348 results returned for search: "education AND " author Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Berkeley Institute pupil is on track to be the first to complete a head-start scheme run by the Bermuda Insurance Institute.
Imani Smith, aged 17, is expected to complete a two-year associates in general insurance within the next few months.
Ms Smi...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Middletown area of Pembroke is not best known for thriving hi-tech industries.
But brothers Ken and Tyrone Butterfield aim to change that view with their company Ascendant Technologies.
The brothers, both qualified in IT and both former civil ser...
DATE: Feb 04, 2016
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A new scheme to train compliance officers for Bermuda businesses is to start in April.
The programme, which is a first for offshore jurisdictions, will prepare students to work in the investment and financial world as in-house regulators.
The scheme ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A young Bermudian businesswoman has been honoured by prestige business magazine Forbes; after launching a modern take on muesli in the UK.
Anna Mackenzie and her English business partner in food firm Cuckoo, Lucy Wright, were both picked for the Forb...
DATE: Jan 28, 2016
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A total of five Bermuda professionals have won qualifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD).
Sara Schroter Ross, 33, legal counsel at the Bermuda Commercial Bank, achieved a distinction in the diploma in company direction — the first Bermudia...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A cycling enthusiast has launched a new rental service offering retro-style bicycles for hire.
And Lou Matthews said the St George’s-based tour business weRide had proved as popular with locals as with tourists.
Mr Matthews, who is also director of s...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
US Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has pledged a crackdown on tax avoidance involving Bermuda and other offshore jurisdictions.
Mr Sanders, currently trailing Hillary Clinton in the race for the nomination as presidential candidate, ma...
DATE: Dec 29, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith has completed a prestigious yearlong course for leaders at Harvard University.
Dame Jennifer, a fellow of the university’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, completed the course with a presentation of a plan to increa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Fifteen UK-based students attended a special dinner hosted by the Bermuda Society at the House of Lords.
The Bermuda Society, based in Britain, fosters links between the two countries and held the dinner at the Cholmondley Room and Terrace at the Pal...
DATE: Dec 01, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bright Beginnings nursery school has started afresh in new premises close to Hamilton.
The nursery, opened more than a decade ago at St Mark’s church in Smith’s, has found a new home in the former Government nursery attached to St John’s Church in Pe...
DATE: Sep 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor