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Packaging group, Pitreavie, has revealed ambitious plans to the value of £1.1 million including the creation of a new 5,000 sq. ft. office complex and an additional 40,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space, at its Glenrothes head office.

The announcement follows a £650,000 investment into the business last year, as well as the acquisition of Worcester- based Taylors Industrial Supplies and Aberdeen-based Leipers Associated Packaging in recent months.

Fife is celebrating another successful year in which it attracted local, national and international visitors to the region. Tourism in the region is now worth £588 million to the economy, a four per cent increase in value year-on-year.

More than 8.3 million trips were made to the Kingdom in 2017, which have generated tourism- related employment for over 12,000 people.

And, this year, Fife Tourism Partnership in collaboration with its six Local Tourist Associations has driven further economic growth and enhanced visitor experience across the region.

As part of a Food from Fife delegation, five Fife businesses have recently returned from representing the region at one of the UK’s biggest food and drink trade shows with support from Fife Council Economic Development’s Trade Development Programme.

Immediately after the event, Tayport Distillery, which produces Never.25, said that “it was a very enjoyable and worthwhile show”, and in total, over 284 enquiries were generated by the five businesses during the three-day event.