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A charity thrift store is to hold its first outdoor market today to try to keep its elderly volunteers safe from Covid-19. Isabella Hall, the spokeswoman for Encore Thrift Shop, the fundraising arm of St John’s Church in Pembroke, said most of the sh...

Bermuda’s retail sales dropped by 30.6 per cent in April, after being impacted by the shelter-in-place measures put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. Wayne Furbert, Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: “After adjusting for the retail sales r...

A Bermudian entrepreneur has launched an online marketplace and advertising space aimed at assisting local businesses grow through e-commerce, and helping customers locate goods and services they are seeking. Damien Furbert has been putting the finis...

A large range of hand sanitisers has been recalled after it was found to have microbe contamination as well as methanol, a highly toxic chemical. Bermuda’s Department of Consumer Affairs sent out the alert yesterday on 135 contaminated hand sanitiser...

Bored during lockdown, Kamel Dickinson went into the kitchen and started recording. It was something the fitness trainer had been thinking about doing back in February as a way of building his social-media profile, but a friend put him off the idea. ...

When Kristen Carreiro opened clothing store Modblu Boutique on Reid Street, four years ago, there were few rental options in the City of Hamilton. By January it was clear that times had changed. With so many stores closing, many more spaces became av...

Staff at Mailboxes Unlimited are enjoying sunshine for the first time in 30 years while they work. The courier company has moved from a basement on Par-la-Ville Road to the ground floor of Butterfield Bank’s Rosebank Centre on nearby Bermudiana Road....

Curtis Azhar is unemployed, but working towards change. He had been with Spirit of Bermuda for a month when Covid-19 hit the island and the sloop was forced into dock. The chef is grateful for his family’s support, and the government benefits he has ...

Customers have been assured that the shop 59 Front is open for business. The ground floor premises on Front Street was previously operated by AS Cooper until September when the lease, inventory and staff was taken by Brown & Co, a subsidiary of The P...

A thrift store is to get a new identity after the opening of an international charity’s shop with a similar name. ReStore in Paget will change its name to ReStart by the end of the month to avoid confusion with the Habitat for Humanity ReStore outlet...

Concern about indoor air quality as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has given a businessman the bright idea to sell a panel light with a built-in air purifier. Albert Simons ran his own tests with an air monitor to see if the light and its purifyin...

More food must be grown on the island to combat problems with international supply chains, the home affairs minister said. Walter Roban’s warning came after it was confirmed that a shipment of bananas was destroyed in April because it was riddled wit...