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HSBC Bank Bermuda Ltd said today its net profit rose to $87 million last year, boosted by sharp falls in loan impairment charges and operating expenses.
The bank, which sold off much of its Cayman operations in 2014 and its private banking unit last ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Designer Rene Hill has branched out into the wedding business.
And she is set to stock some of the biggest names in dresses for the big day from top international designers, including New York-based Kleinfeld, the wedding store featured in the hit re...
DATE: Mar 03, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Sixteen companies and organisations have signed up to take part in the first Xtreme Sports Games. They will compete against one another at such fun and bizarre activities as bubble football, human hungry hippo and Zorb racing.
A raft of international...
DATE: Mar 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Two years after legislators cut the import price on energy-saving green technology, food distributors Butterfield and Vallis is reaping the benefits.
“We were the ones who pushed for it to happen,” said Spencer Butterfield, the company’s chief operat...
DATE: Feb 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Green energy firm BE Solar is at the cutting edge of solar power — but the firm is 80-plus years old and a pioneer in the field of clean power.
Part of the Bermuda Engineering Company, created in 1935, the founder Gordon Burland pioneered the first w...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Butterfield Bank has gone through a testing recovery period — but now it is ready to focus on growing again.
That was the message from Michael Collins, the bank’s chief executive officer, who said the structural upheavals and cost-cutting necessary t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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With their eye-catching sleek lines the latest Scout Boats to arrive in Bermuda are sure to turn heads wherever they go.
And that’s what Warren Roe and Lyle Douglas at Marine Locker are hoping for as they promote the stylish and versatile motor boats...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A seminar that provided inside information on how to successfully respond to government tenders was attended by more than 30 people.
It featured representatives from the Bermuda Housing Corporation, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Department of...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Ricky Spence struggled in school and knew his career choices were limited.
His best option, he decided, was to join the family barbering trade. He was in his twenties when he opened his shop on Glebe Road 35 years ago. The rules he set himself then h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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If you are looking for evidence of optimism in the retail sector in Bermuda, look no further than The Phoenix Stores Ltd.
This month the group announced two strategic moves that will grow its enterprise. It has acquired Kodak Express and will soon am...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil