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A year ago fitness trainer Deanne Lightbourn was doing well. Her business Fitness Dynamics had a steady stream of clients, and she was selling work out products from her website. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit. “The pandemic lockdown was bad for per...

Opening a dance studio was the last thing on Deshae Edness’ mind, a year ago. She was comfortable running her dance company Sui Generis as a performance team, and training at borrowed venues. Then the pandemic hit. “When Covid-19 happened, we were ...

Kenny Pemberton of Gear & Gadget has a knack for sourcing hard to find tech items. Take the Sony PlayStation 5. If you try to buy it online, you’ll most likely find the note: Currently unavailable. The gaming system is highly sought after, right no...

With the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, local retailers have been ordered to limit the number of customers, keeping things at 20 per cent capacity. But several entrepreneurs told The Royal Gazette yesterday, with so many people working and learning...

Rum swizzle is arguably the iconic Bermuda drink, but until now has not been very easy to pack. Now, visitors and locals alike, can just throw a few into a bag on the way to the airport, barbecue or party, thanks to Shannon Simons’ new canned Simon...

Adrienne Smatt has always loved woodworking. As a youngster, whenever her father, William Smatt of PriceBusters, had a carpentry project, she was there helping. In college, she took woodworking courses. But after college, she quickly found carpentry ...

When the cruise ships stopped coming a year ago, Jan Quinn knew it was “hopeless” to keep a store open in Dockyard. So, she and her business partner, Andrea Moniz, closed their physical Hand Made (Bermuda) Ltd store in the Clocktower Mall and moved t...

The last year has been a stressful time for everyone. When Bermuda went into lockdown last April, Francesca Thomas wanted to do something to help. “During the peak of the pandemic I thought we needed something to calm us all down and relax,” said Mr...

Bermudian Holly Paiva and New Yorker Palwasha Raqib have been friends since they met in college in Boston 20 years ago. But their paths led in different directions. Ms Paiva now runs sleep therapy and reflexology business Dreaming Bermudian, while M...

Cher’ree Lambert’s business, The Soap Box, started as a way to decompress. She loved working as a 911 dispatcher, but found it stressful, at times. “The doctor said you need to find something that will bring you right down to relaxation mode, so that...