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A Bermuda lawyer has won an X-Factor-style competition in the Caymans for lawyers working in business turnarounds and insolvency.
Alex Potts, of Hamilton’s Sedgwick Chudleigh, won the “rising star” award against tough competition from the UK, the Cay...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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HSBC has won a prestige environmental award for its landmark Harbourview Centre.
The Front Street building has hit the gold standard in the US Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) awards.
HSBC Bermuda CEO Richard Moseley said: “This w...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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Overseas firms could be tempted to take over running services like the airport if the SAGE Commission’s proposals on privatisation take off.
And construction firms would be eager to move into new areas if Government maintenance contracts in areas lik...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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A scheme to boost new business start-ups is to host its last lunch for would-be entrepreneurs tomorrow (Tues).
Bermuda Emerging Professionals (BEPRO), part of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, will run a “lunch ‘n’ learn” event at the Chamber HQ off ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
And the SAGE Commission said the Civil Service suffered from weak leadership — and called for poor performers to be fired, early retirement schemes and pay cuts, with the ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Sick days by Government workers cost more than $10 million a year, statistics in a new report on Government efficiency have revealed.
Bermuda public servants take an average of eight days off sick every year — nearly 42,000 days in total.
The SAGE Co...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The Island’s Civil Service needs urgent reform to cuts costs and boost performance, a major report into Government spending said yesterday.
And the 140-page SAGE report recommended the need for a strategic plan, while saying other parts of the public...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute should be shut down and the site sold off, a commission into Government agency has recommended.
The SAGE Commission said upgrading the Devonshire psychiatric hospital would cost around $40 million — and that the ho...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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Computer guru Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, yesterday predicted that computers would become more human.
Mr Wozniak said he had been told that computers would work as well as the human brain within 20 years.
He added: “I want my...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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A hunt for a chief of sales and marketing for the new Bermuda Tourism Authority was launched yesterday.
Chairman designate of the authority David Dodwell said the position was key to driving the Island’s bid to revitalise the tourism industry.
He add...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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