Comments on: Retail Sales Increase By 2.7% In July 2015

By: Still Looking For Work

Still Looking For Work — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:19:53 +0000

Wrong Kangoocar!!! There are AT LEAST 2000 unemployed Bermudians out of work and have been for a LONG time!! I’ve been out of work for 10 months myself, and can relate to the person who wrote…I have a degree and decades of continuous, good employment within management and support positions alike…there are TOO MANY people out there without jobs, heck I can’t even get an interview with my VAST experience!! I voted OBA, btw, and am definitely not a PLPer!! I spend $1000 per month from savings just to have a roof and to eat…NO Health insurance, I can’t afford it!!! I know of other professionals who are in similar situations, with longer spells without work..at least part-time work would be helpful, something is better than NOTHING…we need the community to work with those who have 95% of the qualifications, not demand 100%!! 5% can be trained or learned…middle class has SHRUNK considerably, you are either rolling in dough or struggling and on Govt assistance…people like me can do neither, but see their lifelong savings whittled away just to live in Bda!!!

By: serengeti

serengeti — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:40:29 +0000

And if we’re just talking anecdotes, I’ve been trying to get someone reliable to paint my roof for 6 months.

By: serengeti

serengeti — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:38:25 +0000

It was happening in every developed country from 2009 onwards, but that didn’t stop Bermuda’s economy getting further and further into the toilet during those years, did it.

By: WillSee

WillSee — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:40:19 +0000

My brother was out of work for 18 months and has a good job now.
Keep looking.

By: Coffee

Coffee — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:03:37 +0000

No need to spin anything … It’s happening in every developed country .

By: hmmm

hmmm — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:26:02 +0000

What skillsets do you have ?

By: kangoocar

kangoocar — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:23:24 +0000

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news to you but, if you truly have pounded the pavement to all industries in BDA, then the problem is you??? But don’t think for one second I actually believe you!!! You are a plper spreading once again miss truths and you you are doing nothing to help Bermuda get out of the mess the plp put us in!!!! But yet again why would anyone expect anything else from the the likes of you??? I actually just hired to unemployed black bermudians that had NO experience in my field of business and you know what, I did it to help our economy because they actually continued to follow up after their interviews almost to the point of becoming a pain in the you know what?? But, I will say this, after relenting and hiring them after I already had hired another person but thought maybe I should give them a chance and hope I can generate enough business to to carry them, and I am happy to tell you it was the best decision I have made business wise in a few years!!! They are working great and I could not be more happy with them, and business has grown enough to justify the two extras I have in just a few short months!!

By: jt

jt — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:08:55 +0000

Do you believe we should be working to increase our resident population alongside aggressive efforts to court IB and foreign investment or do you feel increasing the expatriate population is a threat to your overall situation?

By: jt

jt — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:05:06 +0000

Yes. There isn’t really a viable middle ground here at this stage. We are either all in or not really in at all. Take it or leave it, but understand the likely outcomes.

By: The truth

The truth — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:04:17 +0000

Act like a Xpat and apply for a work permit the job will open up over night.

By: Average Bermudian

Average Bermudian — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:14:15 +0000

I have applied for everything i see and hear and across all industries in Bermuda.
Still unemployed after pounding the pavement for 11 months.

I can’t hold out forever as something will have to give (again)

By: Where's the support

Where's the support — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:15:19 +0000

agree JT–but the Banks aren’t opening accounts for the FDI to enter Bermuda.

The “Open for Business” mantra is more like a marketing slogan then an executable exercise.

We need to be open for business on all levels!

By: serengeti

serengeti — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:11:52 +0000

Lol. Nicely done.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:09:24 +0000

Where have they looked and where have they applied ?

By: jt

jt — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:42:52 +0000

It will. We are still some distance from tangible recovery. But these are the signs we need to see.
We need to heighten our focus on increasing the resident population and foreign investment. Many bark at what comes with this but people who don’t like the sound of it will continue to complain about not having jobs, cut backs, lower incomes etc. and the number in this group will steadily increase.

By: how you doin

how you doin — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:12:00 +0000

This still doesn’t help my family members who can’t find work.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:58:18 +0000

Sales of chips are up.

By: jt

jt — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:53:58 +0000

Chip,
Don’t forget to add your grave concern.

By: Onion juice

Onion juice — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:22:29 +0000

Its just the friends and family recycling the funds.

By: TonyC

TonyC — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:08:24 +0000

This is how they will spin it:

This is further proof that the OBA is failing Born Bermudians. The index number value is down on 2013, which wasn’t that long after the PLP were in power.

Car sales are up, and that’s only because the rich white boat race people are buying cars. That also explains why service stations sales receipts are up. Apparel sales are down because the boat race people bring their own clothes with them.

Food sales increased because of all those rich white sailing folk buy expensive food, and liquor sales are down because those rich white sailing folk are fit and healthy and don’t drink so much as Born Bermudians.

The all other store types sector, which historically is the key indicator for Born Bermudians, weakened by 2.5%, further proof that Born Bermudians are suffering at the hands of a party who don’t care. Gross receipts by boat and marine suppliers has fallen by 24.6% because the boat race people brought their own foiling catarmathingies with them instead of buying them locally from hard-working Born Bermudians.

Sales at tourist-related stores fell by 6.8% because rich white boat type people don’t buy fridge magnets, and sales of furniture, appliances and electronics fell because buses were cancelled and people couldn’t get to Masters before they closed. The OBA need to make an announcement about that, or something.

Gross receipts at pharmacies increased because of the medication which Born Bermudians are being forced to take all because of a boat race.

We demand a new election blah blah blah

By: NCM

NCM — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:04:30 +0000

Great news! I wait with baited breath to see how the Opposition will spin this using their Burt Math.

By: larry marshall

larry marshall — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:01:58 +0000

Good news suggesting light at the end of the tunnel.