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A new golf store has teed off in Hamilton.
And IslandKaddy aims to inject a touch of style to the sport, with a range of stylish men’s and women’s golf clothing and accessories.
Owned by keen golfers Ian and Anne Marie Forbes, the store features top ...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda Commercial Bank (BCB) yesterday posted $8 million in net income in the year ended September 30.
The figure, stated in the financial results of BCB’s parent company Somers Ltd, is down $1.2 million, or 13 per cent, on the previous year.
Somers...
DATE: Dec 24, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Veteran hotelier John Jefferis is to open a new art gallery and restaurant in Paget.
Art lover Mr Jefferis has amassed a collection of 386 works, with display space in the new building able to show nearly 70 at a time.
Mr Jefferis said: “I’d always h...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Restaurant Rustico is set to open in new premises next year.
The long-established Italian favourite is expected to open up its doors at a new location at Brightside guest apartments in Flatts by the end of January.
Odilio Angeli, owner of Dining Berm...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A veteran violin teacher has set up a new business — with strings attached.
Christopher Darrell created Stringz Unlimited to cater to the Bermuda market with Thomastik-Infeld strings — but hopes to expand his niche business to cover the Caribbean as ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Businessman Marico Thomas has opened a new branch of bakery store Glaze.
The firm has moved into the site of the old Digicel shop as Glaze Bakery Café on Hamilton’s Church Street after the original shop on Bermudiana Road has proved a hit with custom...
DATE: Dec 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
America’s Cup fever boosted sales in clothes and tourist-related stores in October.
Sales revenue in clothes stores rocketed by more than a third and around 12 per cent of the total was attributed to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event...
DATE: Dec 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Ratings agency AM Best has maintained its negative outlook for the reinsurance sector for next year.
It said that ongoing market challenges will hinder the potential for positive ratings action and might even translate into negative ratings pressures...
DATE: Dec 21, 2015
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A lighting specialist has branched out into home decor.
ESC Ltd’s new Escape division is proving a hit with customers after just a few weeks in business.
“It’s going really well — better than expected,” said Lindsay Butterfield, ESC’s general manager...
DATE: Dec 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The high cost of meeting international standards on insurance regulation is a concern, ratings agency AM Best said today.
And a special report on the Island’s bid to achieve Solvency II equivalence in the EU added that there was still a perception th...
DATE: Dec 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor