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Everything must go at Shanty’s Carpentry and Construction workshop in Dockyard.
A combination of a tougher economic climate and problems with the building where his workshop is situated, including a leaking roof, have forced tradesman Cliff (Shanty) ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Inventor Robert Smith has come up with a new idea to clean toilet bowls efficiently and hassle-free.
And his design, which has been given a patent, has attracted the attention of a number of companies interested in manufacturing it.
Devonshire’s Mr S...
DATE: Apr 24, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Some 350 people, including Governor George Fergusson, turned out this morning for a keynote speech by former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón at the 2013 Capital G Private Wealth Conference at the Fairmont Southampton.
He was introduced by Capital...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
In the midst of challenging economic times, a local law firm is successfully finding opportunities and adapting to circumstances.
And while one of its senior executives has warned that the pain associated with the Island’s multiyear economic contract...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
In the short term Bermuda should not be overly concerned that ratings firm Moody’s has placed the Island’s Aa2 rating on review for possible downgrade, but if the economy does not improve then major concerns lie ahead.
That is the view of Peter Evers...
DATE: Apr 04, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
It is less than eight years since the first Buzz cafe opened. The company’s newest outlet, its 11th, is now doing business inside the Esso gas station at the Crawl in Hamilton Parish.
The gas station operation is a slightly different concept from Buz...
DATE: Apr 03, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Half a century ago Batson Swan would regularly emerge from a hole in the wall in the Walker Arcade on Front Street and stroll around the block in his overalls hoping someone would need a plumber.
Fifty years later, the family business that still carr...
DATE: Apr 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A soon-to-be implemented European directive affecting alternative investment fund managers is set to be signed, in a cooperation agreement capacity, by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
The move by the BMA should benefit Bermuda-based funds and fund ma...
DATE: Mar 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
The departure of exempt company employees from Bermuda’s shores, coupled with the continuing contraction of the economy, has claimed another business casualty.
Curves fitness studio for women, based in Gorham Road, Hamilton, will close its doors at t...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Investment company BH Macro, which has its shares listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange, as well as in London and Dubai, has reported a gain in its net asset value (NAV) of 3.94 percent during 2012.
The gain relates to the company’s sterling shares.
B...
DATE: Mar 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil