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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
A new shipping business has passed a milestone with its 1,000th customer.
Island Bargains of Bermuda will tonight celebrate hitting four figures by sponsoring the first of the summer Harbour Nights in Hamilton.
The service was the brainchild of busin...
DATE: Jun 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A group of Ascendant Group Ltd shareholders intends to raise concerns about the direction in which the company is headed at Friday’s annual general meeting.
The five are all former managers at Belco, a subsidiary of Ascendant, and they believe the el...
DATE: Jun 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
Android system phones that sell at a fraction of the cost of big-name brands are proving popular for a Bermuda business that is finding its feet in the Washington Mall.
With smartphones ranging from $99 to $249, Direct.bm has positioned itself to fil...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
