Join the Learn Ecommerce Programme

Learn how to take your ecommerce business to the next level with this six week video on demand course.

With the first couple of episodes already available, this streaming video programme will take you from the basics of setting up an online shop, right through to launching your first site. 

As well as the six pre-recorded videos, you will also benefit from live weekly interactive sessions, one-to-one expert help and join a community of like-minded businesses to continue the discussion.

Funding To Assess Project Feasibility

This grant is available to businesses that currently work with Scottish Enterprise through their dedicated account management and specialist teams.

The funding will let businesses employ short-term staff or work with consultants with specialist skills to help assess how feasible a new venture might be.

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The Latest Edition of FBM Update Is Now Available to Read Online

FBM Update is back with another exciting edition featuring major news from a wide range of sectors, from global headquarters investment to business expansions and new contracts and jobs. 

This month, it features Scotch Whisky Investments, Fourstones Paper Mill, Babcock, Digiflec, Choola, Must be Crackers and much more.

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Choola Crowned Champions At British Street Food Awards

2022 saw the launch of Choola, a local street food business serving up Nepalese street food from a little blue trailer. Founded by Kirkcaldy-based husband-and-wife duo, Ameer and Nicole Limbu, they sought to fill a gap in the Scottish street food scene by serving up dishes found on the streets and in the homes of Nepal. 

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Pre-launching A New Product or Business

Many business owners work for months or even years to reach the point they’re finally ready to launch their new business or product, and then suddenly realise they have no clear plan on how to reach people who are ready to hear about it.

This is where a pre-launch comes in!

Free consultancy support for Fife-based businesses

Fife’s Specialist Business Advice programme can provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Fife that are looking to develop with up to three days of fully-funded consultancy support.

Tailored, expert advice is available from specialists across a range of topics, including, Business Development, Finance, Social Media and Online Presence, Information Solutions and Technology, Legal and Property, Environmental, Human Resources, Employee Development and Wellbeing.

How To Use Influencer Marketing To Boost Your Business

This free article from Business Gateway explains how to use influencer marketing to boost your business, with insights from fashion and lifestyle blogger Tatyana Bugayeva.

Influencer marketing can help any business to build greater engagement with its brand. Influencers are hired to promote brands that they genuinely love to the influencer’s own followers, by creating suitable content and engaging directly in two-way conversations. 

Business Expenses and Capital Allowances - Webinar

In this webinar, you will find out what allowable business expenses are and how to work out your tax allowances.

How to recognise the most common types of allowable business expenses, the different ways to work out your motoring expenses and the capital allowances for cars, other vehicles and equipment.

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Tay Cities Digital Skills Project Hosts Launch Event

The Tay Cities Digital Skills project hosted a launch event on Tuesday 7th November to debate the world of digital skills and collaborative work across business, education, the third and public sectors to meet the digital skills needs of the Tay Cities Region.     

Over the next two years, the Tay Cities Digital Skills project will support over 180 individuals across Angus, Dundee, Fife, and Perth and Kinross access training in digital and data skills and will engage with over 60 organisations to support their digital skills needs. 

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Delivering a Start-up Nation

New funds will help more people from under-represented backgrounds start their own businesses and nurture fledgling companies.

A total of 42 recipients will share £1.6 million through the Ecosystem Fund, while 20 projects will receive £1.3 million through a new Pre-Start Pathways Fund.

Funding to help women and other priority groups become entrepreneurs and access support and advice forms part of the Scottish Government initiative.

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IBioIC Annual Conference

This two-day event will take place on 13th and 14th March 2024 in the Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow. The conference is hosted by IBioIC and brings together world-leading researchers, industry, and policy-makers working in the bioeconomy.

The event will celebrate the growth of the biotechnology sector in Scotland and beyond over the past ten years and explore the future for biotechnology as a means to achieve net zero ambitions and address sustainability challenges.

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The Perfect Flexible Events Space at Enterprise Hub Fife

Whether you are planning a strategy session, looking to host a training workshop or require offsite meeting space, Enterprise Hub Fife offers bright and spacious areas with modern facilities in the heart of Fife.

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Grants of up to £15,000 Available In The Third Sector, Community and Practice Fund

The funding call seeks to support 12-month projects that prioritise the adoption and implementation of local community and place-based approaches to build resilience.

Projects should demonstrate a deep understanding of local issues, interconnections, and relationships within their specific setting while focusing on coordinating action and investment to improve the quality of life for their community. 

The fund is open to community groups, practitioners, and third sector organisations from across Scotland.

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