Research, evaluation and insight

Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (SER) account management activities aimed to select companies for account management support on the basis of their importance to the economy, so that sustaining the business or improving its performance produced significant economic progress.

The Ayrshire Film Focus (AFF) aimed to promote Ayrshire as a viable filming location to film and other media production companies.

The Ayrshire Innovation Centre (AIC) was established in 1995 to meet the needs of high growth start-up businesses through the provision of accommodation (subsidised during early months of trading), tailored business development support, and office/administration services.

Business Gateway International Ayrshire (BGIA) and Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire delivered part of their international trade development support through the organisation of Trade Missions.

BioDundee is a partnership between the public, private and academic sectors in the Dundee area to support and promote the life sciences sector.

The Business Start Up Support Service (BSUSS) was Scottish Enterprise Glasgow's (SEG) main volume-based mechanism to encourage new business formation.

Building Buchan New Beginnings (BBNB) was a three year action plan established in 2003 to address the economic challenges facing coastal communities in North Aberdeenshire.

The evaluation involved a desk-based study of a range of company and project data from Scottish Enterprise Tayside files, discussions with relevant stakeholders, face-to-face and telephone surveys of participating employers and a postal survey of Tayside Environmental Business Forum members.

The Real Business Learning Centres aimed to create an inclusive learning environment, drawing individuals into learning through both business-related and personal interest.

The Cashmere in Scotland promotion, including the Scottish Cashmere Club, aimed to assist the cashmere industry to achieve a sustainable future through developing export markets for quality products aimed at the added value sector.

Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway’s (SEDG) Client Management programme aimed to help local businesses to address issues, in order to enhance competitiveness and make the most effective use of organisations' powers and resources.

The Common Purpose Programme is designed to help individuals in leadership and decision-making positions to be more effective in their own organisations, in the community and in society as a whole.

The Decommissioning Supply Chain Engagement scheme (DSCE) comprised two free to attend conferences which aimed to raise awareness of the opportunities that are available to Scottish companies in the decommissioning of oil, gas, and nuclear facilities.

Discovery Quay Developments Ltd (DQDL) was established in 1988 as a single purpose joint venture public/private partnership with the aim of redeveloping the Dundee Waterfront site.

E-business support in Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire (SEA), channelled through the E-Business Demonstration Centre (E-BDC), aimed to address the lag between e-adoption in Ayrshire and the rest of Scotland.

E-business advisory support is provided by Enterprise North-East Trust (E-Net), under the Scottish Enterprise Grampian Business Gateway service.

The Edinburgh Waterfront Recruitment Centre (EWRC) was established to link employment opportunities generated through the waterfront development to the need for jobs amongst local people in North Edinburgh and Leith.

The e-Learninternational 2004 project involved the design, development and hosting of an international e-learning Conference and Awards in February 2004.

The Employee Lifeskills programme aimed to support: the growth of the Ayrshire economy by raising employees’ knowledge and skill levels, thereby increasing their flexibility, and improving their future employment prospects; and employers by contributing up to a maximum of 50% of the direct training costs of non-legislative employee training.

The conference, on 20th December 2003, aimed to demonstrate SE and Careers Scotland’s commitment and support for enterprise for all people in Scotland with a disability.

The evaluation examined the development of the high quality business site at Faulds Park, Gourock.

Food Forum West (FFW) is an industry forum for organisations associated with the food and drink manufacturing sector, led by Scottish Enterprise (SE) Renfrewshire and delivered in partnership with SE Ayrshire, SE Forth Valley and SE Lanarkshire as part of the SE Network Food and Drink Cluster Action Plan.

The Forth Valley Education Business Partnership (FVEBP) aimed to: provide a keener awareness among school pupils and students of the demands and opportunities of the workplace; develop a greater understanding of the changing world of work among teachers; and raise understanding in the employing community of how schools and colleges have been developing and changing.

The Globalscot network aims to harness the knowledge, expertise, skills, goodwill and contacts of Scots (and those with an affinity for Scotland) across the globe in support of Scottish companies and organisations.

The Grampian Film Office (GFO) was set up in 2004 in order to address market failures in relation to the TV and film industry in Grampian.