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Abraham Alexander Lindo (1775 - 1849) was a Jamaican merchant and planter. After the French Government defaulted on a £560,000 debt owed to Alexandre Lindo (d. 1812), Abraham Lindo was responsible for liquidating his father's assets in hopes of stabilizing the family's financial situation.
Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Company Directory (in French) Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts (CCIMA) – Database of Industrial Enterprises (in French) [323] Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development – Business Directory (Annuaire des entreprises)
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]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Merchants' Bank of Halifax constructed its first building of its own in 1879 at the corner of Hollis and George. It was designed by Thomas Reed Jackson. As the bank grew, executives changed its name to reflect its growth and western expansion. [13] In 1901, the Merchants Bank of Halifax changed its name to the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
The bank opened a branch in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1889 to facilitate the trading of sugar, rum, and fish. This was Scotiabank's first move into the Caribbean and historically the first branch of a Canadian bank to open outside of the United States or the United Kingdom. [5] [11] In 1899, Scotiabank opened a branch in Boston, Massachusetts.