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Telecoms firm CellOne has gone to court in a bid to block a move by regulators to strip it of a chunk of the airwaves.
Now the firm has launched a legal bid against the Minister of Economic Development Grant Gibbons in a bid to reverse the decision b...
DATE: Jan 28, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s oldest electrical contractor has been bought out.
Bermuda Air Conditioning (BAC) Group has stuck a deal to take over Universal Electric Ltd (UEL).
The joint firm will now be known as BAC Universal Electric Ltd.
BAC Group managing director C...
DATE: Jan 26, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A rescue package to save struggling broadcaster Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC) will buy out the company’s investors for ten cents a share, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Mayfair Ltd — like the BBC, controlled by the Perry family — has kept the TV ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Two Bermuda air conditioning salesmen have won international awards.
Air Care staff Marlyn Kelch and Reggie Weeks both won Linc Diamond Awards for hitting more than $2.3 million in sales in a year.
Mr Kelch — a five-time winner in the annual awards —...
DATE: Jan 21, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A foreign channel TV service is to introduce foreign language stations, including Italian and German channels.
ExPat TV chief David Skinner said the Italian service was a first for the Island — and that new stations from the US, Denmark and Norway ha...
DATE: Jan 16, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A long-established Front Street furniture firm is to shut up shop.
The Living Centre store is to close its doors on Saturday and financial services firm Deloitte has been appointed as receivers.
A legal notice in The Royal Gazette in November announc...
DATE: Jan 14, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
One of Bermuda’s longest running gyms is to close following a merger with a competitor.
The Olympic Club in Hamilton is to shut its doors, with its lease due to expire in the next few months.
The club on Hamilton’s Dundonald Street, operated by Scott...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A broken-down crane contributed to a six-month loss for Polaris holding company for Stevedoring Services — despite a small increase in cargo volume.
The firm posted a loss of $281,968 for the period between March and the end of September last year, e...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermudian entrepreneur is hoping to conjure a new business out of thin air — with a company specialising in balloon creations.
Mickey Butterfield aims to get her new venture — called Clusters — off the ground in time for St Valentine’s Day.
And she...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A series of think tanks aimed at cutting the cost of power is to be held in the New Year, Ascendant has revealed.
In a letter, Walter Higgins, CEO of the parent company of electricity firm Belco, said: “In the meantime. our company continues to devel...
DATE: Jan 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor