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J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. Consumer goods Distillers & vintners Kingston: 1825 Distiller P A Jamaica Air Shuttle: Consumer services Airlines Kingston: 2009 Airline, defunct 2013 P D Jamaica Observer: Consumer services Publishing Kingston: 1993 Newspaper P A Jamaica Pegasus Hotel: Consumer services Hotels Kingston: 1973 Hotel P A Jamaica Stock ...
One of the company's founders (Dr. John J. Grace) had worked for Grace Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York's W. R. Grace and Company.When, in 1922, W.R.Grace decided to divest the Jamaican subsidiary, Dr. Grace bought the company and, along with Fred Kennedy, a Jamaican, co-founded Grace, Kennedy and Company Limited.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Jamaica, also known as JSE. Incorporated in 1968, JSE opened in 1969 in Kingston, Jamaica . Today, the JSE is one of the largest stock exchanges in the Caribbean by size and market capitalization.
Joseph John Issa (born 1 December 1965), is a Jamaican businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Cool Group, which comprises over 50 companies. [1]At age 30, Issa's first business venture was a petrol station named Cool Oasis, which was the catalyst for the Group becoming the largest Jamaican owned operator of petrol stations in Jamaica.
The Winning family retains 100 per cent ownership of the business and trades as Winning Appliances Pty Ltd. [2] The company significantly increased its ranges of products and services in the 1990s, and now has seven stores in New South Wales, in Brookvale, Crows Nest, Narellan, Newcastle, Northmead, Redfern and Taren Point, two in Queensland ...
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Desnoes and Geddes Limited (D&G) is a Jamaican brewer and beverage producer, best known for Red Stripe lager. It was formed in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes who combined their two shops into one business, originally producing soft drinks and distributing imported alcohol, and later opening the Surrey Brewery in Kingston.
At the International Exhibition held in London in 1862, J. Wray and Nephew won three gold medals for its 10-, 15- and 25-year-old rums. The company's rums also won several awards and prizes at international exhibitions in Paris—1878, Amsterdam—1883, New Orleans—1885 and Jamaica 1891. In 1916, Lindo Brothers & Co purchased Wray & Nephew.