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Former US Navy chief boatswain Dean Bottomley is riding the crest of a wave thanks to the America’s Cup. For Captain Bottomley, of the family-owned specialist diving firm First Division Maritime Consulting and Services, landed the lucrative contract ...

Butterfield & Vallis enjoyed a record-breaking month of May in the run-up to the America’s Cup, seeing sales volume surge and more than 2,300 hours of overtime paid to staff. The food wholesaler and distributor said it also hired 24 extra Bermudian s...

Three Graces Day Spa has expanded to a third location, and this week held the grand opening of its spa concession at the island’s newest hotel, The Loren at Pink Beach. The spa and salon venture has also created a number of jobs. It is eight years si...

The Bermuda Stock Exchange has launched its “Own Your Share of Bermuda” campaign to raise awareness of opportunities to invest in the island’s public companies. The Royal Gazette is supporting the effort by publishing weekly features on each of the 1...

Two directors at utilities firm Ascendant have stepped down from the board. James Butterfield and Wilbert Warner retired last week after a combined total of 42 years as directors. Mr Butterfield joined the board in 1993 and Dr Warner joined in 1999. ...

When Belco workers opened up one of the their huge generators — known as E3 — for a routine overhaul last month, they got a nasty surprise. Inside the heavy oil-burning beast, half of the 16 connecting rods that link the pistons to the crankshaft wer...

Butterfield Bank has jacked up lending rates by 0.25 of a percentage point after the US Federal Reserve yesterday raised its short-term rates by the same amount — the third American increase since December. The Butterfield base rate for residential m...

A Bermuda wine merchant is launching a summer rosé — with a distinctive island flavour. Two Rock Wine Company will tomorrow unveil Raft Up Rosé, complete with a label featuring a painting of a typical Bermuda raft up by island artist Jonah Jones. Mat...

A Bermuda businessman is out to weave a successful business in hair. Michael Hansey has set up Premier Hair and Wigs — which offers a wide range of natural hair, as well as accessories and wigs. Mr Hansey, who once ran event promoters Mega Production...

Bright colours and eye-catching designs apart, there is a health and wellbeing side to patio umbrellas and outdoor parasols and sunshades. And today, more people are factoring in such considerations when they decide whether to purchase an outdoor sha...