Starting a restaurant - Where to begin, what to get done
Your ability to prepare tasty meals is just the beginning of your dream of running a restaurant. Everyone who has the intention of preparing meals, selling food and or operating a restaurant will need a food handler's permit.

Condos: who is responsible for uninsured damage?
I have a few questions about The Registration (Strata Titles) Act and the duties of the strata corporation. They are: 1) Must the corporation effect peril insurance against fire and hurricane? 2) Who pays for the repairs of damage to an owner as a result of an uninsured loss?

Help! I'm finding it hard to save
Please help me! I am a court reporter and am finding it really hard to save.

Smallbiz: Moving meals in hard times
Ian Harrison, a 36 year old caterer from Portmore who has been running his own lunch-delivery service for the last five years, says that collections is very challenging and has become even more so since late 2008.

Smallbiz: Brass-tacks planning for selling food
So, you think you could make a success of selling meals? You should know that just because you have the idea in your head, does not mean that you should actually do it.

Smallbiz: Show me the money
The business of food has many facets, but not too many complexities. It's easy to begin. After all, every home has a kitchen, and a good cook can always find a willing clientele, and grocery stores are often just a stone's throw away. But the serious entrepreneur will start by registering a business name, creating a business plan ..

A vision from the hills
Just over a year ago, a visit to the Geon Homes project, Casa Monte Estate in Stony Hill, St Andrew, showed 21 four-bedroom houses and 30 executive apartments as a mass of bricks and mortar with many possibilities for fabulous residences.

Region responding to financial crisis
Across the Caribbean, governments and the tourism industry are developing new strategies and initiatives aimed at trying to offset the fall in visitor arrivals that most nations expect from April onwards as a consequence of the global economic crisis.