Jamaica’s Business Processing Outsourcing Industry welcomes Business Incubator in Montego Bay

Stakeholders in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry have welcomed the planned establishment of a 200-seat business incubator in the Montego Bay Free Zone, slated to become fully operational by December 2014.The facility, the first of its kind in the region, is designed to fast-track the entry of new BPO companies, while facilitating expansion for current investors operating in the free zone. The project is slated to cost J$13.5 million and will facilitate four start-up BPO operations for a period of one year.

This is fantastic for our industry,” said Karl O. Graham, president and chief executive officer of Fullgram International Call Centres in St Andrew.

“It gives new investors the opportunity to begin operating in a turnkey facility, without the red tape of starting up a business.” MORE