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Economic Commentary – April 2024 (2024) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.
Evaluation of the Scottish Loan Scheme (2024) The Scottish Loan Scheme (SLS) was launched by Scottish Enterprise (SE) in late 2018. Initially it was to provide debt finance to any size of company. This was later restricted to Small and Medium Siz...
Business investment - drivers, barriers and economic impacts. A rapid literature review (2024) As part of a wider strategic development exercise to understand transformation in the productivity levels of Scottish businesses, Scottish Enterprise commissioned an evidence review on the drivers, ba...
Economic Commentary – February 2024 (2024) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.
Scotland's Economic Performance (2023) Scottish Enterprise focuses on supporting transformative change in innovation, international and investment performance of Scotland’s economy. These are the drivers of a successful, productive, net ze...
Economic Commentary – December 2023 (2023) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.
Economic Research alert - June 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
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...
Economic Research alert - May 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
Economic Research alert – April 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
Economic Research alert – March 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
Economic Research alert – February 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
Economic Research alert - January 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.
Economic Research alert – November 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on Jobs, Innovation, International and Investment.
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.
Evaluation of the Scottish Co-investment Fund (SCF) and Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) III and IV (2022) The evaluation assesses the performance of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) and the Scottish Venture Fund (SVF), covering Phase III and part of Phase IV of the funds’ operation (July 2015 to Marc...
Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) and Energy Investment Fund (EIF) (2021) REIF was launched in October 2012 to provide debt and equity investments to companies/projects in 3 sub-sectors: marine renewable energy; community-owned renewable energy; and renewable district heati...
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...
Grangemouth Hydrogen Hub (2021) This report provides a baseline study towards a future Grangemouth Hydrogen Hub.
Economic Commentary - June 2021 (2021) This report gives a monthly update on Global, UK and Scottish economic trends and performance, drawing on a wide range of economic indicators and commentaries.
Economic Commentary - April 2021 (2021) A summary of the global, UK and Scottish economies using the latest economic data available. The commentary also pulls insights from Scottish Enterprise managed companies and draws out some implicatio...
Economic Commentary - February 2021 (2021) A summary of the global, UK and Scottish economies using the latest economic data available. The commentary also pulls insights from Scottish Enterprise managed companies and draws out some implicatio...
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 ...
Foresighting for industrial wastewater treatment (2020) Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned Mabbett to undertake research to provide insight into the supply chain opportunities and global market outlook of the wastewater treatment sector. Specifically, t...
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...
Investment Benchmarking Analysis: Annual Report 2018 (2019) This report from Scottish Enterprise (SE) sets the performance of the risk capital market in Scotland in the context of other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland. The report analyses data on equity...
The Risk Capital Market in Scotland: Annual Report 2018 (2019) Scottish Government policy recognises that the strong supply of risk equity capital is important for national and regional economies due to the catalytic role that it plays in the entrepreneurial proc...
Action Plan: Carbon Capture and Utilisation – sector innovation (2019) The study was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Falkirk Council (FC) with the aim of informing Falkirk Growth deal plans on implementation of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) projects a...
Scotland’s inclusive economic performance (2019) The Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework (NPF) was refreshed in June 2018, with the aim to provide ‘a focus and direction for policy action across the public sector as a whole’. The N...
The Risk Capital Market in Scotland: Annual Report 2017 (2018) UK and Scottish Government policy recognises that the strong supply of early stage risk equity capital is important for national and regional economies due to the catalytic role that it plays in the e...
Investment Benchmarking Analysis: Annual Report 2017 (2018) This report has been commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to set the performance of the risk capital market in Scotland in the context of other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland. The report a...
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 ...
The Prestwick Proposition: investing for growth (2017) Prestwick Aerospace is one of three main aerospace hubs in the UK, and has the potential to become the location of the first spaceport in western Europe. This report sets out the case for investment a...
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...
Evaluation of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (April 2009 – December 2013): final report to Scottish Enterprise (2017) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) has influenced the early stage risk capital market in Scotland and to demonstrate the effects investme...
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...
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...
The risk capital market in Scotland 2014 (2015) The purpose of the report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for 2014. The report is intended to improve the understanding of the sc...
The Recycling of Entrepreneurial Talent (2015) Entrepreneurial recycling considers how individuals evolve over time. It looks at how entrepreneurs use their newly acquired wealth, along with their experience of starting, developing and then exitin...
The risk capital market in Scotland 2012-2013 (2015) The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for the calendar years 2012 and 2013. The report aims to improve the u...
Delivery options for production space for film and TV (2014) This report presents the findings of an option appraisal study commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE), in partnership with Creative Scotland (CS) and the Scottish Government (SG), into the developme...
Employee owned businesses: access to funding (2014) The aim of the research was to examine access to funding for employee-owned businesses (EOBs) in Scotland, of which there has been a significant increase in the last few years; it is estimated that th...
Decommissioning in the North Sea: review of decommissioning capacity (2014) This report aims to provide an overview of the scale and nature of the North Sea oil and gas (O&G) decommissioning market in the next decade, highlighting areas where there are potential bottlenecks i...
The role of acquisitions in company growth (2014) The aim of the research was to understand the role acquisition can play in the growth of Scottish companies. The research had the following objectives: to provide a comprehensive overview of the acqui...
Decommissioning in the UKCS (2013) Despite continued productivity in the UK oil and gas (O&G) industry, the North Sea remains one of the world’s mature petroleum provinces and, despite new developments, many assets are reaching the end...
Economic impact of the Scottish Venture Fund: final report (2013) The Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) aims to address the equity gap for businesses in the £2 million - £10 million range for high growth companies at development and expansion stage by investing £500,000 -...
Economic impact of the Scottish Enterprise Seed Fund: final report (2013) The Scottish Seed Fund (SSF) aims to address the equity gap for businesses in the £20,000-£100,000 range for start-up and very early stage companies that seek to grow. SSF forms an initial source of f...

Economic Commentary – April 2024 (2024) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.

Evaluation of the Scottish Loan Scheme (2024) The Scottish Loan Scheme (SLS) was launched by Scottish Enterprise (SE) in late 2018. Initially it was to provide debt finance to any size of company. This was later restricted to Small and Medium Siz...

Business investment - drivers, barriers and economic impacts. A rapid literature review (2024) As part of a wider strategic development exercise to understand transformation in the productivity levels of Scottish businesses, Scottish Enterprise commissioned an evidence review on the drivers, ba...

Economic Commentary – February 2024 (2024) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.

Scotland's Economic Performance (2023) Scottish Enterprise focuses on supporting transformative change in innovation, international and investment performance of Scotland’s economy. These are the drivers of a successful, productive, net ze...

Economic Commentary – December 2023 (2023) The Economic Commentary provides a regular update on global, UK and Scottish economic trends, drawing on recent economic data as well as feedback from businesses.

Economic Research alert - June 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

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...

Economic Research alert - May 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

Economic Research alert – April 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

Economic Research alert – March 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

Economic Research alert – February 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

Economic Research alert - January 2023 (2023) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on jobs, innovation, international and investment.

Economic Research alert – November 2022 (2022) This paper provides an overview of research in the public domain over the last month with a focus on Jobs, Innovation, International and Investment.

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.

Evaluation of the Scottish Co-investment Fund (SCF) and Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) III and IV (2022) The evaluation assesses the performance of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) and the Scottish Venture Fund (SVF), covering Phase III and part of Phase IV of the funds’ operation (July 2015 to Marc...

Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) and Energy Investment Fund (EIF) (2021) REIF was launched in October 2012 to provide debt and equity investments to companies/projects in 3 sub-sectors: marine renewable energy; community-owned renewable energy; and renewable district heati...

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...

Grangemouth Hydrogen Hub (2021) This report provides a baseline study towards a future Grangemouth Hydrogen Hub.

Economic Commentary - June 2021 (2021) This report gives a monthly update on Global, UK and Scottish economic trends and performance, drawing on a wide range of economic indicators and commentaries.

Economic Commentary - April 2021 (2021) A summary of the global, UK and Scottish economies using the latest economic data available. The commentary also pulls insights from Scottish Enterprise managed companies and draws out some implicatio...

Economic Commentary - February 2021 (2021) A summary of the global, UK and Scottish economies using the latest economic data available. The commentary also pulls insights from Scottish Enterprise managed companies and draws out some implicatio...

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 ...

Foresighting for industrial wastewater treatment (2020) Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned Mabbett to undertake research to provide insight into the supply chain opportunities and global market outlook of the wastewater treatment sector. Specifically, t...

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...

Investment Benchmarking Analysis: Annual Report 2018 (2019) This report from Scottish Enterprise (SE) sets the performance of the risk capital market in Scotland in the context of other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland. The report analyses data on equity...

The Risk Capital Market in Scotland: Annual Report 2018 (2019) Scottish Government policy recognises that the strong supply of risk equity capital is important for national and regional economies due to the catalytic role that it plays in the entrepreneurial proc...

Action Plan: Carbon Capture and Utilisation – sector innovation (2019) The study was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Falkirk Council (FC) with the aim of informing Falkirk Growth deal plans on implementation of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) projects a...

Scotland’s inclusive economic performance (2019) The Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework (NPF) was refreshed in June 2018, with the aim to provide ‘a focus and direction for policy action across the public sector as a whole’. The N...

The Risk Capital Market in Scotland: Annual Report 2017 (2018) UK and Scottish Government policy recognises that the strong supply of early stage risk equity capital is important for national and regional economies due to the catalytic role that it plays in the e...

Investment Benchmarking Analysis: Annual Report 2017 (2018) This report has been commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to set the performance of the risk capital market in Scotland in the context of other UK regions and the Republic of Ireland. The report a...

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 ...

The Prestwick Proposition: investing for growth (2017) Prestwick Aerospace is one of three main aerospace hubs in the UK, and has the potential to become the location of the first spaceport in western Europe. This report sets out the case for investment a...

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...

Evaluation of the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (April 2009 – December 2013): final report to Scottish Enterprise (2017) The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) has influenced the early stage risk capital market in Scotland and to demonstrate the effects investme...

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...

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...

The risk capital market in Scotland 2014 (2015) The purpose of the report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for 2014. The report is intended to improve the understanding of the sc...

The Recycling of Entrepreneurial Talent (2015) Entrepreneurial recycling considers how individuals evolve over time. It looks at how entrepreneurs use their newly acquired wealth, along with their experience of starting, developing and then exitin...

The risk capital market in Scotland 2012-2013 (2015) The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for the calendar years 2012 and 2013. The report aims to improve the u...

Delivery options for production space for film and TV (2014) This report presents the findings of an option appraisal study commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE), in partnership with Creative Scotland (CS) and the Scottish Government (SG), into the developme...

Employee owned businesses: access to funding (2014) The aim of the research was to examine access to funding for employee-owned businesses (EOBs) in Scotland, of which there has been a significant increase in the last few years; it is estimated that th...

Decommissioning in the North Sea: review of decommissioning capacity (2014) This report aims to provide an overview of the scale and nature of the North Sea oil and gas (O&G) decommissioning market in the next decade, highlighting areas where there are potential bottlenecks i...

The role of acquisitions in company growth (2014) The aim of the research was to understand the role acquisition can play in the growth of Scottish companies. The research had the following objectives: to provide a comprehensive overview of the acqui...

Decommissioning in the UKCS (2013) Despite continued productivity in the UK oil and gas (O&G) industry, the North Sea remains one of the world’s mature petroleum provinces and, despite new developments, many assets are reaching the end...

Economic impact of the Scottish Venture Fund: final report (2013) The Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) aims to address the equity gap for businesses in the £2 million - £10 million range for high growth companies at development and expansion stage by investing £500,000 -...

Economic impact of the Scottish Enterprise Seed Fund: final report (2013) The Scottish Seed Fund (SSF) aims to address the equity gap for businesses in the £20,000-£100,000 range for start-up and very early stage companies that seek to grow. SSF forms an initial source of f...

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