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While large hotels are facing poor occupancy levels and offering special packages to entice tourists, some of the Island's smaller properties claim to be faring well.
Bermuda's larger hotels have reported between 35 and 37 percent occupancy over the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Twenty-one-year-old Sanjay DeSilva graduated from the Berkeley Institute with GCSEs in maths and business.
He was also the runner up for the Bermuda International Business Award at the school.
However the father-of-one has been rejected for a range...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Small businesses are fighting for survival, but optimistic that economic improvement in the US will spread to Bermuda.
Kristi Grayston, head of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce, said that if conditions do not improve soon, many small bu...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Minister of National Security David Burch will spearhead a campaign aimed at making it easier to demolish abandoned buildings used for illegal activity.
Addressing the Senate this morning, Senator Burch said the existing protocol is complicated and l...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
GlobalHue will no longer be the Department of Tourism's advertising agency, Minister Patrice Minors announced today.
She revealed at a press conference that the agency did not bid to extend their contract, which ends April 1.
The Minister declined to...
DATE: Feb 16, 2011
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Environment Minister Walter Roban this afternoon scotched rumours that he is professionally or personally linked to HSBC.
In a statement this afteroon, Mr Roban said: “The allegations, made in the public domain this week, were in the context that Min...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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On Friday, Premier Paula Cox will deliver what is perhaps her most important Budget.
With the economy on the slide, the Country will be looking to see what she will try and do to turn it around. And don't forget - she has pledged to make $150m in sav...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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A sub-lease agreement for the 9 Beaches resort was approved in the Senate this morning.
The lease agreement between the Bermuda Land Development Company Ltd and IRC-Sandy's Limited, will pave the way for an $80 million redevelopment at the resort.
Th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Giant media company News Corporation has been forced to pay the Australian Capital Territory 77 million Australian dollars in taxes and penalties after an alleged tax avoidance scheme connected to a Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed company unravelled.
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DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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The construction industry faces some uncertain times ahead if the experiences of one small business owner and contractor are anything to go by.
Alex DeCouto, president of Greymane Contracting, said that new projects had dried up considerably over the...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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