Research, evaluation and insight

The Wireless Innovation Project (WIP) was established in 2003 to overcome barriers to entry for Scotland based firms operating in the Wireless space, providing technical support, market research and business development.

Business Gateway International Lothian (BGI Lothian) is the arm of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) concerned with supporting SMEs to increase their international trade.

The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) is a dedicated programme of support for the manufacturing industry, primarily targeted at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) although it also assists a proportion of larger organisations.

The Scottish Stem Cell Intervention Framework (SCIF) is a joint venture supported by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise (SE), universities, private companies and individuals, the aim of which is to establish Scotland as one of the leading world locations for stem cell activity.

The Supply Chain Improvement Programme (SCIP) comprises a series of workshops led by experienced manufacturing consultants and uses a comprehensive database of performance metrics against which firms’ performance can be compared.

Training for Work (TfW) is a voluntary training and employability programme for long-term unemployed adults over the age of 25, run by Scottish Enterprise Tayside (SET).

Aberdeenshire Council developed the Aberdeenshire Countryside Access Strategy to promote a network of public access routes through the countryside.

Assesses the use of a new model for estimating the impacts of Scottish Enterprise Network’s activities and establishing more accurate benchmarks for the unit cost of assistance through the use of the body of evidence from Scottish Enterprise’s monitoring system (KMIS) on the scale of activity the Network is undertaking.

The Adult Guidance service, run under the Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (SER) contract with Renfrewshire Careers Partnership (RCPL), aimed to provide a service to young people and adults, using economies of scale to provide a more geographically dispersed service and better link with educational and community establishments.

The Alloa Initiative Partnership aimed to bring benefits in terms of employment creation and economic regeneration for the Clackmannanshire and wider Forth Valley areas, while also assisting Tesco Stores in meeting recruitment needs at its Alloa outlet.

SAOS developed and piloted a training programme designed for farmers holding non-executive directorships of agricultural co-operatives.

The Ardrossan Harbour Masterplan aimed to maximise the potential of the Marina and attract further private developments that would broaden the local economy and introduce new employment to the area.

The Hawick Regeneration Initiative (The Hawick Partnership) and Eyemouth East Berwickshire Partnership (EEBP), Objective 2 funded area projects, aimed to build community confidence and capacity, and help to deliver community, economic development, tourism and small scale infrastructure projects in line with regeneration strategies.

The Asia Pacific initiative (API) was established in November 1999 as part of SE Tayside’s export development initiative in order to develop Asian markets.

Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian’s (SEE&L) Business Development Strategy aimed to provide: ‘account management’ of companies; a proactive targeting of companies; and a consistent process of support.

The Scottish Weaving Centre was developed with the aim of providing Edinburgh with a new visitor attraction based on the history of the Scottish weaving industry, to be located at the top of the Royal Mile at Castlehill.

Ayrshire Business in the Community (AbiC) was established in early 2000 as a partnership involving Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire (SEA) and the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), supported by Scottish Business in the Community (SbiC).

The Ayrshire Internationalisation Programme, run by the Ayrshire Export Partnership (AEP) aimed to provide SMEs in Ayrshire a co-ordinated network of support for both potential and existing exporters.

The Ayrshire Key Fund aimed to encourage the growth of community based organisations and the contribution that they make to regeneration activities, by improving access to European Structural Funds.

Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) obtained funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for a two year initiative designed to attract talented young people into the Scottish textile industry, branded ‘Behind the Label’.

BioDundee is an umbrella marketing organisation for the biotechnology sector in Dundee.

The project, run by SE Borders, SE Dumfries and Galloway, and later by SE Forth Valley, aimed to test the suitability of broadband satellite delivery and assist in establishing a sustainable and affordable means of broadband for peripheral areas.

Scottish Enterprise’s Business Transformation Programme (BTP) aimed to begin a transformational approach of business process re-design that would drive a number of operating benefits for SE, both in terms of service improvement and efficiency gains.

The Burns Festival took place in Ayr between 27 April and 5 May 2002.

The ‘Burns and a’ that’ festival aimed to celebrate Scottish creativity and the arts by: raising awareness of Robert Burns, contemporary Scottish culture, Ayrshire and Scotland; generating additional bed-nights in Ayrshire; deriving economic benefits from the event; and providing a positive platform for the attraction of private sponsorship in future years.