No time saved - Business registration one-stop shop would not shorten registration period but could improve country's ratings

THE CREATION of a one-stop shop for the registration of new businesses will not reduce the length of time it takes for persons in Jamaica to get a company started. But Industry Minister Anthony Hylton said yesterday that the creation of the regime ...

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