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Economic Research alert – July 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain with a focus on the priorities from the Scottish Enterprise Business Plan (jobs, net zero, place) – there is also a section on general ...
Employee-Owned Business Census 2022 (2022) To undertake a census of all employee-owned businesses (EOB & worker co-operatives) operating in Scotland (as at 5.4.22) to enable policy implementers to track recent developments in the size of the s...
Economic Research alert – May 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain with a focus on the priorities from the Scottish Enterprise Business Plan (jobs, net zero, place) – there is also a section on general ...
The economic opportunity of the wellness economy for Scotland (2021) This project related to providing an evidence base to inform SE’s (and potentially wider partners’) strategic approach to the growing global wellness market opportunity and, to prioritising those oppo...
Business births, business deaths, and business survival rates analysis (2021) This research provides an overview of trends, taken from Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, of business births, deaths, and survival rates, in Scotland – by local authority, industry and age. ...
Growth businesses in Scotland 2016-20 (2021) This is an update to previous research which considered growth businesses in Scotland from 2011-16. This continues to look further into growth than simply applying the usual ‘high-growth’ definition a...
Evaluation of the Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan (2018) 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 Deve...
Subsea Engineering Opportunity: International Market Insights Report series - aquaculture (2018) This report is part of a series of reports considering the opportunities for the Scottish oil and gas (O&G) subsea supply chain in other subsea and related markets. It looks at aquaculture, and maricu...
Age-friendly places: evidence pack (2018) This report provides an overview of existing research regarding the creation of age-friendly places across urban and rural Scotland, with a particular focus on housing. It sets out good practice desi...
Megatrends impacting Scottish tourism to 2025: opportunities for Scotland (2018) This report analyses the future of the Scottish tourism industry from a global perspective, in order to provide a robust evidence base to support strategic decision-making by Scottish Enterprise (SE),...
The collaborative economy and Scottish tourism (2018) The collaborative economy involves connecting individuals or communities via online platforms that enable the sharing or provision of goods and services, assets and resources without the need for owne...
Growth companies in Scotland (2017) This research was designed to identify the nature and extent of growth across the business base in Scotland. It sought to identify the locations in which companies achieve intermittent and sustained g...
Research into the Scottish food and drink innovation landscape (2017) This discussion document presents the results of a study to review the innovation landscape in Scotland for the Food & Drink industry and supply chain as it stands today and to establish if there are ...
Interim evaluation: Scotland Food & Drink’s industry leadership activities – final report for Scottish Enterprise (2017) This report presents the findings of an interim evaluation of the delivery and impact of Scotland Food & Drink’s (SF&D) industry leadership activities. SF&D was established in 2007 as the Industry Lea...
Automation and sector impacts research 2016: food manufacturing sector outlook (2016) The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025. The ...
Automation and sector impacts research 2016: summary report (2016) This report focuses on three sectors in Scotland with potentially different automation characteristics, namely construction, financial and business services (F&BS), and the food supply chain. It consi...
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...
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;...
Food & drink sector: innovation infrastructure & facilities in Scotland - summary report of industry demand, existing innovation support, and options to address any identified gaps (2014) A key strategic priority for Scotland Food & Drink (SF&D) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) is to improve the innovation performance of Scottish food and drink companies and to increase their investment in...
Critical materials: examining the materials that are critical to our sectors and economy (2014) The aim of the report is to provide an understanding of the experiences that companies have in relation to the issue of critical raw materials supply compared to other supply chain issues. It also see...
Food and Drink Fellowship review (2012) The Food and Drink Fellowship training course was launched in September 2010 in response to the perceived demand for formal accredited training for future highly skilled leaders in the Scottish food a...
Interim evaluation of Scotland Food and Drink (2010) Scottish Food and Drink (SF&D) was established as an industry-led membership organisation which aimed to bring together the whole supply chain involved in the food and drink industry in Scotland under...
Equality and diversity baseline information on Scotland’s key economic sectors (2010) This report establishes an equality and diversity baseline for Scotland’s key economic sectors, forming part of the ongoing work of Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) ...
Economic impacts of Diageo restructuring (2009) In July 2009 Diageo announced a major restructuring of its Scotch Whisky operations in Scotland, involving the closure of their Kilmarnock bottling plant and related facilities in Port Dundas, and the...
Evaluation of Food and Drink UK Premium Market Development Project (2009) The UK Food and Drink Premium Market Development (PMD) project was developed with the aim of building the capacity of the Scottish food and drink market and helping companies exploit UK food service a...
Edinburgh Pre Incubation Scheme economic impact evaluation: final report (2009) The Edinburgh Pre-Incubator Scheme (EPIS) aims to encourage and support innovation by facilitating direct collaboration between universities and entrepreneurs. The primary focus of this evaluation was...
Transport infrastructure and services: industry views (2008) The Scottish Government’s Economic Strategy identifies transport as one of the key factors in promoting economic growth in those sectors identified as having significant growth potential: energy, fina...
Evaluation of the Grampian Food Forum (2008) The Grampian Food Forum (the Forum), which has been operating for over 15 years, aims to promote and support food production businesses in the North East of Scotland. The evaluation covers the last th...
Evaluation of Scottish Food and Drink Information Service (2007) Scottish Food and Drink is an industry led strategy designed to achieve a sustainable and profitable food and drink sector that is consumer focused, market led and internationally competitive. The Sco...
Evaluation of Scottishfoodanddrink.com (2006) The initiative known as scottishfoodanddrink.com (sfd.com) was launched in March 2003 as the industry information service for the Scottish food and drink industry. A first interim evaluation was condu...
Evaluation of the Ambassador Programme (2006) The main aim of the Ambassador Programme is to liaise with the business and academic communities, and to encourage and support prominent local individuals, known as ‘ambassadors’, to bring conferences...
Food and Drink: Evaluation of Intervention with Clusters and Industries (2005) The Evaluation of Intervention with Clusters and Industries in Scotland aims to be a learning evaluation for Scottish Enterprise (SE) on the policy interventions pursued to date. The research objectiv...
Evaluation of Food Forum West 2003-2005 (2005) Food Forum West (FFW) is an industry forum for organisations associated with the food and drink manufacturing sector, led by Scottish Enterprise (SE) Renfrewshire and delivered in partnership with SE ...
Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Borders' response to Foot and Mouth disease: a final report to Scottish Enterprise Borders (2004) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on the Borders economy, and the effectiveness of Scottish Enterprise Borders’ (SEB) response to ...
Evaluation of the New Market Development Project: final report (2004) The New Market Development Programme (NMDP) aimed to assist firms to diversify their market base by developing new overseas markets. The evaluation aimed to: determine the achievements of the project ...
Food and drink sector recruitment problems (2003) In response to anecdotal evidence of local recruitment problems, the evaluation aimed to: assess the extent of recruitment and retention issues among Tayside food and drink manufacturers; determine th...
An evaluation of training for farmer directors of co-operatives (2003) SAOS developed and piloted a training programme designed for farmers holding non-executive directorships of agricultural co-operatives. A pilot course was held over five days in the Autumn of 2001. Th...
Food sector strategy review 1999 – 2002 (2003) SEDG contact management system aimed to assist Dumfries and Galloway’s Food and Drink Processing sector. The evaluation aimed to: update the sectoral information available to SEDG with regard to the s...
MAP evaluation 2003 (2003) The Market Advantage Programme (MAP) aimed to enhance marketing and commercial knowledge in the Scottish food and drink sector. The evaluation aimed to: assess the extent to which both individuals and...
Food Sector New Product Development process – final report (2003) The Food Sector New Product Development (NPD) programme aimed to provide training, advice and guidance to businesses in the food sector and to establish a systematic process for NPD and a greater unde...
Smart Farms Forum: evaluation of Business Clubs (2003) The Smart Farms project aimed to address relevant support issues relating to profitability and standards of practise in Scotland’s farming industry. The Business Clubs aimed to work with businesses to...
Clusters review (2002) The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network pioneered the ‘cluster’ method of supporting industries in Scotland. This evaluation reviews SE’s first full year of operation (2000-01) for three clusters: Food a...
Evaluation of the New Market Development programme (2001) The New Market Development programme (NMD) was set up to help new and existing exporters develop new overseas markets. 48 companies participated in NMD between November 1996 and March 2000. They repre...
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...

Economic Research alert – July 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain with a focus on the priorities from the Scottish Enterprise Business Plan (jobs, net zero, place) – there is also a section on general ...

Employee-Owned Business Census 2022 (2022) To undertake a census of all employee-owned businesses (EOB & worker co-operatives) operating in Scotland (as at 5.4.22) to enable policy implementers to track recent developments in the size of the s...

Economic Research alert – May 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain with a focus on the priorities from the Scottish Enterprise Business Plan (jobs, net zero, place) – there is also a section on general ...

The economic opportunity of the wellness economy for Scotland (2021) This project related to providing an evidence base to inform SE’s (and potentially wider partners’) strategic approach to the growing global wellness market opportunity and, to prioritising those oppo...

Business births, business deaths, and business survival rates analysis (2021) This research provides an overview of trends, taken from Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, of business births, deaths, and survival rates, in Scotland – by local authority, industry and age. ...

Growth businesses in Scotland 2016-20 (2021) This is an update to previous research which considered growth businesses in Scotland from 2011-16. This continues to look further into growth than simply applying the usual ‘high-growth’ definition a...

Evaluation of the Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan (2018) 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 Deve...

Subsea Engineering Opportunity: International Market Insights Report series - aquaculture (2018) This report is part of a series of reports considering the opportunities for the Scottish oil and gas (O&G) subsea supply chain in other subsea and related markets. It looks at aquaculture, and maricu...

Age-friendly places: evidence pack (2018) This report provides an overview of existing research regarding the creation of age-friendly places across urban and rural Scotland, with a particular focus on housing. It sets out good practice desi...

Megatrends impacting Scottish tourism to 2025: opportunities for Scotland (2018) This report analyses the future of the Scottish tourism industry from a global perspective, in order to provide a robust evidence base to support strategic decision-making by Scottish Enterprise (SE),...

The collaborative economy and Scottish tourism (2018) The collaborative economy involves connecting individuals or communities via online platforms that enable the sharing or provision of goods and services, assets and resources without the need for owne...

Growth companies in Scotland (2017) This research was designed to identify the nature and extent of growth across the business base in Scotland. It sought to identify the locations in which companies achieve intermittent and sustained g...

Research into the Scottish food and drink innovation landscape (2017) This discussion document presents the results of a study to review the innovation landscape in Scotland for the Food & Drink industry and supply chain as it stands today and to establish if there are ...

Interim evaluation: Scotland Food & Drink’s industry leadership activities – final report for Scottish Enterprise (2017) This report presents the findings of an interim evaluation of the delivery and impact of Scotland Food & Drink’s (SF&D) industry leadership activities. SF&D was established in 2007 as the Industry Lea...

Automation and sector impacts research 2016: food manufacturing sector outlook (2016) The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025. The ...

Automation and sector impacts research 2016: summary report (2016) This report focuses on three sectors in Scotland with potentially different automation characteristics, namely construction, financial and business services (F&BS), and the food supply chain. It consi...

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...

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;...

Food & drink sector: innovation infrastructure & facilities in Scotland - summary report of industry demand, existing innovation support, and options to address any identified gaps (2014) A key strategic priority for Scotland Food & Drink (SF&D) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) is to improve the innovation performance of Scottish food and drink companies and to increase their investment in...

Critical materials: examining the materials that are critical to our sectors and economy (2014) The aim of the report is to provide an understanding of the experiences that companies have in relation to the issue of critical raw materials supply compared to other supply chain issues. It also see...

Food and Drink Fellowship review (2012) The Food and Drink Fellowship training course was launched in September 2010 in response to the perceived demand for formal accredited training for future highly skilled leaders in the Scottish food a...

Interim evaluation of Scotland Food and Drink (2010) Scottish Food and Drink (SF&D) was established as an industry-led membership organisation which aimed to bring together the whole supply chain involved in the food and drink industry in Scotland under...

Equality and diversity baseline information on Scotland’s key economic sectors (2010) This report establishes an equality and diversity baseline for Scotland’s key economic sectors, forming part of the ongoing work of Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) ...

Economic impacts of Diageo restructuring (2009) In July 2009 Diageo announced a major restructuring of its Scotch Whisky operations in Scotland, involving the closure of their Kilmarnock bottling plant and related facilities in Port Dundas, and the...

Evaluation of Food and Drink UK Premium Market Development Project (2009) The UK Food and Drink Premium Market Development (PMD) project was developed with the aim of building the capacity of the Scottish food and drink market and helping companies exploit UK food service a...

Edinburgh Pre Incubation Scheme economic impact evaluation: final report (2009) The Edinburgh Pre-Incubator Scheme (EPIS) aims to encourage and support innovation by facilitating direct collaboration between universities and entrepreneurs. The primary focus of this evaluation was...

Transport infrastructure and services: industry views (2008) The Scottish Government’s Economic Strategy identifies transport as one of the key factors in promoting economic growth in those sectors identified as having significant growth potential: energy, fina...

Evaluation of the Grampian Food Forum (2008) The Grampian Food Forum (the Forum), which has been operating for over 15 years, aims to promote and support food production businesses in the North East of Scotland. The evaluation covers the last th...

Evaluation of Scottish Food and Drink Information Service (2007) Scottish Food and Drink is an industry led strategy designed to achieve a sustainable and profitable food and drink sector that is consumer focused, market led and internationally competitive. The Sco...

Evaluation of Scottishfoodanddrink.com (2006) The initiative known as scottishfoodanddrink.com (sfd.com) was launched in March 2003 as the industry information service for the Scottish food and drink industry. A first interim evaluation was condu...

Evaluation of the Ambassador Programme (2006) The main aim of the Ambassador Programme is to liaise with the business and academic communities, and to encourage and support prominent local individuals, known as ‘ambassadors’, to bring conferences...

Food and Drink: Evaluation of Intervention with Clusters and Industries (2005) The Evaluation of Intervention with Clusters and Industries in Scotland aims to be a learning evaluation for Scottish Enterprise (SE) on the policy interventions pursued to date. The research objectiv...

Evaluation of Food Forum West 2003-2005 (2005) Food Forum West (FFW) is an industry forum for organisations associated with the food and drink manufacturing sector, led by Scottish Enterprise (SE) Renfrewshire and delivered in partnership with SE ...

Evaluation of Scottish Enterprise Borders' response to Foot and Mouth disease: a final report to Scottish Enterprise Borders (2004) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on the Borders economy, and the effectiveness of Scottish Enterprise Borders’ (SEB) response to ...

Evaluation of the New Market Development Project: final report (2004) The New Market Development Programme (NMDP) aimed to assist firms to diversify their market base by developing new overseas markets. The evaluation aimed to: determine the achievements of the project ...

Food and drink sector recruitment problems (2003) In response to anecdotal evidence of local recruitment problems, the evaluation aimed to: assess the extent of recruitment and retention issues among Tayside food and drink manufacturers; determine th...

An evaluation of training for farmer directors of co-operatives (2003) SAOS developed and piloted a training programme designed for farmers holding non-executive directorships of agricultural co-operatives. A pilot course was held over five days in the Autumn of 2001. Th...

Food sector strategy review 1999 – 2002 (2003) SEDG contact management system aimed to assist Dumfries and Galloway’s Food and Drink Processing sector. The evaluation aimed to: update the sectoral information available to SEDG with regard to the s...

MAP evaluation 2003 (2003) The Market Advantage Programme (MAP) aimed to enhance marketing and commercial knowledge in the Scottish food and drink sector. The evaluation aimed to: assess the extent to which both individuals and...

Food Sector New Product Development process – final report (2003) The Food Sector New Product Development (NPD) programme aimed to provide training, advice and guidance to businesses in the food sector and to establish a systematic process for NPD and a greater unde...

Smart Farms Forum: evaluation of Business Clubs (2003) The Smart Farms project aimed to address relevant support issues relating to profitability and standards of practise in Scotland’s farming industry. The Business Clubs aimed to work with businesses to...

Clusters review (2002) The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network pioneered the ‘cluster’ method of supporting industries in Scotland. This evaluation reviews SE’s first full year of operation (2000-01) for three clusters: Food a...

Evaluation of the New Market Development programme (2001) The New Market Development programme (NMD) was set up to help new and existing exporters develop new overseas markets. 48 companies participated in NMD between November 1996 and March 2000. They repre...

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...

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