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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...

Eight entrepreneurs who attended all three sessions of the Vendor Markets Seminar Series have been recognised for their commitment. More than 150 people attended one or more of the seminars, which covered how to start up a vendor stall, how to mercha...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 “...