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  • FACT SHEET - YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (YEP)

    Submitted by cleveland on August 7, 2009 - 8:30am.

    YEP is the government of Jamaica’s initiative to ensure that school leavers, at high school and tertiary levels, who demonstrate strong entrepreneurial spirit and drive will be able to benefit from training and access financing for viable projects. In his 2009/10 Budget Presentation in Parliament, Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding announced a social safety initiative, the Young Entrepreneur Programme (YEP), to provide training and funding for these school leavers to develop small businesses. 

  • Youngsters Laud YEP Programme

    Submitted by cleveland on June 30, 2009 - 12:11pm.

    Scores of young people turned out at the Runaway Bay HEART Academy on
    Thursday (June 25) for the St. Ann leg of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme
    (YEP) orientation session.

  • Opportunities Outlined at YEP Meeting in Port Antonio

    Submitted by cleveland on June 29, 2009 - 10:22am.

    Opportunities available to young people through participation in the Young
    Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), were the major focus of a meeting sponsored by the Development Bank of Jamaica at the Old Marina in Port Antonio on June 19.

  • School Leavers with Disabilities to Benefit from YEP

    Submitted by cleveland on June 26, 2009 - 3:35pm.

    The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has announced that students with disabilities are eligible to participate in the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), the social safety net initiative announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding in his 2009/10 Budget Presentation and which is aimed at ensuring that young school leavers as at June 2009 see self- employment as an option for employment.

  • Scotia DBG Investments Ltd Named Lead Broker & Advisor for sale of Pegasus shares

    Submitted by ranon on December 23, 2008 - 9:38am.

    The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) today announced that Scotia DBG Investments Limited has been named the Lead Broker and Advisor for the sale of the National Hotels & Properties Limited’s (NHP) 59.81% stake in the Pegasus Hotels of Jamaica Limited (PHJL). The NHP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC).

  • The Development Bank of Jamaica Targets Small and Medium-sized Businesses

    Submitted by ranon on December 5, 2008 - 11:09am.

    In Jamaica, as in many other countries worldwide, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) far outnumber large conglomerates and corporations. As a result, it is universally recognized and accepted that SMEs are the main engine of economic growth because they employ more people, are more innovative and provide more competition in the marketplace.

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