The Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise helps projects that create or protect jobs in areas of Scotland. The level of grant offered depends on the location of your project and the size of your business.

An RSA can typically cover up to 35 per cent of the eligible costs for a small or medium sized enterprise (SME) and 15 per cent of the eligible costs for a large enterprise.  Projects must last between six and 36 months. The minimum grant amount considered is £100,000.

The fund is for capital investment projects that don’t fit with other funding programmes available through Scottish Enterprise. Applicants are advised to explore all options available before they apply.
 

The Princes Trust Explore Enterprise Course

The Prince's Trust Explore Enterprise Course consists of up to seven online sessions. These include information and support on the basics of self-employment, HMRC and finance, pricing and sales, marketing, networking, cashflows, and business plans.

When you contact the Trust, you'll be paired with a caseworker who will get to know you and your business idea through some initial induction meetings. You'll need to complete some documents to get set up on the system, then you can get booked onto the online sessions.

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Selbrae House Flourishes As It Expands To Meet Global Demand

A seed was planted over 30 years ago, which bloomed into a family entrepreneurial adventure; the result of which is Selbrae House, a craft-driven, family-run homeware and gifts company in Kirkcaldy.  Adaptability, forward-thinking and a strong team ethic amongst its 32 staff has seen the company evolve and grow.
 
Selbrae House has grown 24 per cent on average for the last three years, including 30 per cent in 2021. Export now represents its fastest growing sales channel, with the best markets being Germany, Switzerland and the USA. It also distributes to Canada, Japan, Korea, Scandinavia and New Zealand.

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The Forum Online Business Network

The Forum is an online network where members can come together to share ideas and issues, offer advice, and post specific business requests and offers in a peer-to-peer environment.

To maintain the peer-to-peer environment, only businesses can join the network and members are asked to refrain from using the Network to send any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites.

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£2,000 Grants for Professional Development - Applications Closing 8th December 2022

The £2,000 grant initiative for leadership, management and sales development training which began last year is closing for applications three weeks tomorrow.

Based on your organisation's size, you're eligible for up to 10 grants of £2,000 to train your managers and key staff with only a small contribution to pay towards each.

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Leadership Development Programme

The programme will use a blended learning approach to help identify and integrate your values into the business culture, develop a more successful business that’s is a fairer place to work, drive engagement, innovation and productivity, increase business resilience and agility to drive faster change and develop strategic decision making.

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Building a Green Heat Industry

A new drive has been launched to develop Scotland’s green heat sector and ensure the right people, skills and technology are in place to make homes and buildings warmer, greener and cheaper to run.

Backed by £17.6 million funding, the Heat in Buildings Supply Chains Delivery Plan sets out the practical steps that will be taken to support the growth of the green heat sector – including supporting green jobs, leveraging private investment and helping businesses seize the economic opportunities offered by the transition to net zero.

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Making Keywords Work for your Website- Webinar 

This workshop will cover how keywords work, what keywords are and where and how to use them. We will discuss the four types of keywords.

Google uses that information to determine which content is relevant to a particular search query, and how the page should rank in searches for a particular term.

Find out how to approach keyword research and where to apply these keywords within your website.

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Edinburgh Airport is the biggest and busiest airport in Scotland welcoming more than 14.7 million people and plays a vital role in connecting Fife to the rest of the world.  

Always straight-talking and passionate, Gordon Dewar, the Airport’s Chief Executive, will describe its investment plans and explain how it is working with some of the biggest airlines in the world to expand its international and domestic routes to create more trade and business opportunities for Scotland. 

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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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