|
car hire
rentals - Scotland - Greenock
car hire rentals -
Scotland - Hamilton
car hire rentals -
Scotland - Inverness
Downtown
car
hire rentals - Scotland - Inverness - Arnold
Clarke
car hire
rentals - Scotland - Inverness
Airport
car
hire rentals - Scotland - Inverness Airport - Arnold
Clarks
car hire
rentals - Scotland -
Kilmarnock
car hire
rentals - Scotland -
Kirkcaldy
car hire
rentals - Scotland -
Livingstone
car hire
rentals - Scotland -
Motherwell
car hire rentals
- Scotland - Perth - Arnold
Clarks
car hire rentals -
Scotland -
Perth
car hire
rentals - Scotland -
Peterhead
car hire
rentals - Scotland - Prestwick
Airport
car
hire rentals - Scotland - Prestwick Off
Airport
car hire rentals -
Scotland -
Stirling
car
hire rentals - Scotland - Stirling - Arnold
Clark
Kirkcaldy is a town in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.. It
lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth and is
11.4 miles north of Edinburgh and 25 miles southwest of
Dundee.
Many people in the town are employed in the service sector,
particularly MGT call centre, which has been hailed as a market leader in
customer management and is now the largest private sector employer in the town.
There are nearly 21,500 people employed in the town, representing 16% of
employment in Fife. Unemployment in Kirkcaldy is above the national average at
4.9%.Kirkcaldy has, however, been recognised as one of Fife’s strategic
development areas. This is aimed at addressing the chronic shortage of jobs in
Kirkcaldy and the high levels of unemployment in the town. The long anticipated
extension to the John Smith Business Park, due to open in early 2009, is hoped
to improve the economy of the town and Central Fife. There is also a proposal
for a new business park, situated to the east of Kirkcaldy near the Kingslaw
development, although this has not officially started yet.
Kirkcaldy is home to professional league
teams in football, rugby and ice hockey. The senior football team are Raith
Rovers, who play their matches at Stark’s Park. Rugby Union is dominated by
Kirkcaldy RFC who have been established since 1873 and were known for playing at
a ground near the top of Nicol Street, before a permanent move was made to
Beveridge Park in 1991.
The town's local newspaper The Fife Press operated by
the Fife Free Press group is published every Thursday.
The three local radio
stations that serve the town are Kingdom FM, Forth one and Forth
two.
Kirkcaldy now has four secondary schools and eleven primary schools,
along with a private school and a school for children with learning
difficulties.
Adam Smith College, formed from the merger of Fife College and
Glenrothes College have two campuses in the town, St Brycedale and Priory. The
University of Dundee also has a presence in the town with a nursing and
midwifery campus.
Kirkcaldy is served by the A92 which connects the town to
Genrothes A911 and Dundee to the north and Dunfermline A907 to the west.
The
nearest major international airport is located at Edinburgh airport, 26 miles to
the south of the town, only taking a good 35 minute drive. The nearest ferry sea
port is much closer located at Rosyth, 17 miles to the south-east of the town,
only taking a good 20 minute drive. |
