Industry Minister urges big companies to support MSMEs

Montego Bay, St James — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill is making a strong appeal to big Jamaican companies to support local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) before looking abroad, a strategy which he deemed will strengthen the economy.

“I am challenging you large companies, first to say make sure you look at ways you can find to include small companies in the stuff that you buy and the services that you buy. Don’t look overseas first, look at our micro, small and medium-sized companies. Why? Because when you build them they employ people that buy the stuff that you sell. It’s a symbiotic relationship that makes sense to both sides,” Hill said.