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Residential trash collection is being offered by a local service for just $9 a week in a move aimed at supplementing the government’s once a week free collection.
Kenten Trott said the service is being offered in the eastern parishes – Hamilton Pari...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
In the second year of a pandemic that shuttered Bermuda’s longstanding tourism industry, those who depend on tourism for a living, have truly suffered.
But one tour-boat operator spent the time restoring a storm-battered charter vessel that was writt...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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Local Business
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David Fox, Business Editor
The rate of inflation rose 1.4 per cent in May as airfares soared more than 27 per cent, the government said today.
The year over year increase in the Consumer Price Index was the highest since August, 2019 when it was 1.5 per cent.
The rise in air...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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Local Business
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David Fox, Business Editor
Government has seen a thousand applications from those who wish to take advantage of the “Work from Bermuda” initiative in its first year of offer, the finance minister Curtis Dickinson has said.
The Minister also signalled the success of another gov...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Increasing pressures on the global supply chain are expected to bring added burdens for retailers, drive up prices, reduce availability and impact Bermuda buyers through Christmas, experts are warning.
Supply chain issues have been in train for 18 mo...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda has extended the deadline for public input into published guidance on Bermuda’s blueprint for future electricity production and costs.
And regulators appear set to embark this month on a study that could determine ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
After 25 years in business, the Bermuda Golf Academy, Driving Range and Mini Golf in Southampton will close in the first week of September, according to operator Richard Farge.
He said a 20-year lease had previously expired but the tenancy was tempor...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Business in the town of St. George is facing a punishing bottom line for the second year in a row, amid growing concern for the old town’s future.
While Hamilton appears to be on the upswing, the east end could suffer another winter of discontent. Ev...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd has declared net income for the second quarter ended 30 June of $27.5 million, down from $32.9 million in the same quarter a year ago.
The six-month net income was $50.7 million, up from $46.2 million for last ye...
DATE: Jul 30, 2014
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Today’s economy is causing people to step out of their comfort zone and try something completely different.
Kim Wilson, a popular bar tender, has traded polishing drinks glasses, for polishing cars. Her new business, Bermuda DryWash, came about in a ...
DATE: Jul 29, 2014
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor