Research, evaluation and insight

The Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership (DSBEP) was created by the Scottish Government as a mechanism to assist the implementation of its digital strategy and to address specific perceived weaknesses in the adoption of digital technologies by firms in Scotland.

The report focuses on the key performance indicators (KPIs) currently used by the Scottish construction sector.

The report presents the main findings from a review of the International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) project.

The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) has influenced the early stage risk capital market in Scotland and to demonstrate the effects investment through the fund has had on the invested businesses.

The study was to update previous research conducted in 2009 which estimated that golf tourism was worth around £220 million in visitor expenditure.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish construction sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The aim of the research was to provide Scottish Enterprise with recommended measures to benchmark Scottish pharma services against comparative/best in class regions in Europe.

The aim of the report was to provide an evaluation of Scotland’s competitive standings in the life and chemical sciences sectors, through a comparison of research and intellectual property indicators of strengths with competing countries or regions.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned this report to better understand the required actions in developing a roadmap towards a carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation strategy for Scotland.

The study focused on entrepreneurial leadership, its presence in Scottish Enterprise (SE) account managed firms and its impact on business performance and growth.

The aim of the research was to develop a better understanding of fast-growth companies in Scotland, in order to contribute to Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) evidence base on their contribution to productivity performance.

Existing evidence suggests that despite the provision of a high volume of free or low-cost support for entrepreneurs, the performance of Scottish high growth firms (HGFs) continues to lag behind that of other areas in the UK in terms of competiveness.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish/UK financial and business services (F&BS) sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The analysis of the three sectors identified four broad benefits from the increased adoption of automation technologies in Scotland

The report presents the findings of the mid-term review of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF).

The report outlines a research project undertaken for Scottish Enterprise (SE) between July and October 2016, which sought to understand the challenges faced by Scottish companies around securing the services of notified bodies.

The aim of the research was to develop an understanding of the key factors which companies believe impact on manufacturing in Scotland, as part of a wider programme of work to develop a Scottish Manufacturing Action Plan that will underpin and promote a competitive and sustainable high value manufacturing sector in Scotland.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimate of the current total size of the Scottish mountain bike sector, and how large the sector is likely to be in five years’ time, based on current trends.

The aim of the report was to provide the Broadcast and Television Working Group with an assessment of the broadcast and television production sector in Scotland over 2014/15 and 2015/16, in order to inform the group’s strategy development work.

The aim of the research was to identify and investigate best practice in a range of key areas of visitor attraction development and operation in Scotland, in order to support the growth and development of the visitor attraction sector.

In response to the challenges Scottish Enterprise commissioned a finance market gap analysis to explore the finance issues faced by companies within the oil and gas industry, in particular in supply chain companies, to consider if there are any gaps in appropriate finance supply.

The 2015 report is the latest in the series to be published by Scottish Enterprise.

The Event Ready Producers (ERP) project was launched to “provide practical guidance to support food and drink companies to successfully enter and benefit from the events market”.

The Experience Scotland (ES) project was launched to support tourism companies to provide and promote the high quality food and drink produce Scotland offers, thereby improving the food experience for visitors to Scotland.