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A family-owned Bermuda insurance firm has notched up an incredible 200 years in business.
CNA Butterfield was founded in 1815 — the year the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo — and is still going strong.
Nathaniel Butterf...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda bank has backed the arts by awarding scholarships to a trio of students involved in the creative arts.
Studio art student Nalani Dowling, videography and photography student Kyle Simmons and singer Kioshi Burgess will get support from Clar...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Front Street mainstay of the tourist trade is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Onion Jack’s Trading Post has notched up the milestone and is still going strong — despite a long-term downturn in tourist numbers.
And owner Richard Lines, who inherit...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bakery firm Glaze is set to turn up the heat in Devonshire — with a drive-through option and longer hours.
For the firm — which opened its first store in Hamilton less than a year ago — has applied for planning permission to turn the former Howard’s ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Designer Rene Hill has stitched up a major cut of the market in clothes alterations.
Now she’s had to take a studio space in Hamilton and leave her job as in-house tailor at a Hamilton clothes store last month to cope with demand.
She has also had to...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Digicel is on the move — to a former clothing store.
The firm — which already has a store on Hamilton’s Church Street — is set to move into the former Makin’ Waves store on the same street.
The storefront has already been painted in Digicel’s corpora...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015
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Local Business
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermudian landscape architect has signed up with the Island-based arm of an international firm.
Jennifer Davidson switched from a career in business and banking to study landscape architecture at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She has...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Luxury watchmaker Bremont is to unveil a special Bermuda-themed watch to celebrate the Island hosting the historic America’s Cup yacht races.
And the limited edition of 250 watches from UK-based Bremont, the official timekeeper for the America’s Cup ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A fuel firm is offering a fuel for life competition — a first for Bermuda.
The Rubis promotion is offering a lucky driver $375 a month in free gas for 25 years — more than $112,000 worth over the period.
Rubis sales manager Jermaine Simons said: “The...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda shipping and storage firm is celebrating 60 years in business.
Bermuda Forwarders — founded as a two-strong customs clearance operation in 1955 — now has 50 full-time employees and has expanded into data storage, moving services and transpo...
DATE: Jun 22, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor