Bermudians of the Year
Erica Smith: Champion of Small Business
Erica Smith, executive director of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) since 2014, and her team already dedicated their working life to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed by offering workshops, one-to-one advice, incubator programmes and a variety of loan options. Then COVID hit and Smith went into overdrive. “We were able to ramp up and provide additional resources,” she says. “We were fortunate to be provided additional funds from the Bermuda Government to deploy to businesses by way of…
January 28, 2022