Buy YEA - February 2020 Catalogue

Buy YEA is a targeted initiative spearheaded by the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica. This initiative is geared towards promoting patronage to Jamaican businesses within the YEA network of companies and partners while providing a pool of affordable, accessible and quality products and services that both our members and partners can benefit from.

It’s a boutique firm in the middle of a reorganisation to address its vulnerabilities.

So, it wasn’t surprising that Stocks & Securities Limited, SSL, took the unprecedented step of having all its ­employees work from home, starting Monday, a move that so far appears ­unmatched ...

The coronavirus pandemic has come upon us as a thief in the night. The media and government agencies have been very clear about the negative implications of the spread of this virus. But seeing that we depend on imports for most of our retail and raw materials, what can we do for the futur...

President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) Cordell Williams-Graham has underscored the need for greater collaboration between the Government and business associations, to create strategies to address the core problems facing the micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector d...

By Erika Heslop Martin

The Orange Economy is also known as the Creative Economy and it deals with goods and services that have natural talent, cultural, innovative and artistic content. The value of these goods and services is determined by their level of innovation, intellectual property and demand and supply. It involves professions that stem from using natural talent to solve a problem or f...

By Erika Heslop Martin

Growing up with a caring mother definitely had its positives: she was incredibly patient, a supportive listener, and always gave the best advice. Even though my mom is retired, she continues to help others by sharing her years of wisdom on what it takes to be truly happy. She's told me time and time again that while material things might make me happy in the moment that feeling eventually goes away. I have learned that people who ...

Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) of Jamaica have already begun to feel the effects of the virus as early as January after news broke of the outbreak in China.

Some members have already begun experiencing reduced demand for some of the products and services. Others have been finding it difficult to access inputs required for production, particularly alcohol. Some local distributors of the product have indicated that they are in the process of revising...