The September 2022 issue of Fife Business Matters, the monthly online publication that features the latest news from businesses across Fife is now available to read and download. 

Featuring articles from We are Zest coffee shop, Keela outdoor clothing, Rumipod garden rooms and a selection of the latest award-winning Fife businesses, there are also articles highlighting guidance, business support available and links to further sources of information, which ought to prove valuable to local businesses.

The third window of the £34 million Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF) is now open. This offers an opportunity for industrial sites with high energy use to develop their proposals into applications for match-funded government grants to support their transition to a low-carbon future. 

SIETF will help the industry to cut energy bills by investing in more efficient technologies while reducing emissions by bringing down the costs and risks associated with investing in decarbonisation technologies.

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Todd Fish Tech, an innovative shellfish storage systems business, is expanding its existing premises in Dalgety Bay. Established by husband-and-wife team, Errin and Keith Todd, Todd Fish Tech is a manufacturing business producing the patented, multi-award-winning Lobster Pod. 

Employing seven staff, it started off in one unit at West Way, Dalgety Bay, and has expanded into a further two units providing a warehouse and manufacturing workshop facility with adequate storage space.

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Net Zero Transition Fund Offers £3,000 Grant

The Net Zero Transition Fund is a non-repayable grant of up to £3,000 for businesses in Fife. It can be used to help your business move toward operating with net zero carbon emissions. 

Priority is given to businesses in sectors such as energy, financial and business services, food and drink, manufacturing and engineering, and tourism.

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Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance

This round of the Touring Fund supports high-quality work to tour throughout Scotland and for the touring sector to continue to re-engage with audiences, delivered through partnerships between touring artists and companies in conventional and non-conventional formats and staging.

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The Clean Energy Transition Partnership is a competitive call with a two-stage application process. The fund aims to get as many Scottish companies as possible involved in new clean energy solutions.

Scottish Enterprise can only fund projects that have been selected through the Clean Energy Transition Partnership ranking process. Only the highest-ranking projects will receive funding.

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Whether you have moved to remote working and are looking for a professional space to host a meeting, or you simply want to get offsite for a sales meeting or HR Issue, Enterprise Hub Fife offers flexible meeting space to suit your requirements.

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Download Our Full Events Programme Now

Have you downloaded our exciting business training programme for the next six months? It features an extensive range of informative workshops and seminars designed to help you in business.

As well as webinars on core topics such as  Running Your New Business, Business Planning, Book Keeping and Marketing, the programme also has a selection of fantastic new webinars such as Developing a Short Term Cash Flow and Making Keywords Work for Your Website.

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Train to become a CPD-certified Green Champion

The Green Champions online training course is already helping organisations across Scotland prepare for this challenge by providing knowledge, tried-and-tested techniques, best practice examples, and free tools and templates.

This free webinar, designed for small and medium sized enterprises, will pack the entire Green Champions foundation course into one session. Join and get the skills and knowledge that over 4,000 other professionals have already learnt through the Green Champions training course.

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Scottish Enterprise Account Management Service

Scottish Enterprise provides a dedicated account management service for ambitious companies that are able to demonstrate that they can make a significant contribution to achieving a fairer and greener economy.

The account management service is not open to all companies, but Scottish Enterprise works closely with a number of partners - including Business Gateway, innovation centres and regional incubators and accelerators - and may direct you to one of these partners if appropriate.

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ChamberFORCE - Team Challenge Day at Cluny Activities

Fife Chamber of Commerce is kickstarting the relaunch of ChamberFORCE with a free, fun and competitive day of activities at Cluny Clays. Network with staff from ChamberFORCE sponsors Amazon and the HRFCA, and military personnel.

Enjoy some networking and a round robin of activities such as clay pigeon shooting, archery, foot golf and rifle shooting.

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Here to Help - Request a Call Back from a Business Adviser

We understand things may be extremely challenging at the moment whether it's dealing with financial issues, supporting your employees, or understanding what needs to be in place to enable you to sustain and grow your business.

If you have any questions or just need someone to talk to, our business advisers are here to help.

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