{"id":28546,"date":"2026-03-23T20:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28546"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:16:12","slug":"alexander-tops-up-mossmorran-workers-fund-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28546","title":{"rendered":"Alexander tops up Mossmorran workers&#8217; fund \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid.png\" alt=\"Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran\" class=\"wp-image-186346 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid.png\" alt=\"Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran\" class=\"wp-image-186346 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fife-Ethylene-Plant-STV-vid-600x370.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mossmorran closed last month<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Investors are still being sought to replace the 400 jobs lost at the Mossmorran ethylene plant which closed last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The UK Government has pledged up to \u00a39 million following a similar sum provided by the Scottish Government in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However, Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander said funding depends on suitable investment proposals being brought forward and approved, and appropriate commercial partners being identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The announcement by the UK government was made as the Fife Council-led taskforce met today, bringing together local elected representatives, employers, Fife Council and the Scottish Government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Deputy First minister Kate Forbes announced Holyrood\u2019s support ahead of ExxonMobil shutting the40-year-old Fife facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mr Alexander said: \u201cThe UK Government stands ready to invest up to \u00a39 million in Mossmorran\u2019s future. We know this has been an incredibly difficult time for the plant\u2019s workers and their families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe are determined to do all we can to look after the plant\u2019s workers, ensure a successful future for the site itself, and so mitigate the impact on the wider Fife community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Alexander #tops #Mossmorran #workers #fund #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mossmorran closed last month I&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[15915,266,265,2736,137,4237,10477,342],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}