New Work Placement Portal Launched by DYW DYW Fife and Fife Council’s Education Directorate are pleased to launch Workit, a new booking and recording system for Fife, designed to facilitate work experience placements for young people in our secondary schools. This initiative aims to build a robust and skilled future workforce in Fife, and DYW Fife is seeking the support of local employers to make this endeavour a resounding success. |
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Fife Outdoor Activities Week Launched This Autumn, Welcome to Fife will be celebrating and showcasing the amazing range of outdoor activity providers and businesses at the first Fife Outdoor Activities Week. For nine days, from 28th September to 6th October, the event will encourage businesses, visitors, and locals to celebrate all that’s great about the outdoors in the Kingdom. Click here to find out more |
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Inspiring Women Leaders Event - Robyn Drummond Business Gateway Fife client, Camilla Training Aspects, is celebrating 20 years in business. Jim Hamilton established the business in 2004, and it has grown steadily over the years. The team delivers accredited technical training to a wide range of industries, including specialised plant courses and tests, health and safety, small tools training courses, first aid training, health and safety consultancy, and training matrix management. Click here to read the full story now |
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Achieve Net Zero Support with the Climate Action Hub The Scottish Business Climate Collaboration (SBCC) is designed to help small to medium sized organisations reduce their emissions. Through The Climate Action Hub you can access tools and knowledge, as well as 12 accredited e-learning modules to work through. Click here to find out more |
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Light Up For Less With Interest Free Loans With Cashback Grants If you’re looking to save energy, cut bills and reduce your carbon footprint, lighting is a great place to start. The Scottish Government’s SME Loan Scheme is offering eligible small and medium sized enterprises, including charities, interest free loans from £1,000 to £100,000 with cashback grants of up to £20,000 to upgrade to energy efficient lighting. Click here to find out more |
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Free Consultancy Support For Fife-based Businesses Fife’s Specialist Business Advice programme can provide small and medium-sized businesses 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 from sales and marketing to finance, social media and legal issues. Click here to find out more |
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Sustainable Travel Employer Initiatives - Funding and Tax Incentives Guide The Workforce Mobility Project is identifying and supporting sustainable long-term solutions, influencing policy and behaviour change to enable the reduction of transport barriers to employment, training and further education. To support businesses, social enterprises and public sector partners with ways of improving the mobility of their workforces, a guide has been produced showing the various initiatives that could be implemented together with the available funding and potential tax incentives ssociated. Click here to read the guide now |
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Meet the Buyer North 2024 The Supplier Development Programme and headline partners, Scotland Excel, are set to host the seventh annual Meet the Buyer North, at The Music Hall Aberdeen on 11th September 2024. Focusing on in-person networking, Meet the Buyer North will allow your business to connect with real buyers and procurement teams, across the public and private sector. Companies attending include AGS Airports Ltd, Bam Nuttall Ltd, Vattenfall as well as Scottish Enterprise, Crown Commercial Service and a number of local authorities. Click here to find out more |
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Downloadable Guide: GDPR For Businesses All businesses that handle personal data must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Anyone who handles personal data – whether it belongs to customers or employees – needs to know about and follow the GDPR. Read Business Gateway's free guide to find out more about what your business needs to do. Click here to find out more |
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Guide To Using Video For Businesses This free Business Gateway guide covers the basics of using video to help your business get started. It also explains how you can use video to connect more strongly with your customers without a big budget or expertise. It includes topics such as how to plan your video, things you should and shouldn't do as well as editing and uploading Click here to find out more |
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Webinar - Business Expenses and Capital Allowances for the Self-Employed Find out what allowable business expenses are and how to work out your tax allowances. You will also discover 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. Click here to find out more |
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Enterprise Hub Fife Expands Its Offering Enterprise Hub Fife opened its doors in Glenrothes seven years ago as a pioneering one stop shop to inspire entrepreneurs and boost business growth. Now it has been refurbished to maximise the space to offer premium quality meeting rooms and office space. Click here to find out more |
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UK Grantmaking 2024 - the definitive publication on grant funding UKGrantmaking is the definitive annual publication on grant funding in the UK. It is a unique cross-sector collaboration between 360Giving, the Association of Charitable Foundations, the Association of Charitable Organisations, UK Community Foundations, and London Funders. It collates data and insight on over £20 billion of funding from across all funding sectors, using data from regulators, funder accounts and data published using the 360Giving Data Standard to provide an interactive platform for understanding grantmaking in the UK. Click here to find out more |
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Book Now for Fife Business EXPO Fife's premier Business EXPO will take place on 3rd October 2024 at Carnegie Conference Centre and presents Fife businesses with an excellent opportunity to promote their business and to learn from national experts through interactive seminars and masterclasses. The event will feature an exhibition of over 40 local businesses as well as an exhibitors networking breakfast and an “Open Mic Elevator Pitch” area where exhibitors will take centre stage to promote their products in two minutes or less. Click here to find out more |
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