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 Grangemouth Hydrogen Hub (2024) (2024) Scottish Enterprise commissioned Optimat to review and re-assess the status of hydrogen activities in the Grangemouth industrial cluster. It follows up on a 2021 study by SE and Wood, by providing an ...
 Assessment of Scotland’s opportunities within digital heat technologies – February 2023 (2023) Scottish Enterprise commissioned Ramboll to understand the potential for Scotland to be a leader in the low-carbon heat tech industry and to improve the competitiveness of the industry and firms withi...
 Opportunities for Biomethane as a Transport Fuel in Scotland (2022) Research commissioned by Scottish Enterprise and Transport Scotland explored opportunities for the supply and use of biomethane as a vehicle fuel, with an emphasis on the heavy goods vehicle and agric...
 Local economic and business performance and trends: a relative comparison across Scotland (2021) This builds on 2019 research (available on Evaluations Online) looking in detail at the relative economic and business performance and trends over time, across Scotland. The rationale was by bringing ...
 Economic and business performance and trends across Scotland’s regions (2019) This study sought to bring together a wide range of data available at a regional level, to give a wider view of the economic and business performance of the regions of Scotland. The idea was by bringi...
 Better business better Scotland (2015) The report provides an overview of corporate responsibility in Scotland, highlighting examples of best practice and suggestions for improvement. It aims to inform the debate on the role business can a...
 Equalities in Scotland’s growth economic sectors: final report (2015) The purpose of the study was to examine equality issues in Scotland’s growth sectors since baseline research carried out in 2009, focusing on trends in the following protected characteristics: gender;...
 Evaluation of Rural Business Property Support programme 2009-2013: final report (2015) The Rural Business Property Support (RBPS) programme was a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supported scheme to provide gap funding for property development by rural businesses, for their own...
 The benefits and volume and value of country sports tourism in Scotland (2014) The aims of the report were to describe the nature of shooting and fishing activities, the attitudes of providers and participants, the volume and value for Scotland, and the economic impact. The rep...
 Evaluation of Planning to Succeed Programme in Tourism Sector 2010-14: final report (2014) The Planning to Succeed Programme in the Tourism Sector (PTST) aimed to work with rural tourism business leaders to increase innovation, collaboration, investment and leadership in order to achieve hi...
 Rural study into ammonia-hydrogen production: final report (2014) The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of storing renewable energy as either ammonia or hydrogen in Scotland. A key focus of the research was whether renewably-produced ammonia could ...
 The value of cycle tourism: opportunities for the Scottish economy (2013) The report aims to demonstrate the value of the leisure cycle tourism sector to the Scottish economy and to set out a clear evidence base upon which the case can be made for further expansion of the s...
 Evaluation of the Scottish Air Route Development Fund: study report – final report (2009) This evaluation of the Scottish Air Route Development Fund (RDF) was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government, VisitScotland, and Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL), and...
 Final evaluation of the Environmental Services Programme (2008) Scottish Enterprise (SE) Forth Valley ran the Environmental Services Programme (ESP) from 2002 to 2008 with the aim of involving local SMEs in activities which would reduce their impact on the environ...
 Equality Matters in Business: interim evaluation - final report (2008) The Equality Matters in Business project was developed initially by the Scottish Government, in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise (SE), with the overall aim of enhancing the advice and support avai...
 Economic Impact Assessment: Ettrick Riverside (2008) The Ettrick Riverside project involved the £6 million redevelopment of a former Victorian Mill to provide office space and meeting facilities. The evaluation aims to report against achievements to dat...
 Evaluation of Building Buchan New Beginnings ERDF funded business support (2007) 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. This evaluation focuses on...
 Evaluation of the Community Land Unit: a final report (2005) The Community Land Unit (CLU) aims to: promote community-led land purchase or management initiatives; provide advice and support for the community land initiatives, including the exchange of best prac...
 Evaluation of Women into Business workshops and networking: final report (2005) The Women into Business (WIB) project runs workshops and networking events within Edinburgh and Lothian. Networking events are part of a national Women into Business programme, while the WIB workshops...
 Report into the Business Gateway Start-up Discretionary Fund (2005) The Business Gateway Start-up Discretionary Fund in Ayrshire provided an additional grant of £500 for business start-ups within Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) areas. It aimed to encourage an incre...
 Final project report: evaluation of Resource Efficiency Environmental Forum website and seminars. Volume 1 – Main body of report (Version 2) (2005) Resource Efficiency Environmental Forum (REEF), a web based club, focused on topics such as environmental management, waste and energy management. It also aimed to provide a programme of quarterly sem...
 Review of West Lothian Strategic Action Plan: final report to Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (2005) West Lothian Strategic Action Plan (WLSAP) aimed to provide a three-year programme of actions to help the West Lothian economy ‘back on the growth track’. The evaluation aimed to provide an interim th...
 Review of Women’s One-to-One and Group Business Mentoring programme (2005) The Women in Business (WIB) Mentoring Programme supports female-led businesses and act as a catalyst to achieving growth and development. It is based on the premise that providing mentoring support to...
 Final external evaluation of Glasgow’s Business Efficiency Initiative and Lean Management Thinking (2005) Glasgow’s Business Efficiency Initiative (GBEI) and Lean Management Thinking (LMT) includes the following programmes: Lean Management Thinking (LMT); Innovation and New Product Development (NPD); and ...
 Evaluation of the New Futures Fund initiative (2005) The New Futures Fund (NFF) takes a holistic approach to employability enhancement, aiming to assist the most disadvantaged target client groups, furthest removed from the labour market, to develop the...
 Evaluation of the Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire Sustainable Environment Programme (2004) SE Ayrshire’s Sustainable Environment Programme aimed to meet SE Targets through the development and running of the Ayrshire Environmental Management Group (AEMG) . The evaluation aimed to consider: p...
 Evaluation of the SEFV Satellite Broadband Pilot Project (2004) The SEFV Satellite Broadband Pilot Project aimed to provide satellite broadband connectivity to businesses in rural Stirlingshire where conventional broadband services (such as ASDL or cable) were una...
 Interim evaluation of the Environmental Services Programme 2002-2004: report (2004) 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 d...
 Area regeneration in Hawick and Eyemouth: project evaluation and economic impact - a final report to Scottish Borders Council. Version 1.0 (2004) 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 h...
 Ayrshire Key Fund: evaluation report (2004) 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. T...
 Evaluation of Positive Futures: report to Glasgow Inclusiveness Strategy Group (2003) The Positive Futures ‘inclusiveness project’ aimed to establish strategic, operational and funding partnerships between the key agencies that engage with young people and provide key worker support th...
 The Digital Champions Project: a review (2003) The Digital Champions project was set up to tackle Scotland’s increasing digital divide (the social divide between those with access to computers and the Internet and those without), specifically targ...
 Evaluation of entrepreneurship event for disabled people (2003) 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 summarised feed...
 Farm Venture evaluation (2003) The Farm Venture project aimed to assist groups of farmers develop ideas from which new ventures could be established on a collaborative basis in order to: provide the participants with another source...
 Interim evaluation of the Dumfries and Galloway Community Regeneration Fund (2003) 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...
 Evaluation of Learning and Enterprise Partnership: final report (2003) The Get into Enterprise (GiE) programme was used in Dumfries and Galloway to rekindle the spirit of enterprise in the community, following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. The evaluation aimed ...
 Report on an evaluation of five Learning Centres (2003) The Learning Centres aimed to increase participation in and widen access to lifelong learning in local, rural communities. The evaluation aimed to ascertain: how funding was spent and what has been ga...
 Developing Get Ready for Work in rural areas (2003) Get Ready for Work (GRfW) aimed to provide training and additional support to young people who otherwise ‘would be unable to access other training, learning or employment opportunities’ in Lanarkshire...
 Scottish Enterprise’s contribution to economic inclusion: final report (2003) Scottish Enterprise’s contribution to economic inclusion aimed to narrow the gap between the Scottish and other comparative economies; and spread the benefits of growth. The evaluation aimed to genera...
 Ex-post evaluation of the Lowland Scotland LEADER II Community Initiative: final report (2001) The Lowland Scotland LEADER II programme aimed to promote local development and prioritise activities that met the LEADER II criteria of innovation, demonstrable and transferable. The evaluation aimed...
 Aberdeenshire Countryside Access Strategy: an evaluation (2001) Aberdeenshire Council developed the Aberdeenshire Countryside Access Strategy to promote a network of public access routes through the countryside. With European funding, the strategy also aimed to pr...
 Food Production Efficiency Programme: full evaluation (2001) Scottish Enterprise Grampian launched a food production efficiency programme with six Grampian food and drink companies in 1998, the aim of which was to encourage companies to assess and amend their m...
 Evaluation of Business and Environment Programme (2000) 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 ...