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This year, Dockyard entrepreneur Carole Holding bought more stock than usual. Last year was a pretty good year for the watercolour artist, and she was ready for 2020 to be even better.
Then, just as the new tourism season was about to launch, the Co...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
With face masks becoming a requirement at most grocery stores, local seamstresses are rushing to end a shortage of them on the island.
Seamstress Gina Flood of Sassy Fabrics, Alterations, Doll & Pet Boutique, spent almost all of the Easter holiday se...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Bermuda’s first privately funded business accelerator has shifted its programme for the entrepreneurial community online.
Ignite Bermuda temporarily closed its Wesley Street, Hamilton headquarters three weeks ago, and is now coaching and mentoring it...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Lockdown means no revenue for many local businesses and some are facing a fight for survival.
Cash-starved sectors include tourism-related and hospitality businesses, retail and most of the service economy.
With more than one third of Bermuda’s 35,0...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Local Business
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Ten-year-old Azari Jones has a certain gift for sewing.
She got her first sewing machine at just two years old, and sold her first handmade doll outfits at eight.
Now the Dalton E Tucker student is putting her talents to work selling face masks to h...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
BF&M Ltd reported net income of $11.9 million for 2019, despite the impact of substantial hurricane claims.
The profit fell from $20.2 million in 2018 as operating expenses increased by 9 per cent to $48.6 million.
John Wight, the insurer’s group...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
The St George’s Marine Expo has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation has announced.
The fifth annual event was to have taken place on April 26.
Ray Lambert, of the BEDC, said the decision was made ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Financial services company LOM Financial Ltd has purchased 34,900 of its shares for cancellation, it announced in a filing with the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
LOM purchased the shares at an average price of $2.75 on Tuesday.
The company has 5,420,628 sh...
DATE: Apr 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Bermuda’s grocery delivery businesses were unsure last evening whether they will be allowed to continue operating during the 14-day Covid-19 lockdown that begins tomorrow morning.
Carl Vincent of DropIt Delivery advised customers in late afternoon th...
DATE: Apr 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Rachel Perry has been hit with challenges ever since she launched The Things We Love clothing shop in St George’s.
When she opened her doors in September, first her husband James fell off a ladder and was in hospital for five days, then Hurricane Hu...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy