Research, evaluation and insight

Waterfront Edinburgh Limited (WEL) was formed in March 2000 to facilitate the development of the Granton Waterfront.

The Hillington Park Innovation Centre (HPIC) aimed to support the creation of new knowledge-based, technology, product and process enterprises, providing low displacement, high value add businesses and jobs in Central Scotland.

The St Andrews World Class (SAWC) was launched as a partnership initiative in 2003 to recognise and build on St Andrews’ existing international competitive advantages of golf, tourism and university research.

Lanarkshire Economic Forum’s (LEF) updated local economic strategy, ‘Changing Gear: Towards 2010’, and the subsequent Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, aimed to assist partners to identify key issues and challenges, and to help design and prioritise interventions to improve economic performance.

The Biotechnology Business Advisory Service (BBAS) is one of the key interventions available to the Scottish Enterprise network to support the emergence and growth of a SME base in the life sciences/biotechnology sector.

This interim evaluation provided an overview of 8 business development programmes consolidated into a ‘Growing Business’ group within the Forth Valley Business Gateway.

The Computer Network Training (CNT) programme aimed to offer retraining in computer skills to unemployed residents of Forth Valley and to provide a supply of scarce information and communications technology (ICT) skills to the market.

The Community Regeneration Fund aimed to rebuild confidence within local communities after the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak and to initiate lasting processes of community economic development in the region.

The Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley (SEFV) 2002-2004 Environmental Service programme aimed to encourage resource efficiency in businesses, to generate improved business performance with sustainable development benefits for the environment.

The Institute for System Level Integration (ISLI) was set up by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to fill the gap between industry and academia in the field of electronic product design and technology.

This programme funded the establishment of a part-time degree course in Supply Chain Management (SCM), delivered by three universities, aimed at the electronics industry.

The e-Skills Academy aimed to increase the competitiveness of the Scottish economy by providing high quality training and development for individuals and organisations wishing to work in an e-world.

The Tourism Growth Programme aimed to target key tourism businesses with the capacity and capability for high growth to enable them to become more competitive, accelerate growth and to raise profitability and employment levels.

The International Trade Development (ITD) Programme, run by the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Export (RIE) Partnership, aimed to be a ‘one-stop-shop’ providing businesses with advice and support on all aspects of international trade development.

The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network sponsored a series of summer camp training projects in 2000 designed to address the employability of IT graduates and postgraduates and expand the labour pool for the IT sector.

The Forth Valley Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (FV PACE) team aimed to respond to the closure of the Jones and Campbell Foundry in Larbert, Stirlingshire and ensure that alternative routes to employment were found quickly.

The Kelvin Institute was formed in partnership with Glasgow University, Strathclyde University and Scottish Enterprise (SE) to create greater university-industry collaboration to secure greater benefit to the Scottish economy from the research and expertise of Scottish university IT departments.

The evaluation involved a review of approximately 60 evaluations of programmes commissioned by Scottish Enterprise.

The Learning Journey support programme is a tool which aims to help senior managers from key Lanarkshire businesses meet with, learn from and interact with some of the world’s leading companies.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network evaluation reports were commissioned for specific reasons connected with an individual project or programme intervention.

In September 2002, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) subcontracted the delivery of their Tourism Recruitment and Retention Programme to Springboard Scotland.

The Management Extension Programme (MEP) is primarily a business development tool supporting Lanarkshire companies.

The Market Advantage Programme (MAP) aimed to enhance marketing and commercial knowledge in the Scottish food and drink sector.

The Marketing Development Programme aimed to provide companies with additional help to surmount the problems resulting from Foot & Mouth Disease, particularly those looking to develop business throughout the UK and to export their products and services.

The Marketing for Success (MfS) project aimed to increase the level of strategic marketing knowledge among companies and help each company to develop and implement a strategic marketing plan.