WEST FIFE businesses say they are on the verge of collapse after falling through the cracks of Scottish Government support schemes. Three small business owners told the Press that they couldn t access Holyrood grants due to a technicality whereby they need a business rates number to apply for aid. Laura Flynn, 32, has owned Belle Beauty in Dalgety Bay for the last nine years and she says she ll run out of money to live on in three weeks time. A monthly payment goes out to her landlord that includes rent, business rates and all her bills, such as electricity and water.