Business
December 2025
Image Plus reverses second-quarter losses
Image Plus Consultants Limited, which trades as Apex Radiology, has reversed a loss of $16.25 million to turn a profit of $9.37 million in the second quarter ending August. The medical diagnostics…
December 2025
CEAC to triple its burn capacity for industrial waste
CEAC Outsourcing Company Limited plans more than triple the capacity of its waste-burning furnace in St Catherine to meet rising demand for medical and industrial waste disposal. The company is in the…
December 2025
Genac shoots past prior-year results but Melissa a new complication
Just nine months in, General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited’s earnings have already surged past the full-year results for all of 2024, performance that positioned the insurer for a strong…
December 2025
by Neville Graham
Jam Teas grows yearly earnings
Jamaican Teas Limited emerged relatively unscathed by Hurricane Melissa, with no damage to its complex at Temple Hall nor its supermarket and unsold studio apartments. Additionally, two-thirds of the…
December 2025
by Steven Jackson
Air travel plunged in October as Melissa disrupted flights
Travellers to Jamaica fell sharply in October 2025, underscoring the immediate impact of Hurricane Melissa on the country’s tourism and travel markets. Despite making landfall just three days prior to…
December 2025
by Steven Jackson
Mortgage loans growth spurt
Mortgage loans have been growing as an asset class for pension funds, sufficient for the regulator Financial Services Commission to make note of it. They remain a tiny portion, only 0.13 per cent, of…
December 2025
Berger enters peak paint season with high market uncertainty
Berger Paints Jamaica Limited entered the final quarter of 2025 on a strong footing, with a near one-fifth spike in revenue in the July-September period, and a five per cent gain year-to-date,…
December 2025
VMIL to elevate private equity transactions in hunt for better returns
VM Investments Limited, VMIL, is reorienting its focus towards more private equity transactions and less on corporate debt to drive better returns for the company. It comes amid challenging market…
December 2025
Mayberry doubles stake in microlender Keoworld due to Amex deal
Mayberry Group has doubled its private equity stake in Keoworld, a fast-growing Miami-based fintech firm now positioned to absorb a segment of American Express’s international credit card business.…