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David Burt delivered an impressive maiden Budget statement yesterday, driven by an appreciation of economic reality, spiced with a touch of political boldness. As the Premier and Minister of Finance, he faced the largest test of his young political c...

An attempt to boost small businesses will be revealed this morning in David Burt’s first Budget. Sources said that the Premier and Minister of Finance would announce a plan to make it easier for smaller companies to compete for government contracts. ...

David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, today delivered the Budget Statement for 2018-19. Here are the main highlights: • “This Budget will ease the burdens for the single mother and the struggling family with a tax cut that will increase th...

Professional-services firms Deloitte and PwC today published their snapshots of the 2018-19 Budget statement — a summary of the main points taken from David Burt’s maiden budget, delivered this morning in the House of Assembly. See both summaries und...

Teachers are buying basic school necessities out of their own pockets, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers. Union president Shannon James called for more help in the Progressive Labour Party’s first Budget since it returned to power, which wil...

David Burt faces a crucial balancing act tomorrow with his first Budget as Premier, former premier Sir John Swan warned. Sir John called Mr Burt “the best of the best that we could have to lead the Progressive Labour Party”. “Not only does he have th...

Bermudians will not have to hold their breath any longer as the 2018-19 Budget Statement will be tabled on Friday. This will be David Burt’s maiden budget as Premier and Minister of Finance, and it will set the tone for Bermuda’s fiscal policy going ...

Every Bermuda Government budget is consequential to our fate, but none is as potentially critical as the 2018-19 Budget Statement soon to be presented by the Minister of Finance. Why? Because Bermuda finds itself at a critical fiscal crossroads. And ...

The Budget will focus on sparking economic growth in Bermuda, the Premier said last night. David Burt, also Minister of Finance, told an audience at St Paul Centennial Hall that any tax increases in the looming Budget would be “small and targeted”. H...

The Government will tomorrow host a public meeting to discuss the pre-Budget report. The meeting, to be held at the St Paul Centennial Hall in Hamilton from 6pm, will give the public the chance to quiz David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance,...

David Burt will unveil his first Budget on February 16. The Premier and Minister of Finance said the Budget would “focus on those who for the last five years have not been a priority”. He added: “Our aim is simple and that is to grow Bermuda’s econom...

Top insurance company executives and investment managers have met with David Burt, the Premier, to discuss plans for the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund. Mr Burt tweeted a picture from the meeting yesterday, showing him shaking hands with Brian Duperreau...