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In the 20 years Coral Wells has been in the tech industry, the gender gap has shrunk, but has not yet disappeared.
The chief executive officer of tech education company ConnecTech said: “I am seeing more young women coming through tech colleges and e...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Technology
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Paddle Popped popcorn has had its fits and starts since Malachi Symonds first started it in 2014.
He went off to boarding school, ran it for two years during a gap year, then went off to college.
“I had a family member doing it for me when I was away...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
When Karen Brine started in real estate, three decades ago, most people got married, had a family and bought a house.
Today’s generation is turning everything on its head.
“Millennials are career oriented,” she said. “They want to travel. They don’t...
DATE: Feb 12, 2020
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Two years ago termites invaded Stephen Mayor’s apartment.
He tried everything from special dusts to spraying and spot treatments. “Nothing worked,” he said. In the end he had no choice but to fumigate.
Calling around he quickly learnt that there was...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation was this morning celebrating the success of a Christmas programme designed to spread holiday spending more evenly around Bermuda.
The BEDC revealed that during their 24-day Christmas shop to draw initiati...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
On a chilly day Shannon and Lindsey Philpott’s handiwork pops up all over Bermuda — hoodies with BDA or Devil’s Isle printed on them, T-shirts, woolly hats carrying a Bermuda map design.
The couple started BermuniTees five years ago to offer Bermuda ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
When Frances Smith started fitness business Actively Aging the hardest part was just finding clients.
The 24-year-old’s target customers — older people, weren’t on social media the way her own generation was.
In the end, what worked was good, old-fa...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
When singer Michael Jackson stayed at the Hamilton Princess in 1991, it was bellman Eddie Benjamin’s job to fool the waiting crowd.
“If he was coming around the front, I had to convince everyone that he was coming by boat,” the 60-year-old laughed. ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Tiny Bermuda is teaching the world a thing or two about fintech.
Deputy secretary-general of the Commonwealth, Arjoon Suddhoo, said yesterday he was on the island to “learn from Bermuda”.
Dr Suddhoo was at the Elbow Beach Hotel this week thrashing ou...
DATE: Jan 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Technology
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Tori Wine admits he was a bit of a drill sergeant when he first started as a fitness trainer.
“I think I was just really excited about getting people motivated and in shape,” he said with a laugh.
It didn’t take him long to realise that shouting didn...
DATE: Jan 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy