Research, evaluation and insight

The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for the calendar years 2012 and 2013.

The aim of the study was to assess the economic, educational and cultural impacts of Edinburgh’s cultural venues.

This paper analyses the 2011 UK Innovation Survey, which covers the period 2008-10, focusing on Scotland’s performance.

The purpose of the research was to assess the international marketplace for water and wastewater, and to identify those markets and market regions which offer the optimum export potential for Scottish companies.

Glasgow City Council (GCC) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) jointly commissioned this study which aimed to guide and promote the regeneration of the western edge of Glasgow city centre, to create an internationally competitive, mixed-use business district, building on the success of Glasgow’s International Financial Services District (IFSD).

Medium voltage direct current (MVDC) technology has been identified as a potential solution to a variety of challenges associated with integrating renewable generation into the electricity network.

The aims of the report were to describe the nature of shooting and fishing activities, the attitudes of providers and participants, the volume and value for Scotland, and the economic impact.

The report aims to demonstrate the value of the leisure cycle tourism sector to the Scottish economy and to set out a clear evidence base upon which the case can be made for further expansion of the sector in Scotland.

The study analysed the infrastructure requirements to develop the carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector in Scotland, maximising the value of CCS and CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR), and to create a CO2 storage hub, focused on the Central North Sea (CNS).

The Rural Business Property Support (RBPS) programme was a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supported scheme to provide gap funding for property development by rural businesses, for their own use.

The report aimed to provide a review of the most attractive overseas export markets for Scottish businesses involved in ‘low carbon heat’, defined as those technologies that provide renewable heat or cooling, and any technology that improves the efficiency of providing, distributing or using heat or cooling.

Scottish Enterprise (SE), working with Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), commissioned Innovas to carry out an analysis of the company base in the low carbon heating and cooling and water supply and wastewater sectors in Scotland.

This report presents the findings of a strategic review of the Scottish EDGE (Encouraging Dynamic Growth Entrepreneurs) programme, undertaken during April and May 2014 for Scottish Enterprise (SE).

The Planning to Succeed Programme in the Tourism Sector (PTST) aimed to work with rural tourism business leaders to increase innovation, collaboration, investment and leadership in order to achieve higher value add from Scotland’s rural tourism assets.

Over 2005 and 2006 the ProspeKT project was developed as part of a major partner investment project, funded by Scottish Enterprise (SE) and the University of Edinburgh (UoE), undertaken to better exploit the commercial potential of the School of Informatics (SoI) at UoE.

The research provides an analysis of the impact of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) on employment and turnover growth in supported companies in Scotland over the post-2007 period.

This report aims to provide an overview of the scale and nature of the North Sea oil and gas (O&G) decommissioning market in the next decade, highlighting areas where there are potential bottlenecks in the supply chain which might impact decommissioning activity levels.

Despite continued productivity in the UK oil and gas (O&G) industry, the North Sea remains one of the world’s mature petroleum provinces and, despite new developments, many assets are reaching the end of their field lives and will require decommissioning.

The purpose of the report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland between 2009 and 2011.

The aim of the research was to gather information to enable Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International to: understand international trends in female golf participation and allow them to evaluate potential areas of opportunity in Scotland for both ladies only and mixed groups; be in a position to inform and encourage wider strategic partners, Scottish clubs and associated tourism businesses to appeal and cater to a potential female golfers market; and understand the routes to mar…

A key strategic priority for Scotland Food & Drink (SF&D) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) is to improve the innovation performance of Scottish food and drink companies and to increase their investment in innovation and research and development (R&D).

The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of storing renewable energy as either ammonia or hydrogen in Scotland.

This report presents the findings of the 2013 survey of consortia supported by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), and is designed to identify the impacts and benefits of consortium working.

This review examined one of the key themes, ‘Improving Customer Intimacy’, of Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) support programme for the textile industry 2010/11 – 2013/14.

Smart Exporter is a broad programme of support designed to raise international ambition and deliver international skills and technical support to Scottish businesses and individuals to ensure they have the capabilities to internationalise.