The VIBES - Scottish Environment Business Awards - reward businesses whose management, processes and products have reduced their impact on the environment and created positive economic and social outcomes.

With twelve categories to apply for, the VIBES awards are open to private-sector businesses, social enterprises and community businesses. 

Funding Available To Develop Your Workplace Practices

The Workforce Innovation Voucher scheme can be used to develop a company’s workforce in partnership with a college or university.

Its purpose is to support innovation to develop the company’s workforce in partnership with a college or university – for example, a new or enhanced workplace business processes, workplace practice or innovative business expertise.

The value of this voucher is between £1,000 and £5,000, which covers the project costs and is paid directly to your partner university or college.

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National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations - Creative Scotland

The National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations is a funding programme for artistic, creative and cultural organisations based in Scotland.

Organisations can apply for between £1,000 and £100,000 to support creative activity that lasts up to 18 months. 

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Funding To Help Nature Projects Grow

Environmental organisations, community groups, land owners and farmers will be eligible to apply for a share of £1.8 million funding to help grow their nature projects.

The Scottish Government and NatureScot, working in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and with support from the Green Finance Institute, are launching a new programme of support to help scale up private investment in Scotland’s natural capital.

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epipole Shows How International Growth Stems From Opportunities At Home

epipole’s new COO, Sarah Jardine, is on a mission: a mission to develop and grow local opportunities for high value, high paying jobs in manufacturing, whilst helping further cement epipole’s reputation as an exciting, cutting-edge place to work, known for its product innovation and excellence.

The Rosyth-based company has a long history of proven expertise in designing, producing, and marketing truly incredible, innovative retinal imaging devices such as the epiCam handheld fundus camera and distributing them to a global audience.

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Free Employer Sessions For Scottish Apprenticeship Week

Skills Development Scotland will be hosting five free 45-minute webinars from 7th to 10th March to support Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2023.

The sessions will cover a series of topics, including current labour market intelligence and how apprenticeships support workforce strategies such as expanding your talent pool, improving employee retention, skills development and boosting productivity.

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Reducing Your Digital Carbon Footprint

Scottish Enterprise, with support from specialist digital sustainability consultancy Aline, is delivering a webinar that aims to give you the knowledge you need to understand, measure and lower the emissions caused by digital operations whilst increasing your business' efficiency and lowering costs.
 
Whether you are already sustainably aware or are just keen to make an impact, this webinar will change the way you think about your digital habits.

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Google and VisitScotland Presents: Tourism Accommodation – Make The Most Of Google Hotels And Google Vacation Rentals

Join this special session for tourism accommodation (hotels, B&Bs, guest houses, hostels and self-catering owners) with Google and VisitScotland.

Hear from Google as to how your business can take advantage of direct booking links on their Google Business Profile and in Google Maps. You'll also gain a better understanding of how to advertise your accommodation using Google Hotels and Google Vacation Rentals.

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Preventing IT and Digital Project Failure

Scottish Enterprise is offering practical and interactive half-day workshops that will help you to identify causes of project failure, avoid common mistakes and maximise your success.

These are delivered by Augmentum 360 and Scottish Enterprise's Digital Team and are suitable for business leaders within an ambitious Scottish company, who has responsibility for IT & Digital investment decisions and/or implementation. 

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Seven Steps to Promote Your Business - Webinar

This workshop shows you how to identify the right channels for your target market, how to “show and tell” your expertise and stand out from the competition, how to get media coverage from content marketing and social media and how to organise your efforts to make it all easy to manage.

Learn tips and tactics to take away and implement immediately.

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DYW - Cake, Coffee And Careers

Fife Chamber of Commerce is hosting FREE Employer workshops on Wednesday, 22nd March where you can have a coffee and a cake while speaking to employers who are already taking part in the Career Ready, Foundation Apprenticeship Programmes, as well as Developing the Young Workforce.

You will also have the opportunity to take part in two facilitated discussion groups, each lasting 30 minutes, to learn more about these programmes

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Events and Meeting 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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Crowdfunder and Fife Council - Up to £2,000 available to support great ideas in Fife

Crowdfund Fife is for non-profit making, local, constituted community groups with clearly defined aims and objectives or new organisations just forming.

The Fife Council fund may be able to support a range of projects, such as small capital works to improve your community, pilot projects that trial alternative ways of working or buying new equipment, materials, or expertise you do not already have that will expand your activities and encourage more people to get involved in your group.

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If you are looking to move to new business premises that offer full reception facilities, meeting rooms and on site car parking, check out the Business Incubator Kirkcaldy.

Business Incubator Kirkcaldy offers high-quality business accommodation in a managed Centre. There are units ranging in size from 15sqm (165sqft) to 51sqm (551sqft).

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