121 results returned for search: "independence AND " author Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A living-wage policy is on the cards as the new Progressive Labour Party government outlined its plans for its first year in power.
The Governor, John Rankin, who delivered the Throne Speech to mark the start of Parliament yesterday, said: “To ensure...
DATE: Sep 08, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s finance minister Bob Richards has fired a broadside at the UK’s hypocrisy over tax legislation.
Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, Mr Richards blasted Britain’s bid to have its Overseas Territories establish public registers of the owners ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda today slammed a bid by a group of British MPs to enforce a public register of company ownership.
Around 80 MPs from a cross-section of UK political parties want an amendment to a British parliament criminal finances bill to include a stipulat...
DATE: Dec 20, 2016
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Former Royal Gazette reporter Nadia Laws has branched out on her own with a new copywriting and PR firm.
Ms Laws will launch her new business, The Media Maven, next month with the aim of targeting smaller businesses and charities.
And she has already...
DATE: Aug 25, 2016
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Financial services firm Estera last night celebrated its independence with a party at the Bermuda National Gallery in Hamilton.
But the company — which was Appleby Fiduciary Services until a management buyout at the start of the year — said it would ...
DATE: May 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A drive to buy a high-tech, motorised wheelchair for a shooting victim left paralysed has been launched.
Friends of Ralph Burrows, who was paralysed from the chest down after being mistaken for someone else and shot, decided to launch an appeal to ra...
DATE: Oct 22, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A luxury alternative to a hotel has reopened after a $5.5 million major makeover.
Inverurie Executive Suites on Paget’s Harbour Road has been redesigned with the executive traveller in mind.
“We see a requirement for a business-orientated hotel that’...
DATE: Sep 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurance and reinsurance firms should deploy their capital not only to boost income but to add knowledge to their businesses.
And top lawyers from a specialist US law firm last night outlined to business executives the benefits of corporate venture ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Merger-mania in the international business sector could cost jobs in Bermuda, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned yesterday.
Mr Richards said that companies in the field remained strong, but that spending by international business on the Island had ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The last battles fought between Britain and America had their origins in Bermuda 200 years ago this month.
A massive fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Alexander Cochrane left the island in August 1814 headed for Chesapeake Bay to crack down on ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
