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Rising demand for “sneeze barriers” made from clear, plastic-based materials has prompted some Bermudian businesses to start making them. As business owners scramble to prepare for reopening, while adhering to government guidelines designed to combat...

The owner of a natural deodorant business said yesterday she did not think her firm would have survived without the backing of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation. Surlena Smith, who runs PondaPits, said sales went into a major slump after t...

A $24 million stimulation package from the Business Economic Development Corporation will have little impact on small businesses in North East Hamilton, some entrepreneurs predicted yesterday. Business owners Charles O’Brien, Jenefer Brimmer and Carm...

A thrift store is to sell clothes at bargain basement prices to help families that have struggled because of the Covid-19 crisis. ReStore Thrift Shop will sell most of its stock for between $1 and $2 to help clear its inventory and help people in the...

Consumers paid 0.9 per cent more in February 2020 than they did a year previously for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index. The level of inflation decreased 0.1 of a percentage point from January 2020. Between Januar...

A disaster relief recovery bond could help the Bermuda Government meet some of the extra borrowing needs it faces as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Some are floating the idea as a way to also get the community involved in supporting the economic re...

“I very frequently get the question: what’s going to change in the next ten years? And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question: what’s not going to change in the next ten years? And I submit to you...

Unbudgeted government spending on the Covid-19 crisis could reach $80 million, the finance minister told the House of Assembly yesterday. Curtis Dickinson told MPs that the projected budget deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year was estimated at between...

Founder Gilbert “Artie” Darrell believes Horizon Communications Ltd can compete in price and service quality as it prepares to take on established telecoms market rivals. The company, backed by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund, has been approved by th...

A pragmatic approach is being taken by the Bermuda Monetary Authority over companies and institutions that cannot hold board meetings and annual general meetings on the island because of restrictions introduced to combat Covid-19. A BMA spokesman sai...

With the worst of The Great Lockdown (TGL) market crash likely behind us, investors should prepare for the next phase of the pandemic era — a reopening of the world economy. Looking back, this year’s market action has been epic. The Covid-19 crash ha...

Sound management of the public purse during the fiscal strain of the Covid-19 crisis has long-term importance, the watchdog of government finances has warned. Heather Thomas, the Auditor-General, has repeatedly warned the Government of the dangers o...