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Leading Scottish commercial law firm MacRoberts has strengthened its Employment team with the appointment of Senior Associate Kenny Scott, who joins from Shoosmiths. He will be based in Edinburgh.

Fife College is offering fully-funded training in Data Science as part of a drive to help those who are unemployed but are interested in developing their digital skills.

Like many other charities and businesses seescape has suffered a drop in income from fundraising events, companies and community support. Our services are never more needed and we are pleased that we have been able to adapt to keep people in Fife living with sight loss safe with the provision of support, advice, befriending and aids.

Mental health charity, Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT), will move out of their premises in Glenrothes this week after twenty years in the town. The charity, which helps people who have had experience of mental health issues into employment, will move into Silverburn Park near Leven with many of their services now being based outdoors on online. The charity has been leading the regeneration of the 27-acre public park since 2014, formally taking on the lease in 2019.

Almost 25,000 Self Assessment customers have set up an online payment plan to manage their tax liabilities in up to 12 monthly instalments, totalling £69.1 million, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed today.

London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) provide Fife Chamber members with an exclusive dispute resolution offering. LCAM’s services are aimed at supporting those businesses facing commercial disputes by providing efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution services.

Digital Support Grants are provided by the Scottish Government to help businesses to do more digitally and online.  VAT registered businesses can apply for up to £25000, while non-VAT registered organisations can apply for up to £6000.  The Grant recipient must pay 25% of the cost of the project directly: the remainder comes from the Grant.   The Scottish Government is putting an extra £10m into the programme to fund additional projects: it will be approved and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Retail, hospitality and leisure businesses that have been ordered to close are to receive additional, one-off grants.  These will be paid in addition to the 4-weekly grants that they already receive via the Strategic Business Framework Fund (SBFF).  Like the SBFF, the one-of grants will be based on the size of the company measured by the rateable value of its business premises.

Over £1 million is now available to Fife businesses to retrain and upskill their staff.

It comes after the Scottish Government announced that a further £212,000 would be provided as part of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund.

On Sunday 6th December dozens of Christmas Elves took to the streets of Fife to help spread a little festive cheer, all with the goal of supporting Maggie’s. They walked, ran, hopped, skipped and jumped their way around routes of their choice as part of the charities first ever Virtual Elf Family Fun Run.