Research, evaluation and insight

Scottish Enterprise (SE) currently offers assistance to companies in the form of 10 expert support products (expert advice including: Innovation; ICT; Business Improvement) covering the following areas: ICT; business; innovation; design; collaboration; consortium; employee ownership; life sciences; offshore wind; and marketing.

In August 2012, Scottish Enterprise commissioned an economic impact study of Glasgow Prestwick Airport (GPA) in order to provide an update on the current role that the airport plays in the Ayrshire and Scottish economies, building on previous research undertaken in 2008.

The primary aim of the Talent Scotland Graduate Placement Programme (TSGPP) is to aid businesses in identifying graduates with relevant skills to work on defined business development projects, delivering mutual benefits to both the company and the graduate.

This report discusses the contribution that industrial biotechnology (IB) makes to Scotland’s economy.

The aim of the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Textiles Team is to ‘assist the sustainable development of the Scottish Textiles Industry, and enhance the growth of a dynamic, flexible, market led and internationally competitive industry’.

The report explores the role of technology and innovation in driving productivity growth and economic growth, and the extent to which employment and wealth trends are driven by a few high-growth firms in most economies.

[Scottish Enterprise is currently reviewing with partners and industry the results of this evaluation with a view to developing a programme of support which meets the needs of industry and the new strategy for tourism.

The research was commissioned in October 2011 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Scottish Enterprise (SE), the Welsh Government and InvestNI, to investigate growth ambitions amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Scottish Development International (SDI) provides support to businesses by encouraging inward investment and helping Scottish-based companies develop international trade.

Edinburgh Zoo participates in China's Giant Panda Breeding Programme.

The aim of the research was to obtain a comprehensive and robust picture of the contribution of the Arts and Creative Industries (A&CI) to the wider Scottish economy.

Technology-based firms (TBFs) are viewed as key growth catalysts in the economy and fundamental drivers of innovation and new technological development.

Scottish universities play an increasing role in economic development and universities are viewed as 'generators and exploiters' of new knowledge.

This paper summarises the available evidence for the main areas of spend and activity outlined in the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Business Plan.

The Wellness and Health Innovation (WHI) project provides specialised support to Scottish companies that are developing innovative technology-enabled products, services or applications for the growing wellness and health market.

The report looks at the latest Scottish data on high growth firms (HGFs), which have 10 or more employees and have achieved three consecutive years of employment or turnover growth of more than twenty per cent a year.

This report presents an analysis of the Scottish results of the 2009 UK Innovation Survey.

This report provides a characterisation of the construction sector in Scotland, looking at the main trends, issues and opportunities for growth in the future.

The Local Construction Forums operating in the Scottish Enterprise (SE) East Operating Region under review for this evaluation were Forth Construction, Fife Construction Forum and the Edinburgh and Lothians Constructing Excellence Group.

The Scottish Stem Cell Network (SSCN) aims to create an over-arching body for interventions supporting the stem cell network.

A partnership within the Falkirk Grangemouth area, involving Scottish Enterprise, Chemicals Sciences Scotland and Falkirk Council, has agreed: a vision for the development of a low-carbon chemicals and logistics focused 'Investment Zone of National Significance'; and an action plan which enables the area's fullest potential to be realised and its contribution to national economic resurgence to be gained.

This report reviews the progress made in delivering the activities of Chemical Sciences Scotland (CSS), an industry leadership group which has developed an overall strategic vision for the chemical sciences sector.

Interactive Scotland (IS) is a three year project, running from November 2009 to November 2012, which provides specialised market and technology advice services to the Digital Media sector.

Creative Clyde is a partnership between public organisations and the private sector to establish Glasgow and Scotland as an internationally recognised location for creative industries.

The Merchant City project aims to increase business collaboration, enhance tourism products and events, and develop new marketing and promotional activities within the Merchant City area of Glasgow.