Coronavirus Distance Aware Scheme Launched The Distance Aware scheme is designed to help people who are worried about mixing with others as we adapt to living with Covid-19. The scheme is a national initiative that lets individuals politely request space or care around them by wearing a recognisable badge or lanyard.
The campaign has also produced a full downloadable toolkit with posters, social media assets and example articles. Businesses and organisations can also purchase their own badges or lanyards for distribution to staff or visitors, but this is not mandatory. |
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Apply Now for the Flexible Workforce Development Fund The FWDF enables all businesses in Scotland to apply for funding for employee training. Apprentice Levy Payers can apply directly to Fife College for up to £15,000 training, whilst SMEs can apply for up to £5,000. The fund aims to help address organisational skills gaps, improve workplace productivity levels, adapt to the impact of Covid-19 and support the move to Net Zero. Click here to find out more |
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Sustainability Certification Scheme Fund for Tourism Recovery This fund is aimed at providers of sustainability certification schemes, to allow them to offer a discounted or free membership to tourism businesses for one year. This will provide support for tourism businesses to recover from the impacts of COVID-19 in a sustainable manner. This £75,000 fund is being delivered by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. Click here to find out more |
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Level Job Roles To The SCQF To Make Recruitment More Inclusive When recruiting staff, employers often ask for specific qualifications, such as a degree or equivalent, or a specific number of Highers or equivalent. Understanding what that ‘equivalent’ might help to maximise the range and diversity of your potential applicants. The guidance includes resources that describe the skills, experience and job competencies a potential employee would have at each SCQF level. You can directly link to these descriptions from job adverts. Click here to find out more |
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| The Recovery Loan Scheme, administered by the British Business Bank, provides support to UK businesses as they recover and grow following the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic.
Term loans and overdrafts will be available in amounts between £25,001 and £2 million per business and once received, the finance can be used for any legitimate business purpose, including growth and investment. Click here to find out more |
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Discover Developing The Young Workforce : Employer Breakfast Fife Chamber DYW Business Engagement Executive Amanda Liddell will give an overview of how DYW works and explain ways in which you can help young people get ready for the world of work.
Local employer Foodmek will also share its experience with DYW and how the programme has helped its business to grow.
Click here to find out more |
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Have Your Say On The Future Of Transport In Fife Fife Council is consulting on the Main Issues for its new Local Transport Strategy. What are your transport challenges? What ideas do you have for the future?
Fife Council invites you to share your views and insights and how the transportation system in Fife could be improved.
Click here to find out more and share your views |
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Brockwell Energy Invests In Fife With Creation Of Green Jobs Brockwell Energyhas announced that its proposed incinerator facility in Kinglassie, once complete, will create green jobs.
It has completed finance for the Westfield Energy from Waste (EfW) project, with work starting on the 240,000-tonne facility in February 2022. It is expected to be fully operational early in 2025 and create more than 400 jobs during its construction phase and 40 long-term skilled roles once in operation.
Read the full story now at https://www.fifebusinessmatters.co.uk/ |
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Improve Your Bookkeeping - Webinar This webinar aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage your finances and comply with regulatory and legal requirements through a relevant bookkeeping system. By the end of the webinar you will be able to introduce or improve your financial record-keeping system and improve how you manage your finances. Click here to find out more |
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Edinburgh Airport Community Fund To Return £100,000 For Local Communities Edinburgh Airport will make £100,000 available for local community groups and charities as it reintroduces its Community Fund. The funding will be available throughout 2022 and ensures local communities benefit from the airport’s activities and hoped recovery. Applications will be considered from groups across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and Falkirk that are impacted by our operations, with a cap of £7,000 on applications. Click here to find out more |
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Embracing The Next Generation Of 5 Axis Machining: Webinar Join the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, in collaboration with NIKKEN, Matsuura and Triag Workholding for a unique insight into cutting edge machining strategies. During this session, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland will provide a full 5-axis milling demonstration showing the machining of an extra-large prime insert along with a demonstration of the Tool ID manager software created by Elbo Controlli NIKKEN to manage and control tool identification data. 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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SUPPORT PACKAGES AVAILABLE
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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