Yes Recycling Announces New Facility In Fife With Creation Of Up To 60 Jobs Buckinghamshire-based, privately owned recycling specialist, Yes Recycling has announced its plans for a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Fife with the creation of up to sixty jobs.
Yes Recycling, an experienced recycler of hard-to-recycle plastics (including bank notes, POS garment hangers, printed packaging film and post-industrial and construction waste-streams) has invested multiple millions of pounds into the mid-Fife facility, which will open in late October. Click here to find out more. |
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Programme for Government Focuses on Economic Transformation. The 2021-22 Programme for Government outlines how the Scottish Government will drive the green industrial revolution and help people into fair work by investing £500 million over this parliament to create high quality jobs and improve skills. This year this includes up to £70 million for the Young Persons Guarantee, up to £20 million for the National Transition Training Fund supporting sectors hardest hit by the pandemic and up to £20 million to help the long term unemployed access and sustain fair work. Click here to find out more |
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Launch of New Fife Loves Local Gift Card Businesses of every kind across Fife are being urged to sign up to a new Fife Loves Local Gift Card to help people keep spending local. To encourage people across the region to back local businesses, Fife is soon to have its own local gift card. Click here to find out more |
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Small Businesses May Be Eligible for a Smart Meter to Help Control Your Energy Costs Smart meters send your gas and electricity readings directly to your energy supplier, saving you time to focus on other jobs.
A smart meter could also give your businesses additional visibility over energy use and costs to make it easier to identify where changes and savings can be made. Click here to find out more |
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£1.5 million for rural community groups.
Not-for-profit community groups in rural areas will soon be able to apply for funding of up to £50,000 to trial new and innovative ways to address local challenges and benefit from local opportunities. Click here to find out more |
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Cupar Vintage Firm Celebrates 15th Birthday and New Film with Foodbank Fundraiser Scaramanga, the firm that employs eight people at its Prestonhall Industrial Estate base in Cupar, has been running a series of promotions to celebrate its birthday on 17th September and will donate 15% of the profits from the campaign, which ends on 19th September, to the charity Click here to find out more |
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Building Scotland Fund
The Building Scotland Fund (BSF) is a 3-year fund announced in the 2018/19 Draft Budget and is the precursor to the Scottish National Investment Bank.
It will invest £150 million over financial years 2019 to 2021 in housing, modern industrial and commercial property, and business-led research and development projects.Click here to find out more |
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PFI Sign Plus Supplies Plaque For Royal Unveiling PFI Sign Plus of Dunfermline has been busy of late, making signage for Hargreaves Land for its project of 1,600 new homes at Blindwells, East Lothian as well as supplying the plaque for Her Majesty The Queen’s royal visit to The University of Edinburgh to celebrate the newly-named Edinburgh Climate Change Institute. Read more stories from Fife businesses now at https://www.fifebusinessmatters.co.uk/ |
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WEBINAR - How to Improve Your Search Engine Ranking
This webinar aims to improve your understanding of how search engines prioritise results with specific attention on the importance of good copy and meta data, how to register your site with major search engines and how to measure the improvement in your site performance. Find out more about this webinar and book your place now |
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Get More Productive at Enterprise Hub Fife If you are finding it difficult working from home with all the distractions and interruptions or looking for a private meeting room, Enterprise Hub Fife has reopened its fantastic facilities and redesigned its set-up to ensure a safe working environment. Click here to find out more |
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A Fairer, Greener Scotland Leading Scotland safely out of the pandemic, urgently confronting climate change, driving a green, fair economic recovery, and boosting opportunities for children and young people are among the core priorities in this year’s Programme for Government (PfG). The programme sets out plans to help secure a just transition to net-zero – creating opportunities for new, good and green jobs, making homes easier and greener to heat, and encouraging people to walk, wheel or cycle instead of driving. Click here to find out more. |
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Have You Entered the Fife Business Awards 2022? Over the years, the Fife Business Awards has recognised brilliant Fife businesses of all shapes and sizes. From local success story Boogie Bounce Buckhaven, to global brand Diageo - both 2020 Fife Business Awards winners - there really is a category to reflect every business, in every sector, of every size. Winners will be announced at a huge celebration on Friday 25th March 2022, offering a great opportunity to get the team together for a well-deserved evening of fun, laughter and celebration. Click here to find out more. |
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Fife Chamber Rising Stars Dinner with Chris Van Der Kuyl The inaugural Fife Chamber of Commerce Rising Stars Dinner will celebrate Fife’s most talented, ambitious and successful young people, who will be ‘centre stage’ throughout the whole evening at the Fairmont St Andrews with guest speaker, Chris Van Der Kuyl.
Join the celebration and be entertained by brilliant, young performing artists.
Click here to find out more |
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Here to Help - Request a Call Back from a Business Adviser We understand things may be extremely challenging at the moment whether it's dealing with financial issues, supporting your employees, or understanding what needs to be in place to enable you to safely reopen.
If you have any questions or just need someone to talk to, our business advisers are here to help.
Request a call back now |
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Free Online Workshops and Seminars Our exciting events programme is packed with workshops and training seminars which will help you to learn new skills, implement new ideas and improve your operations, as you look to rebuild your business.
Featuring new seminars on key topics such as managing your online reputation and producing your own video content, as well as some of the most popular courses to take control of your website, marketing activities and bookkeeping, we are here to support your business and help upskill your team.
Find out more and download the brochure now |
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SUPPORT PACKAGES AVAILABLE
Business Rates Support for Fife Businesses
Businesses are being offered a range of relief or discount schemes. To check if your business qualifies, please visit Fife Council's Business Rates Reduction page.
Funding for Social Enterprise Businesses from Firstport Firstport has a range of funding solutions available for Social Enterprise organisations from start-up funding to growth funding and for individuals aged 16-26 looking to make a positive change in the issues that matter to them.
The Creative Sector
Creative Scotland still has funding available to help support the country's creative industries against the impact of COVID-19.
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