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Increases to land tax announced in the Budget will mean greater burdens for a struggling sector, estate agents warned. Property experts feared the changes outlined by Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, were not enough to stimulate the ailing com...

Property experts await more information about proposals designed to increase opportunities for home ownership. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, outlined schemes including initiatives to widen access to mortgages and soften ownership rules f...

Category five Hurricane Irma caused widespread destruction when it rolled through the Turks & Caicos in September 2017. Clocking winds of more than 175mph it left at least 18 people dead, and downed 1,300 utility poles. One of the few things left uns...

At Bermuda Brickyard Ltd, the company truck is a bright red 1931 Ford Model A with the company logo on the side. Owner Peter Schindel loves antiques. It was this passion that led him to form the company in 1994. “I bought the old Devonshire post off...

If you build it they will come Field of Dreams It may be subjective whether or not they will come, but one thing for sure, you still have to build it. To build “it”, one would have to have the skill set to build and maintain whatever “it” is. To ha...

Young Bermudians could “easily” replace hundreds of work permit holders in the building trades, an industry leader has claimed. Will Irvine, the executive director of the Construction Association of Bermuda, said teenagers were ripe for training and ...

A local firm that was part of the construction of a new power station at Belco has left the job, a spokesman for the power company said. But the departure of Somers Construction is not expected to impact the building of the North Power Station’s buil...

Dear Heather, I want to sell my home. I interviewed one agent but they did not suggest a price that I was happy with. I really need to get more than she recommended. I am thinking of interviewing another agent to see if they can come up with a better...

A “matchmaking” service for jobseekers will lead to a higher standard of training and better employees, the Government said yesterday. The scheme will mean company executives are provided with details of individuals suitable for career advancement op...

Building firm leaders should develop fresh talent and take control of their industry before others do, a construction company chief said yesterday. Charles Dunstan said he wanted to see the creation of “industry-driven” occupational advisory committe...

I was pleased to hear when listening to the Speech from the Throne on November 9 that the Progressive Labour Party has declared to all of Bermuda that it is “determined to provide relief to hard-working families” regarding the interest rate and the a...

Developers are about to break ground on a condominium project in Hamilton Parish that will offer new homes for less than $400,000. Gilbert Darrell’s GSpace is the company behind the Haus development on Seon Drive, off North Shore Road, close to Shell...