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Scottish Government Tender Win For Fife Business Horisk Leslie Development

Horisk Leslie Development has successfully been awarded a place on the National Framework for the Provision of Application Design and Development Services for the Scottish Government.

Thanks to the support of Thornton & Lowe’s in-house team of bid writing professionals, this 2-year contract, with the option to be extended for a further 2 years, will see Horisk provide Application Design and Development Services to meet the current and future needs of the Scottish public sector.

The required services include, but are not limited to:

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Fife Tech Company Helps Find The Perfect Whisky For Your Personality

How does your personality determine which whisky you like? Planys Mobile, Fife App company, has built a website for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society with a personality test that can help predict which whiskies you might like based on your personality traits.

Flavour behaviour - Find the perfect whisky for your personality is part of the Society’s global campaign targeting whisky drinkers on social media in the UK, the United States, Australia and Canada.

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Ian Macleod Distillers Acquiries Edinburgh Gin

Ian Macleod Distillers has taken ownership of the well-established and fast-growing Spencerfield Spirit Company, including its flagship brand, Edinburgh Gin.

This follows a long-standing arrangement with Ian Macleod as the exclusive distributors of Edinburgh Gin and Spencerfield Spirit’s whisky range of Pig’s Nose, Sheep Dip and The Feathery in the UK. Ian Macleod will now take full ownership of the Spencerfield Spirit portfolio with all brands being transferred with immediate effect.

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Babcock secures fabrication contract for Offshore Transformer Modules for Siemens

Babcock, from its facility in Rosyth, has been awarded a contract to construct two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTM™) destined for the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) project in the Outer Moray Firth.

Working with our client, Siemens – Transmission and Distribution, Babcock will develop and deliver the Offshore Transformer Modules during the first half of 2018.

Friday, 09 September 2016

Former Lord Advocate heads speakers for new St Andrews Business Club term

The Rt Hon Frank Mulholland QC, who recently stood down after five years as Scotland’s Lord Advocate, heads a high-quality list of speakers for the Autumn/Winter term announced by St Andrews Business Club.

Local business people are being invited to join club members and their guests on 12 October to hear Mr Mulholland, who served as Lord Advocate from May 2011 to June 1 this year after four years as Solicitor General, talk about his career and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

Friday, 09 September 2016

Counting the cash at Edinburgh Castle with Cashmaster, Rosyth

Scotland’s busiest tourist attraction, Edinburgh Castle, has just taken delivery of new cash-counting scales from Rosyth-based count-by-weight specialists Cashmaster. The new touch-screen counting devices are the very latest addition to the Cashmaster range and Edinburgh Castle is the first customer in Scotland to take delivery of the new state-of-the-art counters.

Thursday, 08 September 2016

Enter the Herald Family Business Awards 2016

The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards, held in association with Business Gateway, are once again looking for award family-owned companies which make impressive contributions to the economy at home and abroad, as well as in their local communities.

Now in its fifth year, there are eleven categories in the 2016 awards, ranging from fastest-growing business to the family business of the year (large and small).

Thursday, 01 September 2016

Entries Now Open For Fife Business Awards 2017

The 2017 Fife Business Awards launched today, Thursday 1st September, with aspiring businesses having until Friday 28th October to submit their entries.

Celebrating the fantastic spectrum of business successes across Fife, the awards have grown significantly in recent years, with over 300 business leaders and guests attending the hugely popular 2016 ceremony in March.

Previous winners have experienced strong benefits from being recognised as one of Fife’s premier businesses.

Thursday, 01 September 2016

Launch of Blueprint Dunfermline

A celebration of Architecture and the Built Environment in Dunfermline and West Fife

Blueprint Dunfermline, a celebration of architecture and the built environment in Dunfermline and West Fife, launches on 2 September. The initiative will highlight - for the benefit of locals and visitors alike - the quality and antiquity of West Fife from its varied domestic architecture to its historically important and internationally recognised buildings and landmarks.

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Fife Businesses Benefit from a Digital Boost

A national digital technology training programme that was launched in Fife earlier this year is to deliver a new series of fully funded workshops.

DigitalBoost, which is aimed at helping Scottish SME’s capitalise on the rapidly developing area of digital technologies, has been developed by Business Gateway, Scottish Enterprise and Highland and Island Enterprise on behalf of Digital Scotland.

Monday, 29 August 2016

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