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Evaluation of Innovation Centre Programme 2023 - Summary (2023) Innovation Centres (ICs) were established to bring the expertise and capabilities of Scotland’s universities, research institutes, colleges and businesses, to address industry demand-led opportunities... |
International Trade Support Research and Evaluation (2023) This study covers the findings of stage 1 of a mixed-methods evaluation (using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods) to assess the impact of Scottish public sector support on internat... |
Energy Efficiency Market Analysis and Economic Opportunity Assessment (2023) Scottish Enterprise commissioned BE-ST (Scotland’s built environment innovation centre) to establish the scale and nature of market opportunities for Scottish businesses across energy efficiency sub-s... |
Investing in ambition: Scotland’s equity risk capital market 2022 (2023) The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed analysis of the risk capital market in Scotland for the calendar year 2022. The report is the latest in a series that tracks the flow of equity inve... |
Market opportunities for Scottish direct electric heat manufacturing (2023) Scottish Enterprise appointed Carbon Limiting Technologies (CLT) to undertake an assessment of the current state of the market for direct electric heat solutions up to 2030 in Scotland. Direct electri... |
Supply chain opportunities for Scotland and policy development evidence (2023) Scottish Enterprise’s Insights & Economics Team was asked to explore the extent of activity SMEs have in the supply chains of large businesses, and what could be done to strengthen their ability to be... |
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... |
Offshore Wind Expert Support Service: evaluation report for Scottish Enterprise (2022) This is an evaluation of the Offshore Wind Expert Support (OWES) product, which seeks to help companies to diversify into the sector. The objectives were to provide an understanding of the rationale f... |
Review of the SMAS Yellow Belt Six Sigma Programme: main findings (2022) The SMAS Six Sigma Yellow Belt Programme was introduced in 2020 in order to provide a semblance of consistency to the six sigma training that was being provided to industry. This internal review was ... |
Acquisitions in Scotland (2003-21) – Part of Achieving Growth (2022) The aim of this research was to continue to understand the role acquisition plays in the economy. |
Heat Pumps and Heat Networks Assemblies and Key Component Analysis (2022) Scottish Enterprise commissioned Ramboll to analyse supply chains for Heat Pump and Heat Network at a key component level and the anticipated levels of demand in order to determine where and how Scott... |
Opportunity for Scottish Pharmaceutical Service Companies in Microbiome Drug Discovery and Development (2022) The microbiome has emerged as a potential untapped therapeutic target in a number of diseases. This work aimed to assess the opportunity for Scottish Pharmaceutical Service companies to provide soluti... |
Net Zero challenges and digital ClimateTech opportunities study: summary report (2022) This report investigates the most significant Net Zero challenges that have the potential to be addressed by digital ClimateTech solutions. |
Low Carbon Heat - Innovation Needs Assessment (2021) This report presents the findings of research conducted by the Building Research Establishment Limited (BRE) on behalf of Scottish Enterprise to identify the innovation needs of low carbon heat techno... |
Analysis of potential for Scotland to be leader in 5th Generation Heating and Cooling Networks (2021) Scottish Enterprise commissioned Ramboll to undertake research into existing applications and understanding of 5th generation district heating (5GDHC) in Scotland and across the rest of Europe, and id... |
Research to inform a review of how Scottish Enterprise and partners can unlock the full potential of digital health opportunities for Scottish SMEs (2021) This report provides an overview of (1) economic development interventions focussed on digital health outwith Scotland, and (2) barriers to entry into digital health from the perspective of Scottish d... |
Port enhancements for offshore wind: assessment of current and future marshalling & assembly capacity in Scottish ports (2021) The report aims to assess current and future marshalling and assembly capacity in Scottish Ports for offshore wind deployment. The report follows on from Crown Estate Scotland’s 2020 “Ports for Offsh... |
Port investment models for offshore wind (2021) The report was commissioned for a client group of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Crown Estate Scotland. The report examines and explores potential private financing and fun... |
Employee-owned business resilience and recovery – May 2021 (2021) The report provides insights into how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting Employee-Owned Businesses (EOBs) in Scotland. |
Mid-Sized Businesses in the regions and sectors across Scotland 2010-19 (2021) Mid-sized businesses (MSBs) are defined as businesses with a turnover of between £25m and £500m. Evidence demonstrates MSBs to be more productive, more innovative and to disproportionately contribute ... |
Epidarex Capital II: Interim Review (2020) In 2013 Scottish Enterprise became a Limited Partner in the Epidarex II Life Sciences Investment Fund. The Fund invests in Life Sciences companies with an emphasis on those spun-out from universities ... |
The benefits and impacts of support to Scottish Enterprise’s Account Managed Companies (2020) This report is based on an online survey of Scottish Enterprise’s (SE) Account Managed companies. It aimed to explore views and opinions on the support that SE provided and the impact that this had up... |
Mid-Sized Businesses in Scotland 2010-19 (2020) Mid-sized businesses (MSBs) are defined as businesses with a turnover of between £25m and £500m. Evidence demonstrates MSBs to be more productive, more innovative and to disproportionately contribute ... |
Qualitative review of SE Large Grant Support – case study research (2020) The main research objective was to undertake a qualitative review of Scottish Enterprise’s (SE) large grant programmes that have delivered around 1,700 grants (£512million) to around 1,300 businesses ... |
An econometric evaluation of Scottish Enterprise grant support to businesses (2019) The report evaluates the impact of Scottish Enterprise grant support over the period 2009/10-2017/18 on businesses in Scotland. The grants reviewed are Regional Selective Assistance (RSA), R&D, SMART:... |
Innovation and Business Performance (2019) This paper examines the effects of different types, and combinations, of innovation activity on business performance. The aim is to help inform policy to support innovation by trying to identify busi... |
Digital Tourism Scotland evaluation: final report (2019) The Digital Tourism Scotland (DTS) programme offers sector specific digital support to tourism businesses in Scotland. DTS is run as a partnership programme and has six main delivery partners: Scottis... |
Trends in Business Growth in Scotland (2018) The research was undertaken to develop greater understanding around business growth in Scotland. |
Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) Strategic Review and Economic Impact Assessment (2018) The main objectives of the Review were to conduct a review of the current market conditions in which the SLF operates and assess whether there continues to be a rationale for intervention through the ... |
Scottish Investment Bank Financial Readiness Service Strategic Review: Final report to Scottish Enterprise (2018) This report summarises the findings and recommendations from a Strategic Review of the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) Financial Readiness Service (FRS). FRS delivers a range of advisory support throug... |
Assessing demand for FinTech-specific collaboration and incubation space in Scotland (2018) Ekosgen was commissioned in June 2018 to undertake a demand and needs assessment for physical collaboration and incubation space for the Scottish Financial Technology (FinTech) sector. The aim was to ... |
Interim review of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund III and the Scottish Venture Fund III (2018) The Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) and the Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) were set up in 2003 and 2006 as pan-Scotland funds to be managed by the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). They are to increase t... |
JustTech comparator study: final report (2018) The study aimed to help build the business case for the University of Dundee’s proposal for significant investment in the JustTech forensic science industry cluster. The proposed project submitted by ... |
Oil and gas decommissioning Scottish capability (2018) This capability statement outlines Scotland’s geographic and technical strengths in oil and gas decommissioning. It discusses the challenges and opportunities that decommissioning presents, and sets o... |
Strategic evaluation of SDI international activities: final report (2017) The Scottish Government (SG), Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) deliver international trade and investment support principally through Scottish Development Internatio... |
Future Grangemouth Vision 2025: evaluation of economic effects (2017) In February 2015, Scottish Enterprise, Falkirk Council, Chemical Sciences Scotland and Grangemouth’s key chemicals businesses adopted the 'Future Grangemouth Vision 2025’. The strategy aims to firmly... |
International comparator study of Abertay University’s Cybersecurity offering for Scottish Enterprise (2017) Cybersecurity is a key strength of Abertay University. Key areas of research interest and teaching are ethical hacking and ‘offensive’ cybersecurity. Abertay University is also undertaking some relat... |
CeeD membership perception and benefits study (2017) CeeD is a cross-sector peer-to-peer community and co-operative problem solving and learning network, originally operating within the engineering sector but now operating across many key public and pri... |
Strategic evaluation of SDI international activities 2017: Scottish Enterprise - additional analysis (2017) This paper details the additional analysis undertaken by Scottish Enterprise (SE) following completion of the main evaluation report by SQW (‘Strategic evaluation of SDI international activities’), pu... |
The risk capital market in Scotland: annual report 2016 (2017) This report presents a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for 2016. It aims to improve the understanding of the scale and characteristics of the ea... |
Grangemouth Investment Zone: freight flow analysis (2017) The study examined freight flows in the Grangemouth Investment Zone (GIZ). The objective was to understand the current and future freight flows to and from the Grangemouth area as well as the current ... |
Review of Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership – Business Programme (2017) The Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership (DSBEP) was created by the Scottish Government as a mechanism to assist the implementation of its digital strategy and to address specific perceive... |
Fast-growth companies in Scotland (2016) The aim of the research was to develop a better understanding of fast-growth companies in Scotland, in order to contribute to Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) evidence base on their contribution to produc... |
Oil and gas finance market gap analysis (2016) In response to the challenges Scottish Enterprise commissioned a finance market gap analysis to explore the finance issues faced by companies within the oil and gas industry, in particular in supply c... |
The risk capital market in Scotland: annual report 2015 (2016) The 2015 report is the latest in the series to be published by Scottish Enterprise. The work was undertaken on behalf of Scottish Enterprise by Jonathan Harris, Young Company Finance. SE commissions... |
Evaluation of the ‘Experiencing Scotland - supplying a quality food and drink offer’ project (2016) The Experience Scotland (ES) project was launched to support tourism companies to provide and promote the high quality food and drink produce Scotland offers, thereby improving the food experience for... |
Evaluation of the ‘Event Ready Producers - Road to 2014 and beyond’ project (2016) The Event Ready Producers (ERP) project was launched to “provide practical guidance to support food and drink companies to successfully enter and benefit from the events market”. For the scope of this... |
FinTech scoping review: establishing Scotland as a FinTech centre (2016) FinTech (Financial Technology) is defined in the report as “the consideration, application or provision of support to new or repurposed technology that creates efficiency, reduces costs, manages risk ... |
Growth and productivity performance of account managed companies (2016) The research is an analysis of Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highland and Island Enterprise’s (HIE) Account Managed (AM) Companies’ performance in terms of growth in employment, turnover and productivi... |
Film and TV studio market update (2015) This report provides an update to a previous market assessment developed as part of the Options Appraisal for a film and TV production studio in Scotland in 2014. In particular, the update aimed to ex... |