Fife Business Week 2022 has wrapped up its 13th year, giving hope and encouragement to businesses in a year that has presented many challenges.  Over 30 events were held for businesses of all sizes and in all sectors and these attracted 700 registrations from businesses.

Hosted by Fife Council’s Economic Development Team and the Business Gateway Fife team under the InvestFife brand, Fife Business Week is designed to support businesses to succeed and flourish whilst making Fife the best place to do business.

SME Loan Fund with Cashback

The SME Loan fund offers small and medium-sized enterprises based in Scotland unsecured, interest-free loans of up to £100,000 for renewable or energy efficiency projects. You may be able to get up to £30,000 as cashback. This is on a first come basis. The loan funding is provided by the Scottish Government.

The funding is available to help you pay for energy and carbon-saving upgrades in your business.

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Funding For Self-build Homes

Self-builders who are unable to access standard bank lending can now apply for a loan of up to £175,000 to help with the development costs of their home.

The Self-Build Loan Fund reopened for applications on Monday 21st November and aims to support the delivery of good quality and energy-efficient housing, giving people more choice about the homes they want to live in.

Following the success of a pilot scheme in the Highlands, the fund was launched nationally in 2018, with 41 loans worth a total of £6.2 million approved to date.

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North East Fife Physiotherapist bringing Structural Harmony

Based in Fife, Jane Torvaney has over 30 years’ experience as a Chartered Physiotherapist working throughout the UK in a variety of settings and specialities.

She has a deep respect and love for the body and brings with her a great understanding of how the body can work optimally as a whole to support it to heal.

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NEW Skills Boost Courses from Fife College: Upskill Or Retrain In Key Industry Areas

Fife College has launched a new range of short-term, flexible courses which are delivered online are an ideal way to both refine your core skills and also to learn new skills for specific industry sectors. 

What’s more, all these courses are FREE so don’t delay and sign up for one today.

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Fife Voluntary Action's Mental Health Forum

FVA's Mental Health Forum is open to any third sector organisation working within the mental health or health and social care sector in Fife.

The Forum is a fantastic space for third sector colleagues to come along and hear about key developments in mental health in Fife and nationally, discuss significant issues and network with other third sector organisations.

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Leading from the Inside- Strategy for Business Leaders- Webinar

​This interactive webinar is designed to be useful to business leaders at all levels and at all scales. Whether you are a sole proprietor or a rising star in a huge organisation, this webinar will help your organisation grow responsibly.

The Leading from the Inside, Strategy for Business Leaders webinar will give new insights into the role of Leaders at all levels in setting strategy.

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Enterprise Hub Fife Was The Right Move For ARRO Lighting

When Aaron Andrews was looking for an office for his lighting business, he and his co-director, Ross Syme needed a private, professional space with excellent broadband where they could conduct national and international business. 

Two and a half years on, they haven’t looked back, as the Enterprise Hub in Glenrothes has proved to be perfect for their business, ARRO Lighting and Events.

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Financially Managing Growth- Webinar 

As many businesses grow the owner or original partners have used the same financial management systems and tools as they were doing when they started out meaning that although the business grows, they have outgrown their financial management governance and controls.

If the financial management is not developed to meet the aspirations of the business the risk to poor cash management, inefficient asset management, reduced profitability and poor reporting of financial results are the outcomes.

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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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A new plan to help Scotland’s life sciences sector grow its exports has been unveiled.

The strategy, An Export Plan for Scotland’s Life Sciences Sector, has been developed by the Scottish Government in partnership with Scottish Development International and the Industry Leadership Group for Life Sciences. 

It identifies key areas for action, including work to build on the existing customer base in the US and a focus on support mechanisms to help small and medium size companies target emerging markets.

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Business Gateway Fife has published two tenders on Public Contract Scotland to support key services it provides to Fife Businesses.

The tenders cover the Provision of Specialist Business Advice and the Contracted Business Advisers Framework for the period of 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025.

Click on the links for full information on each tender opportunity.

Fife Chamber Festive Social has all the normal benefits you expect from Fife’s most popular forum for forging new and long-lasting business connections.

Enjoy relaxed networking with the Fife Chamber team on hand to make introductions for you – but with some special Christmas sparkle wrapped in!  

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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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