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More than 20 staff face the axe at Bermuda Gas after the firm announced it was to focus on its core business.
The firm said that retail appliance sales, parts and repair services would end and the firm would now concentrate on its original business o...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Former Digicel Bermuda chief executive officer Wayne Caines is consulting for rival telecoms firms Bermuda CableVision, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Mr Caines left his Digicel post last July after six years with the company, but remained connected ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
A new range of trucks from South Korea have landed in Bermuda.
And the rugged commercial range from automaker Hyundai is ready to go to work, according to Auto Solutions chief Glen Smith.
He said: “We have a range of 11 trucks which are all new to th...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A mini-business boom is on offer to street vendors at the first major America’s Cup event in Bermuda in October.
Between 80 and 100 vendors are to be signed up for a Front Street party to mark the on-Island start of the America’s Cup World Series.
Am...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Jewellers Astwood Dickinson has moved house to a new store — after more than 100 years in the same Front Street location.
The jewellers will today unveil their sleek new look at the new store, in the Orbis building opposite the ferry terminal on Fron...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Snowball Shack is aiming to take the heat out of summer.
Businesswoman Malisa Swan — who runs the successful Bermuda Cupcake Company — will today open up the pop-up shack, based in a tent.
Ms Swan said: “It’s getting hot and everybody’s looking f...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Typical households will see their electricity bills rise by 7 per cent or more, if Belco’s application to increase its rates is granted.
Under proposals submitted to the Energy Commission yesterday by the utility, residential tariffs, or the base rat...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Belco urgently needs to be allowed to increase its electricity rates in order for Bermuda to continue to enjoy a “first-world” electricity system.
That is the view of Walter Higgins, the utility’s chief executive officer, who said a continuation of “...
DATE: Jun 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Motorbike and scooter sales have rocketed, according to dealers. And they predicts the increase in business is set to continue through the summer.
Top dealers said price cuts and people looking to cut commuting costs had played a large part in the sa...
DATE: Jun 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Telecoms watchdog chief Robert Watson says approval of a deal for Digicel to take over phone firm BTC will increase innovation and competition.
Mr Watson, chief executive of the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda (RAB), added Digicel had agreed to condi...
DATE: Jun 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor