Select Staffing HQ moves to Atlanta amid ownership shuffle
By Staff Report / Monday, January 5th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Select Staffing HQ moves to Atlanta amid ownership shuffle
The merger comes less than a year after Select restructured itself after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will permanently relocate the national company’s headquarters from Santa Barbara to Atlanta.
Remembering the banking visionary who built SBB&T
By Henry Dubroff / Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Remembering the banking visionary who built SBB&T
Donald M. Anderson, a Minnesota native whose vision drove Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s rise to the top of the region’s financial institutions, died earlier this month in Santa Barbara. He was 86.
Santa Barbara’s historic El Paseo is new wine destination
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s historic El Paseo is new wine destination
When Jamie Slone was looking to establish a tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara for his inaugural line of wines, he liked the cluster of three tasting spots at the city’s historic El Paseo complex and was looking to join them.
The Shopping Center Group makes West Coast retail play
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, December 19th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on The Shopping Center Group makes West Coast retail play
Atlanta-based retail real estate firm The Shopping Center Group recently opened its first West Coast office in Santa Barbara.
Kimpton sold to UK hotel group in $430M deal, Miramar delayed
By Staff Report / Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 / Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Kimpton sold to UK hotel group in $430M deal, Miramar delayed
The deal is touted as a move to accelerate growth of the new company’s brands in the U.S., particularly in Europe and Asia, where demand for boutique brands is on the rise.
Allergan alumni launch FDA compliance firm
By Erika Martin / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Allergan alumni launch FDA compliance firm
Though the services provided by 123Compliance may not deliver the behemoth employer that could replace Allergan’s big footprint, the company, with 20 employees worldwide, has been growing exponentially.
Seacoast Yachts plots expansion course
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, December 12th, 2014 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Seacoast Yachts plots expansion course
With sales running at their highest rate since the pre-financial crisis days of 2006, Santa Barbara-based Seacoast Yachts is now expanding to the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.