors are checking out the possibility of importing coconut water from Guyana into the United States as part of what could be a new energy drink. Continue Reading →

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Carib Cement Lands Small Venezuelan Deal. But Hopes To Build On It

While it is being described as a small deal, I’m sure Caribbean Cement Company (CCC) is happy that they have finally landed a deal to supply Venezuela with 200,000 tonnes of clinker over the next 12 months. Continue Reading →

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Imax To Expand In Caribbean! Won’t Be Cheap Though

Imax Theatre Photo by Thomas Hawk

Hopefully soon, there will be more Imax theatres in the Caribbean! And yes, that’s great news! Not to knock our beloved cinemas which already exist in our various Caribbean territories, but, now, we can definitely look forward to an undeniably high quality movie-watching experience. All this information was disclosed at a recent forum held at the University of the West Indies, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (Lok Jack GSB) on July 25, 2013. Continue Reading →

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Domino’s Jamaica Open 12th Pizza Store Downtown Kingston

On Wednesday, Wisynco Foods Limited, the franchise holder for Domino’s in Jamaica, opened its 12th pizza store and first for downtown Kingston.

The store, which employs 15, is being used as testing ground for a new concept referred to as ‘Pizza Theatre’, which allows customers a cinematic view of the food preparation process. Continue Reading →

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VM Wealth, BCW Collaborate To Raise US$7.5m To Help Hispanics

AP Capital Partners, a United States-based private equity firm, has named Victoria Mutual Wealth Management Limited as arranger for a deal to raise US$7.5 million from Jamaican investors.

The funds will be used to invest in the expansion of New Futuro, a private business headquartered in Chicago, which operates a social networking website targeting young people in the Hispanic community in the United States.

BCW Capital is collaborating with VM Wealth to raise the funds

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Wigton To Add 62% More Wind Power

Wigton Windfarm Limited’s (WWFL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, plans to start expanding this year. WWFL projects that it will generate additional energy of 63 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year from an extra capacity of 24 megawatts (MW) by 2015.

That would increase its existing capacity of 38.7 MW by 62 per cent.

 

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April 18, 2013 Business Investments, e-Update, Macroeconomic, Stocks / I.P.O.s, Tax, Rates, Debt 3 Comments

2013 Budget, Blast Daily Deals, Caribbean Cream IPO

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Trinidad Is Serious About Sports Tourism!

Sports tourism is big business! Photo by WayneMiller

All you other wanna be sports destinations take heed!

Trinidad is pushing ahead, with plans and taking action (way past talk) to increase its arrivals from sports tourism. They have already splashed out significant sums, and are courting possible visitors. Continue Reading →

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Trinidad Govt’s TT$1.8 Billion Exim Loan To Build State Of The Art Sports & Medical Facilities

The Trinidad Government on March 15, 2013 finalised a TT$1.8 billion loan agreement with China’s Exim Bank for construction of the Couva Children’s Hospital, as well as six sporting facilties acrosss the country. Continue Reading →

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Trinidad Government To Open New Downtown Parking In June 2013

The Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott), in full-page advertisements published this week, is inviting expressions of interest in the leasing of office and retail spaces in the Campus Plaza Parkade located at the corner of Edward, Queen and Richmond Streets. At present only the Parkade, which opened in September 2007, is in operation. It is the largest multi-storey parking facility in the country, offering 800 spaces at hourly and daily rates.

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Jamaica Public Service Adding Its 9th Hydro Plant, 6.3 Megawatts By November 2013

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that the construction of its ninth hydro-electric plant which will add 6.3 megawatt (MW) of electricity, and create 145 new Jamaican jobs is on target and within the US$33 million budgeted for the project.

The New Maggotty Hydroelectric Power Plant in St Elizabeth has a projected completion date of November 2013.

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Hear That? Africa’s Growing Like Crazy! And Salada’s Going For it

33% Increase in Q1 2013 Profits. Acquires Roberts

Julian Rodney, Salada’s general manager says Africa has a lot of potential, and surprisingly they have no presence there. Continue Reading →

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Cassava in Beer? Red Stripe & Jamaica Producers Partner To Test

We have to lower the amount of imported raw material we use in our products. But cassava in beer? That may just be pushing it a little too far, dont? Well…

Red Stripe Jamaica and Jamaica Producers Group (JPG) are partnering on a project to explore the financial feasibility of local cassava as input for brewing beer.

The partnership seeks to leverage JPG’s agricultural expertise.

The company already farms cassava and other crops as raw material for its snack operation, but the feasibility study to be undertaken by the companies will determine whether cassava can be grown in the quantities and quality required for beer-making.

Red Stripe aims to replace 30 per cent of imported inputs with cheaper, locally grown cassava.

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January 16, 2013 Business Investments, Business Strategy, e-Update Leave a comment

Digicel Interested In Soon To Be Liberalized Myanmar

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Link: Jamaica Broilers To Grow Corn On 1,700-Acre Property

This is a good idea. Jamaica Broilers relies heavily on corn for their livestock, and any movement in the price of corn directly impacts the price of chicken.

May 4, 2012 Business Investments, Business Strategy, e-Update 1 Comment

IrieSocial, Jamaica’s First Daily Deals Site Launches! Big Win or Epic Fail?

Irie Social Daily Deals Site

Irie Social Daily Deals Site

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Heineken to Build Hospitals, Schools in Haiti

Haiti is on the verge of receiving well-deserved, well-needed gifts. Heineken, the world’s third largest brewery is on the verge of making significant investments in the Caribbean territory.

The Globe and Mail reports;

Heineken NV, the world’s third biggest brewery, is hatching plans to build hospitals and schools in crisis-torn Haiti.

The move demonstrates the growing role of the private sector, particularly the consumer goods industry, in taking on public sector roles in poorer countries. Continue Reading →

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