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When the cruise ships stopped coming a year ago, Jan Quinn knew it was “hopeless” to keep a store open in Dockyard. So, she and her business partner, Andrea Moniz, closed their physical Hand Made (Bermuda) Ltd store in the Clocktower Mall and moved t...

The last year has been a stressful time for everyone. When Bermuda went into lockdown last April, Francesca Thomas wanted to do something to help. “During the peak of the pandemic I thought we needed something to calm us all down and relax,” said Mr...

Retail sales volume increased by 14.2 per cent in December year-over-year, marking the sixth consecutive month of rising sales for a sector hard-hit in the first half of 2020 by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The figure has been adjusted for th...

A wine and spirits tasting and retail store is to open in Smith’s on the former site of a children’s indoor recreational facility. The Department of Planning has approved a change-of-use application for the building at 8 South Road, just east of Coll...

Bermudian Holly Paiva and New Yorker Palwasha Raqib have been friends since they met in college in Boston 20 years ago. But their paths led in different directions. Ms Paiva now runs sleep therapy and reflexology business Dreaming Bermudian, while M...

A thief targeted a clothes store at the weekend in its second break-in in five months. Darren Booth, who runs The Booth on Reid Street, appealed for assistance to trace a raider who smashed his way into the shop late in the early hours of last Sunday...

There are positive signs that many businesses have managed to deal with the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, however some are still greatly affected. The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce surveyed businesses in Hamilton, North Hamilton, St George’s, and Dockya...

Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly this morning that a public information campaign and consultation with businesses will take place this year with the goal of banning the importation of some products next year. He ...

Cher’ree Lambert’s business, The Soap Box, started as a way to decompress. She loved working as a 911 dispatcher, but found it stressful, at times. “The doctor said you need to find something that will bring you right down to relaxation mode, so that...

A restaurateur has welcomed moves by Government to encourage employees to return to the workplace. But Phillip Barnett of the Island Restaurant Group said the industry still needed more “sustained relief” in order to recover from “significant losses”...

Island businesses reacted to the 2021 Budget statement with mixed levels of optimism yesterday. Philip Barnett, the president of Island Restaurant Group, said: “I am feeling exhausted relief from the setting of no new taxes or increases, and the c...

Retail sales volume surged 7 per cent in November as local businesses benefited from more on-island spending. With fewer residents travelling during the pandemic, many retailers have seen a pick-up in sales. November was the fifth consecutive month o...