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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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Internal evaluation of the Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan
This report details the results of an internal evaluation of the Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan undertaken by the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Appraisal and Evaluation Team on behalf of Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Scotland Food and Drink (SF&D) Export Partnership. Initially launched in 2014, the Export Plan is a five-year plan that details the sector’s approach to achieving the Industry Strategy’s objective of significantly increasing exports, namely the introduction of Food and Drink In-Market Specialists in a number of key markets globally. The evaluation aimed to gain a greater understanding of the impact arising from the Export Plan to date, and provide insight into additional needs and areas of improvement for any future Export Plan. -
The water sector in Scotland: market size research – turnover, jobs, exports and gross value added
The report aims to understand the water sector in Scotland – turnover, jobs, exports and gross value added (GVA). It covers current R&D activity, current and historic economic performance, expected future performance, plans for growth and related drivers and barriers. -
Acquisitions in Scotland 2003-19
This report updates the previous research into the acquisitions market in Scotland, extending the period of data analysis from 2003 through to 2019. The aim of the update was to provide latest available data to aid understanding of the landscape, and to set these findings in the context of other research which has been exploring the growth dynamics in Scotland. -
The economic opportunity for a large scale CO2 management industry in Scotland
Strathclyde University’s Centre for Energy Policy was engaged by Scottish Enterprise to research and prepare a short position paper that sets out the high level narrative for Scotland’s capacity/capability and potential opportunity as a CO2 transport and storage provider for capture at home and abroad, prior to the requirement for a more extensive quantitative study. The aim is to set out the basis for a large scale CO2 management industry in Scotland that could potentially serve domestic, UK and international needs. -
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.