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Bermuda’s annual inflation rate remained negative for the fourth consecutive month in October at -0.2 per cent.
In July 2020, the island recorded its first negative inflation rate since 1965.
Consumers paid 0.2 per cent less for a basket of goods and...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
As contributors to the orange, or creative, economy, Bermuda’s artists and artisans are sometimes overlooked when the impact of an economic downturn is considered.
But the island’s creative community took a hit in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Some 70 applications have been received for the 34 spots available in the fourth cohort of Ignite Bermuda, the island’s privately-funded entrepreneurial accelerator.
The deadline to apply for inclusion in the cohort is today at midnight.
Applications...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Financial markets veteran Daniel Brookman has launched the Gildenbrook Group.
The new entity includes a reinsurance platform in Bermuda, an alternative asset manager in the British Virgin Islands and a fintech development firm in Singapore. It utilis...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Corporation of St George is inviting expressions of interest for the rental of some or all of the space in the Queen’s Warehouse, the former home of the World Heritage Centre.
Courtney Trott, town administrator, said: “We have had a few people co...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An independent pharmacy with a personal touch has opened in Hamilton.
Total Health Chemist, in Butterfield Place on Front Street, is owned and operated by the pharmacist team of Eimear Burke and Rebecca White, two veterans of the pharmacy landscape i...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
When the 2020 cruise ship season was cancelled due to the coronavirus, Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard was forced to create an alternative source of income.
Some ten months later, the BACD has got by with a little help from its friends.
Artist and ga...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A decision by soft drinks company Coca-Cola to transfer the Bermuda distribution rights for its portfolio of beverages will lead to job losses, the general manager of John Barritt and Son Ltd warned yesterday.
Wholesale distributors Butterfield and V...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Retail industry veteran Paula Clarke is to step down as chief executive officer of Gibbons Company after more than two decades in the role.
Ms Clarke, who became CEO in 1998, said: “I plan to retire from Gibbons Company on July 1 this year, I will ho...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Bermudian entrepreneur Gayneté Jones has designed and created a product that solves a problem for half of the world’s population.
Ms Jones has launched “Best, Periodt.”, a female-engineered menstrual cup that she says is the “first Bermudian feminine...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall