The founder of a struggling charity which focuses on developing children’s brains is appealing to corporate Bermuda to look beyond the well-connected, “big names” in the third sector and consider sponsoring a smaller operation.
Former public schoolte...
DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A man who famously attempted to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble is planning a second attempt.
Reza Baluchi, who resided in Pompano Beach, Florida, made headlines in 2014 when he was rescued around 70 miles off the US coast in hi...
DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda resident Alun Thomas is this week tackling the challenge of a lifetime — the brutal Marathon des Sables in the Saharan desert.
The race, which began 30 years ago, tasks competitors with essentially completing six marathons over the course of ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Coco Reef has been given a glowing review in Travel Trade Gazette, the UK’s largest trade publication in the travel industry.
In the March 24 edition, writer Judith Baker compares the Paget hotel’s lobby with “the Paris George Cinq or the Ritz Madrid...
Reaching Solvency II equivalence with the European Union is a badge of honour for Bermuda that other offshore jurisdictions are unlikely to achieve.That view was expressed by Bob Richards, the finance minister, during an interview at the Risk and Ins...
DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
A seminar to help would-be entrepreneurs get access to finance is to be held this month.
The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation discussion on accessing alternative finance will focus on non-bank sources of funding for small and medium businesse...
The latest data dump leaks, the largest in history, were released this week by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
The Panama Papers, so called as the leaks came from a Panamanian law firm, implicated 140 very high-level polit...
British parliamentarians have come under further fire over offshore assets after a Tory party official admitted having assets in Bermuda.
In an article published online yesterday, The Sun reported that 12 senior Tory officials had put their assets in...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Josh Hjartarson, a vice-president with KPMG, will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
He will speak on the subject of how the public sector is being transformed around the world by the converging forces of...
Ps, Mr Editor, is an unusual way to begin a column. Postscripts are usually found at the end. But I want to begin this week with a follow-up to last week’s column.
Consultation does have its sceptics, critics and detractors — and I want to address so...
