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Scottish Export Awards 2018

Got an export success story to share? The nomination deadline for the Scottish Export Awards 2018 is looming…..19th January is the last chance to get your nominations in.

Friday 12 January 2018

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North-East Fife 2018 – what to expect for businesses

People doing business in North-East Fife are being invited to St Andrews Business Club’s event on January 24 to hear what to expect in the economy of North-East Fife in 2018. In the event, to be held at the Old Course Hotel from 5.30pm, Keith Winter, Executive Director of Enterprise & Environment at Fife Council and Professor Brad MacKay, Vice-Principal, International Strategy and External Relations at University of St Andrews, will talk about what they believe 2018 will and may hold for St Andrews and North-East Fife which will affect businesses and for which they need to have a plan

Wednesday 3 January 2018

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Fife Festive Working Hours

Business Gateway Fife Festive Working Hours

Our office will be closed from Friday 22nd December 2017 and open again on Thursday 4th January 2018.

We look forward to working with more Fife businesses over the next year. In the meantime we wish you health and happiness over the Festive period.

 

Friday 22 December 2017

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Prepare your business for Making Tax Digital at The Old Course Hotel

People doing business in North-East Fife are being invited to join members and guests of St Andrews Business Club on January 10 to hear how they should start preparing their business for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme. In the second Learning Lunch of the club’s new season, to be held at The Old Course Hotel from 12.30pm, Thomson Cooper Accountants Partners Mark Gibson and Elaine Cromwell will talk about how businesses should start preparing for this mandatory change to filing tax information online. They’ll also outline the other benefits of switching to Web-based accounting and

Tuesday 19 December 2017

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Christmas comes early for Paramount Care workers

Employees at Kirkcaldy based Paramount Care were delighted to receive a special bonus just in time for Christmas.  The company, now wholly owned by its employees, is celebrating another good year.  Ruth Smyth, who started the company in 2000, sold the business to the employees in March.  “I’m delighted to see employees enjoy the rewards of their hard work. It is the dedicated commitment of our care and support staff that have made Paramount the success it is today.  When I started to think about retirement, I could have sold Paramount to a larger concern.

Wednesday 13 December 2017

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Fife Entrepreneur Launches UK's First Sleeper

Scots entrepreneur launches UK’s first sleeper mini-coach offering Bed, Bus & Breakfast and embarks on debut journey from Aberdeen to Edinburgh’s Sleep in the Park First there was ‘Bed & Breakfast’, now there is ‘Bed, Bus & Breakfast’ thanks to a Scottish entrepreneur who has developed the UK’s first sleeper mini-coach, which could transform overnight travel for groups of holidaymakers, as well as tour bands and university and school trips. Alan Aim, a former tour guide who runs Cowdenbeath-based coach hire company Travel by Knight, has had the vehicle custom-built to inc

Wednesday 13 December 2017

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The Prince’s Trust Businesses reap the benefits of the Kingsgate

THE twelve days of Christmas started early for the Prince’s Trust businesses who recently participated in the pop-up shop in Dunfermline’s Kingsgate shopping centre.  Between Tuesday 21 November to Saturday 2 December, shoppers were given the opportunity to visit the Prince’s Trust supported businesses in a unit situated directly across from Marks & Spencer’s store. Over the period, nine participating businesses sold a variety of products from jewellery and bespoke furniture to handpainted portraits and handmade women’s clothing.  Frazer Reid of FAR Cabinet Makers

Tuesday 12 December 2017

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New opportunities created in Fife Business Week 2017

THIS year’s Fife Business Week took place in November and was packed full of events aimed at inspiring and supporting Fife’s business community.   A host of opportunities were created during the comprehensive range of events as businesses engaged with public and private sector support agencies, business experts and entrepreneurs. Fife Council’s Meet the Buyer event was the biggest yet with around 200 attendees and over 30 exhibitors.  This major event at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline connected businesses with buyers and decision makers to discuss how to acc

Tuesday 12 December 2017

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Coalfields Enterprise Support Programme

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust are pleased to announce the Coalfields Enterprise Support Programme. The aims of the fund are to:  • Support entrepreneurial organisations to overcome barriers to developing their business idea, both new and existing ideas will be considered.• Encourage enterprise development for organisations addressing skills development, employment and improving health and wellbeing.  Awards up to a maximum of £10,000 will be made to a limited number of applicants. To be eligible to apply the applicant must be: •

Thursday 7 December 2017

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