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Dillydream, A Unique New Clothing Brand Is Launched

Mother and daughter partnership, Liz and Megan Laing from Dunfermline in Fife have created a dream brand of sustainable fashion clothing that is hitting the mark with a wide range of customers. 
 
A bespoke 'cute fashion' digitally printed fabric is used to create the initial capsule collection of products for the online store, including dungarees, wide trousers, sweatshirt and t-shirts.

Friday, 01 October 2021

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Fife Companies Shine at Great Taste Awards

The Great Taste Awards 2021 have been announced and no fewer than 12 Fife companies have been recognised.

 The Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for fine food and drink. Expert judges, including top chefs, buyers and food writers make up the panel, which blind-tasted thousands of food and drink products in a rigorous judging process.

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

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Double-0 heaven – Fife vintage firm named after Bond villain plays Q to new movie during anniversary month

15 years to the month after a Fife James Bond fan named his new vintage company after The Man With The Golden Gun villain Scaramanga, he's celebrating supplying two of its products to the new 007 movie No Time To Die.
 
In September 2006, marketer Carl Morenikeji decided to quit his corporate job and start his own business designing and selling his own range of vintage-style leather bags.

Monday, 27 September 2021

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Growth Through New Business Ideas

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, EU Exit supply chain challenges and transitioning to net zero are some of the challenges impacting business across all sectors. 
 
Market places - whether local, regional, national or global - are becoming highly competitive.

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

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Funding For An Apprentice In Traditional Skills

Funding For An Apprentice In Traditional Skills

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for Fife employers in the Construction sector considering recruiting an apprentice in traditional skills. Fife Historic Building Trust (FHBT) is delivering the Inverkeithing Heritage Regeneration IHR project on behalf of Fife Council.

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

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Scaramanga

Cupar Vintage Firm Celebrates 15th Birthday and New Film with Foodbank Fundraiser

The firm, which employs eight people at its Prestonhall Industrial Estate base, has been running a series of promotions to celebrate its birthday on September 17 and will donate 15% of the profits from the campaign, which ends on September 19, to the charity.

The promotions include a ‘golden ticket’ for a £250 voucher to a lucky customer in their order, 15 prizes allocated at random to customers by number selection, a new gym bag to celebrate the event with the social media user suggesting the best name winning one and 15% discount on many items.

Tuesday, 07 September 2021

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Yes Recycling Fife

Yes Recycling Announces New Facility In Fife With Creation Of Up To 60 Jobs

Buckinghamshire-based, privately owned recycling specialist, Yes Recycling has announced its plans for a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Fife with the creation of up to sixty jobs. 
 
Yes Recycling, an experienced recycler of hard-to-recycle plastics (including bank notes, POS garment hangers, printed packaging film and post-industrial and construction waste-streams) has invested multiple millions of pounds into the mid-Fife facility, which will open in late October. 
 
It has received £520,000 from the Circular Economy Investment

Tuesday, 07 September 2021

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Launch of New Fife Loves Local Gift Card

Launch of New Fife Loves Local Gift Card

Businesses of every kind across Fife are being urged to sign up to a new Fife Loves Local Gift Card to help people keep spending local.

To encourage people across the region to back local businesses, Fife is soon to have its own local gift card.

Fife Council is supporting the rollout of the new Scotland Loves Local Gift Card- helping power the region’s economic fightback from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tuesday, 07 September 2021

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International Trade Support Available

Scottish Enterprise has published a list of available international trade support as well as upcoming webinars and workshops from SE and their partners.

Wednesday, 01 September 2021

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Pittenweem Preserves

Pittenweem Preserves Heads To The R&A’s 150th Open

A preserve making business, which started as a hobby for Pittenweem-based interior designer, Fiona Audsley, has become a full-time job, which is keeping her busier than ever.
 
Fiona started Pittenweem Preserves four years ago and is currently basking in the success of having secured a significant contract to make two limited edition marmalades (one Seville orange, the other with a whisky twist) for The R&A’s 150th Open, which takes place in St Andrews in July 2022. 
 
Fiona Audsley explained: “To be asked by The R&A to make and present two

Wednesday, 01 September 2021

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