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The new measure, which is effective from 6th April, allows employers to claim National Insurance contributions relief for veterans they have hired during their first year of civilian employment after leaving the armed forces.  The relief is available to all employers of veterans regardless of when the veteran left the regular armed forces, providing that they have not been employed in a civilian capacity since leaving the service.

Scotland’s chambers of commerce have called on the next Scottish Government to pass a ‘Business Growth Act’ in its first 100 days.   This is the centrepiece of the ‘Rally for Growth’ report ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections.  Chamber members from across the country worked with their local chamber and with the team at the Scottish Chambers of Commerce to produce the report, which offers a blueprint for economic recovery in the wake of the damage caused by the coronavirus, the impact of leaving the EU and Scotland’s historical legacy of low growth and productivity.   

Fife based Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating after winning a top accolade at Energy Action Scotland’s Fuel Poverty Awards.

Energy Adviser Derek Smith received the “Exceptional People, Exceptional Times” award at the Scottish Fuel Poverty Conference for his work supporting Kingdom’s tenants in fuel poverty.

Fife based social enterprise BRAG Enterprises held their 2019-20 AGM on Tuesday April 6th at 5pm. Normally held in late autumn, it was delayed slightly by the Coronavirus pandemic and took place over a digital platform.

Held In Our Hearts announce their new fitness-focused campaign - ‘Thrive For Five’ This campaign directly encourages the charity's supporters to set themselves weekly goals and challenges in order to build up their ability over a number of weeks to run a 5k.

Fife College has welcomed Kirkcaldy-based company Astrak as they became the first small or medium enterprise (SME) in Fife to benefit from the Flexible Workforce Development Fund.

Astrak is the UK's leading supplier of heavy-duty undercarriage and wear part components for tracked machinery such as excavators and bulldozers, and applied to the Scottish Government fund after applications were opened up to all businesses.

Ailsa Gollan has joined The HR Booth as HR and Marketing Assistant and was identified via the government’s Kickstart Scheme.

Patients’ sex and gender are being confused by doctors at the risk of reducing the effectiveness of treatment, a group of senior medical researchers, led by the University of St Andrews, has concluded.

Christine Convy – director comments, “It’s been a very quick and unprecedented first EOT year for the Dunedin Advisory team.  Completing our EOT status just 6 days after going into lockdown in 2020 and managing to achieve a seamless ‘home working’ environment for all staff within a week was no mean feat!”

As a result of a year-long collaboration between Dr Billy Grierson  and Cranston Engineering Ltd we are pleased to announce the release of The Concept Garden Series of online webinars which cover a wide range of structured problem-solving techniques that can be applied in any industry and organisation