Partner Links
Clackmannanshire Council
Kilncraigs
Greenside Street
Alloa FK10 1EB
Telephone: 01259 450000
E-mail: customerservice@clacks.gov.uk
Website: http://www.clacksweb.org.uk
Clackmannanshire Council is committed to supporting local businesses to help them develop and grow. The Council, along with other organisations operating across Clackmannanshire, offer a range of free, independent advice and guidance on starting up a business and providing support to existing businesses.
If you are starting a Food Business you will need to register your business with us, you can find out further information and register online at the Register a Food Business page.
You may also wish to view the Clackmannanshire Employer’s Support Guide.
For more information on business support visit http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/business/support
Police Scotland – Clackmannanshire Area Command
6 Mar Place
Alloa
FK10 1AA
Telephone: 101
Clacksfirst BID has worked in partnership with Police Scotland, Clackmannanshire to assess the risk of crime on our business parks and industrial estates and, with their help, we have a strategy that has helped reduce crime by 50% in the BID area. Clacksfirst operates an information-sharing Security Alerts system. Please let us know of anything you deem suspicious and we will inform our members and Police Scotland.
Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC)
Stirling University Innovation Park
Stirling
FK9 4NF
Telephone: 01786 447441
E-mail: enquiry@sbrcentre.co.uk
A unique organisation comprising contributions and secondments from Police Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, major banks, industries, investors and private membership. The SBRC aims to provide members with a wide ranging, one stop shop for business security services and advice and has established itself as a hub of innovation and business improvement in support of its partners and the business community.
Clackmannanshire Works
Kilncraigs
Greenside Street
Alloa
FK10 1EB
Telephone: 01259 226699/450000
E-mail: cworks@clacks.gov.uk
Website: http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/community/clacksworks
Business support within Clackmannanshire Council is provided by Clackmannanshire Works which is part of the Council’s Economic Development Team.
Clackmannanshire Works can offer free bespoke one-to-one business start-up advice and support with growing existing businesses. This support is additional to that already available from either Business Gateway or Scottish Enterprise.
For more information visit the Clackmannanshire Works web page.
Scotland's Improvement Districts
The Melting Pot
5 Rose Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2PR
Telephone: 0131 247 1439
E-mail: info@improvementdistricts.scot
Website: www.improvementdistricts.scot
Improvement Districts, the next generation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), seek to provide a vehicle for local businesses to work together with other public and private sector partners to improve local economies and, by extension, local communities in a variety of contexts. At their heart, they are the realisation of a meaningful corporate – community – public partnership working collaboratively to deliver better local economic and social outcomes.
Imagine Alloa
Telephone: 01259 404103
E-mail: info@imaginealloa.com
Website: www.imaginealloa.com
Clackmannanshire can now claim to be one of the best connected regions in Scotland making it the perfect place to relocate your business to.
Literally hundreds of millions have been spent in the past three years giving Clackmannanshire greater connectivity to the rest of Scotland and the UK increasing it’s prominence as a central business location.
Recent developments such as the Alloa Train Station and the Clackmannanshire Bridge means that Clackmannanshire is served by excellent road and rail connections to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and beyond.
Business Gateway Clackmannanshire
Alloa Business Centre
Whins Road
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 3SA
Telephone: 01259 721454
The Business Gateway service in Clackmannanshire is delivered by Ceteris on behalf of Clackmannanshire Council.
Business Gateway provides free information, advice and guidance to individuals wishing to start their own business or develop their existing business.
For more information please visit Business Gateway
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice Authority (FFVCJA)
Burgh Mews
Alloa
FK10 1HS
Telephone: 01259 727435
E-mail: pa@ffvcja.co.uk
Website: http://www.ffvcja.co.uk
FFV CJA is a public sector agency. Its purpose is to reduce re-offending and create safer communities. It works in partnership with a range of statutory partners, including its constituent Local Authorities, Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland, Scottish Courts, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Fife, APEX Scotland, Sacro and Victim Support.
Scottish Enterprise
Atrium Court
50 Waterloo Street
Glasgow
G2 6HQ
Telephone: 0845 607 8787
E-mail: enquiries@scotent.co.uk
Website: http://www.scottish-enterprise.com
Scottish Enterprise work with businesses across Scotland to stimulate economic growth and improve the business environment. Through their account management programme, they work with companies to understand the business issues they are facing and then help them to develop solutions or opportunities for their business.
For more information visit the Scottish Enterprise website.
Alloa First Business Improvement District
Alloa First
49 High Street, Alloa, FK10 Â 1JF
Telephone: 01259 211944
E-mail: diane@alloafirst.co.uk
Website: alloafirst.co.uk
Alloa First is the Business Improvement District (BID) for Alloa Town Centre. Alloa First works with local partners to improve the trading environment for businesses within the BID area whilst contributing to the wider regeneration of Alloa Town Centre.
Federation of Small Businesses
Glasgow
G3 7DS
Telephone: 0141 221 0775
Fax: 0141 221 5954
Website: http://www.fsb.org.uk
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is the UK’s largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small businesses. FSB provide a wide range of business services to members of the FSB.
For more information visit the FSB website