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Businesses across the Island are taking stock of the likely impact from a hike in electricity rates proposed by Belco on Wednesday.
Commercial users face an average increase of 15 per cent on their monthly electricity bill, with the largest commercia...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Exor has filed a proxy statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an effort to directly reach PartnerRe shareholders ahead of next month’s vote on the proposed merger deal between Axis and PartnerRe.
And the investment firm, wh...
DATE: Jun 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Android system phones that sell at a fraction of the cost of big-name brands are proving popular for a Bermuda business that is finding its feet in the Washington Mall.
With smartphones ranging from $99 to $249, Direct.bm has positioned itself to fil...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda had a balance of payments surplus of $813 million in 2014, with the value of goods and services sold by the Island to the rest of the world easily dwarfing the value of goods and services the Island bought from overseas.
As a barometer of the...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
For more than 50 years there has been a counter cafe tucked away in a building at the eastern end of Church Street.
But today Donna Gray, its final owner, will wave goodbye to the Hamilton cafe that far outlived the era in which it was born.
Ms Gray...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
There’s been a quiet revolution on the Church Street level of Washington Mall as Jazzy boutique has enlarged its footprint in the shopping complex and now occupies a group of four units.
There is the original Jazzy, together with Jazzy Too, Jazzy Plu...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
After 10 years in business The Comic Stop will come to a halt at the end of June.
A closing down sale is now on at the shop in the Emporium Building, on Front Street. Co-owner Garan Madeiros said that while he will be sad to wave goodbye to the shop ...
DATE: May 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
It hasn’t taken long for a one-man business selling smartphone accessories at a shopping mall kiosk to expand and quickly move into a retail unit before relocating again, a month ago, into an even larger shop space.
That’s the journey Kenneth Pembert...
DATE: May 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
At the start of this year there were fewer tradespeople registered unemployed in Bermuda across six specific occupations than in either of the previous two years.
As a group, the number of masons, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, tilers, chefs de ...
DATE: May 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A highly concentrated all-natural sport nutrition product has been introduced to Bermuda by two business partners who believe it will assist the Island’s sportspeople improve their training and racing potential.
And the benefits are not restricted to...
DATE: May 19, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil