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An expert in property law is to hold a series of free clinics this month to help people with real estate problems.
Mathew Kelly, a director at Hamilton-based Chancery Legal, will hold the clinics on Saturday afternoons throughout March.
Mr Kelly, who...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017
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Online entrepreneur Natasha Tucker has launched a crowdfunding drive to boost her UK green fashion website.
Ms Tucker, co-owner of Reve en Vert, based in London, said: “Basically, we thought it was a really good way to engage our community and custom...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Public services could be provided by private-sector firms set up by ex-civil servants, an audience of business people heard yesterday.
Erica Smith, executive director of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, said: “With the potential restruct...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Business confidence has grown over the past few months, a major survey has shown.
And Bermuda-only businesses outstripped their international counterparts in the optimism stakes.
Local business hit 105.9 in the second survey of last year, up 5.3 poin...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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A US-based start-up firm is to trial a Bermuda service to allow deaf and speech impaired people to communicate more effectively with telecoms and power suppliers.
Pypestream, in partnership with the Bermuda Islands Association of the Deaf, is to run ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Donald Trump’s plans to cut American tax rates is “a very serious risk” to Bermuda’s economy, finance minister Bob Richards warned yesterday.
Mr Richards said: “The threat level to our international model has never been as high or as imminent as it i...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017
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Bermudian jobs could face the axe as international telecoms firm Digicel announced plans to cut 25 per cent of its worldwide workforce over the next 18 months.
But Digicel stayed tight-lipped on whether the island would be affected by the job losses....
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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Sneaker giants adidas is to bring back a retro design — with a Bermuda touch.
The adidas Bermuda sneaker, first seen in the 1970s, has been reborn as part of the company’s Originals range of classics.
According to sneaker websites, the design will fi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2017
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Bermuda Aviation Services has appointed Jennifer Beech as assistant group financial controller.
Ms Beech, who formerly worked in the enterprise division audit practice at professional services firm KPMG, will look after day-to-day finance operations ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2017
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The XL Group board has backed a massive $1 billion share buyback programme, the company announced today.
And the insurance and reinsurance giant will pay a quarterly dividend of 22 cents a share on its common shares at the end of next month, up two c...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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