Coronavirus
Pandemic costs Washington 17,000 clean-energy jobs
More than 80% of those workers remain unemployed
More than 17,000 jobs in Washington state’s clean-energy industry were lost due to the pandemic, a report by Environmental Entrepreneurs, or E2, found. Job loss in the sector since the start of the pandemic through October accounts for 19% of its workforce and five times the sector’s growth since 2017, according to the Clean Jobs…
CBRE Names Seattle Top Hub for Life Sciences Industry, VC Funding
In the second quarter of 2020, the citys life sciences industry received $613.5 million in venture capital funding
As the race to create a coronavirus vaccine intensifies, the life sciences industry has boomed. Seattle is a hub for this growth, according to commercial real estate firm CBRE. Seattle ranks No. 9 in a report of the largest life sciences markets in the United States. The report measures the life sciences job market, lab-space…
The Coronavirus Crisis Has Idled More Than 500 Freelancers at the Pac-12 Networks, a Federal Filing Shows
The freelancers remain on the active roster of the Pac-12 Conferences sports-media affiliate, with the goal of returning them to work when broadcast productions resume
The coronavirus crisis has brought a temporary halt to sports programming nationwide to the dismay of many sports enthusiasts. The pain of the programming halt extends to the Pac-12 Conference and its content-production unit, the Pac-12 Networks, which have implemented pay cuts of up to 20% for top executives as well as staff layoffs affecting…
Seattle Business Leaders Aren’t Being Pollyannaish About the Fallout From the Coronavirus Crisis, Survey Shows
Executives in the Puget Sound Area have a notably bleak view of COVID-19s impact on their businesses, the poll states
Labor-market information platform ThinkWhy surveyed 500 business leaders across a half dozen major metro areas from March 14 through March 19 only several days before Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued a mandatory statewide stay-at-home order and found that executives in the Seattle area have the most negative view of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis….
Boeing Suspends Production Operations in the Puget Sound Region Indefinitely
The move extends an original temporary shutdown of the company's Seattle-area plants due to COVID-19 and sinking aircraft demand
The move extends an original temporary shutdown of the company’s Seattle-area plants due to COVID-19 and sinking aircraft demand
Nearly 2,200 Jobs Have Been Lost at a Dozen Seattle-Area Companies, WARN Act Notices Filed in March Show
The federally mandated filings announcing the layoffs are only the tip of the iceberg in the job-loss devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis
The federally mandated filings announcing the layoffs are only the tip of the iceberg in the job-loss devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis
Urgent-Care Clinic Operator Zoom+Care Launches Coronavirus Self-Testing Pilot in Seattle
If the pilot is successful, it could lead to Zoom+Care offering coronavirus self-testing kits to patients across the Pacific Northwest
If the pilot is successful, it could lead to Zoom+Care offering coronavirus self-testing kits to patients across the Pacific Northwest
Boeing Temporarily Shutters Production Operations in the Puget Sound Region Due to COVID-19 Crisis
The company will continue to pay workers and plans an orderly approach to restarting work when the suspension is lifted
The company will continue to pay workers and plans an ‘orderly approach’ to restarting work when the suspension is lifted
Calling All Seattle Businesses and Nonprofits Stung by the Coronavirus Crisis: Participate in This Survey
Greater Seattle Partners is co-sponsoring an online poll to gather data that will be used to help speed recovery
In a time of great uncertainty, as we are experiencing in the Seattle area with the still-developing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the best way to advance is to shine a light down the path, allowing us to keep our feet on solid ground as we move forward. Thats precisely what regional economic development group Greater Seattle…
Seattle Mayor Expands Coronavirus Safety Net for Small Businesses by Temporarily Banning Commercial-Property Evictions
The city previously moved to protect employees of beleaguered companies by putting a temporary hold on residential evictions
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has issued an emergency order that puts a temporary halt on evictions of small businesses and nonprofits as part of the citys ongoing efforts to ease the dire financial crunch of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The order covers all independently owned businesses with 50 employees or fewer per establishment, as well…