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Thoshlae and Taylor Williams were just getting their new Airbnb management business, Elevate Host Services, off the ground, when the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
“We lost thousands of dollars in cancellations,” Ms Williams said. “Luckily, we don’t have ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Bermudian-based Bacardi today pledged $3 million to help workers in the bartending and spirits industry, hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
“We are moving very quickly to identify partners and, naturally, Bermuda will be among the markets we support, a...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
If you’ve run out of books, only a few days into social-distancing, don’t despair, the Bermuda Bookstore on Queen Street is offering kerbside pick-up.
Miriam Kaye, who runs the bookstore with sister Hannah Wilmott, said they’ll be offering the servi...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
When Cain Kunze launched the Bermuda Paper Company a few days ago, he manufactured 10,000 rolls of toilet paper, thinking that would be plenty to start with.
What he and business partner, Gregory Armstrong, didn’t take into account was coronavirus p...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Entrepreneur Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone has closed her new Palm Beach perfume store after only a few short months in operation.
“The safety of our community is our No 1 priority,” said Ms Ramsay-Brackstone who runs Lili Bermuda Perfumery in Bermuda ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Windybank Farm will this week be holding special market hours to help people particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, get their fresh fruits and vegetables.
Seniors and people with underlying health conditions are invited to shop at the farm on Middle Ro...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Dejh Simons only moved to England two months ago to begin nursing studies in Coventry, England.
Now with the spread of Covid-19, the future of her classes at the University of Coventry is in question.
“It’s still up for debate with the Government,”...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Some business experts are predicting the Covid-19 crisis might lead to the world’s greatest work-from-home experiment.
To help local businesses prepare, the TLC Group is holding a course entitled “Covid-19 impacts to Bermuda business operations and t...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Radio frequency fields from mobile phones are “possibly” carcinogenic to humans based on an increased risk of certain brain tumours, according to the World Health Organisation.
University of Albany, New York professor David Carpenter, believes the W...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Becoming an advanced level wine sommelier isn’t easy.
To get her designation from the Court of Master Sommeliers in 2018, Marcus’ Bermuda sommelier Alexandra Taflan had to prove industry experience and take a three-day examination.
“It is hard,” the...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy