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Trade Centre Limited was created by an Order in Council on 17 November 1981 to own and operate the new World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who envisaged the new facility as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City. [2] [3]
The Jamaican Free Zones are a government free trade zone initiative in Jamaica.Designed to encourage foreign investment and international trade, businesses operating within these zones have no tax on their profits, and are exempted from customs duties on imports and exports (capital goods, raw materials, construction materials, and office equipment) and import licensing requirements.
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The new legislation allowed employees of Trade Centre Limited (TCL), which operated the WTCC, to be transferred to the Halifax Convention Centre Corporation (operating as Events East). [2] Events East is jointly owned by the province and the Halifax Regional Municipality, while TCL was a provincial Crown corporation.
The new grid system of the town was designed to facilitate commerce, particularly the system of main thoroughfares 66 feet (20 m) across, which allowed transportation between the port and plantations farther inland. [13] By 1716, it had become the largest town and the centre of trade for Jamaica.
The World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC) was a convention centre and office complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, adjacent to the Scotiabank Centre. The facility had 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2 ) of meeting space and a 20,000 square foot ballroom.
NCB Financial Group Limited is the parent company of the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica, the largest and most profitable financial institution in Jamaica. It is also the majority shareholder of Guardian Holdings Limited , [ 1 ] one of the largest insurance providers in the Caribbean, and of Clarien Group Limited , a banking and investment ...
Jamaica's trade relationships expanded substantially from 1938 to 1946, with total imports almost doubling from £6,485,000 to £12,452,000. [18] After 1962, the Jamaican government pushed for economic growth and all sectors excluding bauxite/alumina, energy, and tourism had shrunk between 1998 and 1999.