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Santa Barbara County’s Businesses Beginning to Bounce Back from COVID-19, Research Finds
While economic activity appears to be ramping up, the data also show it s evident that employers and consumers struggled during the pandemic
Many businesses, including those at State and Figueroa streets in downtown Santa Barbara, seen in March, have started to show signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
May 19, 2021
| 7:44 p.m.
Santa Barbara County’s businesses appear to be recovering from the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research report released Wednesday.
Consumer spending, job postings and the formation of new businesses “suggest that businesses and consumers are preparing to ramp up their economic activity,” an assessment offered by Carlsbad-based applied research firm BW Research stated.
Media release: An Tobar & Mull Theatre announces Rebecca Atkinson-Lord as new chief
REBECCA Atkinson-Lord, artistic director and chief executive of London-based theatre production and development hub, Arch 468, has today been announced as the new chief executive of An Tobar & Mull Theatre and artistic director of Mull Theatre. She will take up the helm in June 2021.
Raymond MacDonald, Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation, The University of Edinburgh and co-chair of the board, said: “On behalf of the board, I am delighted to welcome Rebecca Atkinson-Lord, an exceptionally gifted and world-class producer, writer, director and performer, to our team.
“She brings a wealth of experience and inspiring enthusiasm to Mull. Her expertise, vision, and passion for the arts combine with her collegiality and community spirit to make her the perfect person to join as our new chief executive and artistic director (Theatre).”
8 April 2021
InterContinental Energy, the Hong Kong-based green hydrogen developer that is one of the key players behind the 26 gigawatt, $36 billion Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, has announced a string of new top-level hires as it accelerates its ambitious green hydrogen manufacturing plans.
InterContinental has teamed up with with Australia’s CWP and global wind energy giant Vestas to advance the AREH, with a plan to build 26 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity on a 14,000 square kilometre site in the East Pilbara in Western Australia.
The bulk of that capacity will go towards manufacturing green hydrogen for use in both domestic and international markets, with 3 gigawatts going to power big energy users in the region. The first stage of the project, which will build 15 gigawatts of capacity, received environmental approval from the Western Australian government in October last year.