This Month's Edition of FBM Update Is Now Available

The latest edition of Fife Business Matters is now available featuring topics including the not to be missed Fife Business Week, sector innovations and achievements, local success stories and much more.
Businesses featured this month include Navantia UK, Briggs Marine, Homelands Trust, Moorelands Travel, Hex Studios, Bela's Cakes, Bayne's Bakers and MFV Tina Louise and many more.

Bela's Cakes Bringing A Taste Of Poland To Dunfermline

Dunfermline is welcoming a new offering to its city centre by way of Bela’s Cakes, a Polish-inspired café serving up handcrafted cakes, speciality coffee, and authentic Polish street food.
Nestled in the historic Linen Quarter, Bela’s Cakes is more than just a coffee shop. It’s a place where the local community can enjoy authentic Polish flavours alongside Scottish favourites, with a menu offering freshly baked cakes, light lunches, and hearty breakfasts.
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£100,000 Funding For Regional Food Fund.

The Scottish Government is providing £100,000 in funding for the sixth round of the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Regional Food Fund.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to Scottish food businesses for projects aimed at elevating Scotland’s food and drink industry, enhancing food tourism and showcasing the best local produce the country has to offer.
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Homelands Trust Fife: A Special Place For Everyone

Nestled in the beautiful village of Lundin Links and with breathtaking views over the Firth of Forth, Homelands Trust Fife offers a unique blend of luxury and accessibility. The charity provides wheelchair-accessible self-catering holiday lodges, purpose-built for individuals with disabilities, alongside their families and carers.

But it’s not just the lodges that make Homelands special. The Paxton Centre, part of the Homelands Trust, offers a friendly and welcoming community space with a café, therapy rooms, and a range of wellness and art classes.
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A New Code For Scotland’s Pubs And Bars

New measures have come into force to give Scotland’s tied pub tenants more rights and greater protection.
The Scottish Pubs Code will enable tied pub tenants to stock a wider range of beers beyond those supplied through the pub-owning business, providing more choice for customers and supporting local breweries. Pub-owning businesses will also have to provide prospective tenants with more information on things like business costs, helping them make more informed choices.
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Free Webinars With Immigration And Visa Advice For Employers

Scotland’s Migration Service offers a variety of live and recorded webinars with information and advice for businesses that want to employ international workers.
The webinars can help Scotland-based employers and inward investors to use international talent to fill their skills and labour gaps and identify the best immigration options to support their organisation.
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Enterprise Hub Fife, The Place To Do Business

Enterprise Hub Fife in Glenrothes is a one stop shop to inspire entrepreneurs and boost business growth.
Now, it has been revamped to maximise the space and offer premium-quality meeting rooms, event space, and an office.

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WEBINAR: An Introduction to Business Strategy

Without a strategic approach, how do you know where your business is heading? This webinar will help you learn how to develop a strategic plan that will enable growth and greater sustainability.
This webinar is practical, outcome driven, and designed to fit with the needs of small businesses in both B2C and B2B environments. It will help you develop a strategically led approach that can turbo charge business growth, identify the core growth strategies that are right for your business, and develop an action plan.
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Support and Funding to Upgrade Your Lighting

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland can get a free, impartial lighting assessment by Business Energy Scotland advisers. This can help you explore the benefits of upgrading to modern, energy-efficient lighting.
The assessment will provide a detailed report that shows how much you could save by upgrading your lighting.
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Net Zero Academy

The Scottish Enterprise Net Zero Academy helps Scottish businesses measure their carbon emissions and develop a plan to reduce them.
During the workshops, you'll create a personalised net zero action plan that will also meet your funding, customer, and investor requirements.

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Introductory Session: Launching The Path To Global Markets

This event will inspire and inform participants about the opportunities and challenges of international trade while providing a compelling overview of the International Trade Pathway.
The event will feature a short profile of a local exporter or two who will share their experiences and provide an overview of International Trade Fundamentals as well as the upcoming changes in trade regulations

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Nominations Open for Fife Voluntary Action's Annual Volunteering and Voluntary Sector Awards 2025

Many organisations and volunteers are doing some truly exceptional work and fully deserve special recognition. We're inviting you to nominate those outstanding volunteers and organisations to receive that recognition and an award at our Awards Ceremony.
The awards are the highlight of the year for volunteering in Fife. We'd love to hear your success stories and shine a light on the role of Fife's brilliant volunteers and voluntary organisations.

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