Research, evaluation and insight

The Grampian Food Forum (the Forum), which has been operating for over 15 years, aims to promote and support food production businesses in the North East of Scotland.

In 2005 Scottish Enterprise (SE) implemented its Growing Business Strategy with the aim of focusing business development resources on companies that seemed to have the greatest growth potential.

The Construction Skills Training Plan (CSTP) initiative aimed to increase the number of companies with Training Plans in place, specifically by funding additional activity above baseline levels set out in Construction Skills’ Business Plan.

The Global Companies Development Programme (GCDP), launched as part of the Global Companies Strategy, aimed to encourage the development of more ‘global’ Scottish companies in order to create more sustainable and higher value employment in the Scottish economy.

Tourism and Management Leadership Development Activities (TMLDA) was developed and delivered by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to support management and leadership development in the industry.

The Clyde Waterfront Regeneration Initiative (CWRI) aimed to monitor and coordinate the regeneration of the Clyde Waterfront area, from Glasgow Green to Erskine Bridge, to ensure: development activity linked and integrated; a consistent approach to quality; partners’ investment aligned; and the Clyde Waterfront was marketed consistently and coherently.

The Pride and Passion (P&P) initiative was designed to improve the customer experience in the Scottish tourism sector through Community Challenges (community collaborations to set up local projects), visitor experience workshops, discovery tours, a website, an e-newsletter and input to other events and initiatives.

The Enterprise Facilitator is a pilot community-led programme to provide mentoring, coaching and business support to local entrepreneurs and businesses.

The UK Food and Drink Premium Market Development (PMD) project was developed with the aim of building the capacity of the Scottish food and drink market and helping companies exploit UK food service and retail markets.

The centre for Genomics Technology and Informatics (GTI) Business Connections project (‘the Business Connections project’) was developed by the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) with the aim of maximising the economic impact of the ‘post-genomic revolution’ in Scotland, directly linking academic innovation with business enterprise.

The Edinburgh Pre-Incubator Scheme (EPIS) aims to encourage and support innovation by facilitating direct collaboration between universities and entrepreneurs.

The Encouraging Dynamic Global Entrepreneurs (EDGE) programme is a transnational project managed by Scottish Enterprise (SE), the aim of which is to enhance growth in Scottish businesses whilst encouraging and developing the entrepreneurial skills and confidence of participating students and school pupils.

The Regional Support Programme was given funding by Scottish Enterprise (SE) in 2006, for a period of three years.

The Edinburgh Pre-Incubator Scheme (EPIS) is a highly successful initiative for the University of Edinburgh, which is widely regarded as a cost-effective way of marshalling local resources such as academic departments and business people to help innovators take ideas forward.

The evaluation aimed to assist Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (SEG) understand in more detail the likely market for property from science and technology companies and to provide market intelligence regarding current and likely future demand for land and property in the technology sector.

Cavalry Park, on the south eastern outskirts of the Borders town of Peebles, was originally acquired by the then Scottish Development Agency to attract single user inward investment.

The e-Business Centre (e-BC) at the University of Paisley opened in 2000 as Scotland’s first dedicated e-BC – providing access to technology, expertise and staff resources to help small and medium sized businesses(SMEs) in the West of Scotland develop their e-business activities.

Aftercare is the concept of helping participants on employability schemes progress in work after the initial transition into work.

The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Cluster Team (MOCT) funded two projects at the University of Glasgow related to III-V MOSFET technology: the Circuit Design project and the Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) project.

The aim of the evaluation was to review the incubation support offered by Scottish Enterprise (SE).

Scottish Enterprise Grampian (SEGr) established Ask the Expert Workshops as a response to research which found that most small business failures occur at the three year stage, at around the time that business start-up support is withdrawn.

The EDGE 2007 programme aimed to support the development and growth of local businesses.

EDGE 2007 was an eight week transnational entrepreneurship programme developed by Scottish Enterprise (SE) Dunbartonshire to support the development and growth of local businesses; provide young people with access to an intensive personal and professional learning experience; and promote enterprise by providing knowledge and encouragement in take-up of entrepreneurialism.

The Lean Management Programme (LMP) was developed to assist companies with implementing actions to achieve continuous, sustained productivity improvement.

The North East Transport Partnership (NESTRANS) was the first of Scotland’s voluntary regional partnerships, formed to deliver transport improvements across the North East of Scotland.