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Evaluations Online is a publicly accessible collection of evaluation and research reports from Scottish Enterprise. The reports cover all aspects of Scottish Enterprise's economic development activities and are available for download at no cost.
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New business creation in Scotland’s regions and industries since 2010
This note considers the change in new business creation (start-ups) since 2010 across regions and industries. It draws on a previous paper looking at start-ups across regions and links to a wider, ongoing study of growth dynamics across Scotland and its regions. -
Digital Tourism Scotland evaluation
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: Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA), VisitScotland, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and Business Gateway. The programme has also been supported through part funding by the Scottish Government. After almost 4 years of delivering a range of digital support activities, online and on the ground, the programme has been independently evaluated in 2019 to assess benefits, impacts and help identify whether a case for further intervention still exists. The evaluation has concluded the programme has been successful. -
Scotland’s inclusive economic performance
The Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework (NPF) sets out a vision for Scotland (of inclusive and sustainable economic growth) and an associated measurement framework. This paper outlines Scotland’s performance for a number of NPF and other measures that are key drivers of productivity and inclusive economic growth. Scotland’s performance is compared where possible to other economies, and the size of any performance gap, for example to the top quartile of economies, is estimated. -
Mid-sized businesses in Scotland 2010-18
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 to economic growth. Therefore, increasing the numbers and size of Scotland’s mid-market is critical to achieving sustained economic growth. This note presents the latest analysis of the extent and shape of MSBs in Scotland. It covers the period of 2010-18 and presents breakdown across sector, employment and nation of ownership. The data relates solely to activity within Scotland. -
Mid-sized businesses across the regions and industries of Scotland (2010-18)
Mid-Sized Businesses (MSBs) are defined as those with turnover of between £25m and £499m. Growth in the number and performance of MSBs matters because they disproportionately contribute to growth and are more innovative, more likely to export and have higher productivity. Understanding MSBs across Scotland and what trends in growth exist (total number as well as their turnover and employment) will help the development of tailored policy responses specific to local circumstances. This research note sets out the extent and shape of MSBs across the regions of Scotland and how this has changed since 2010.