| Energy (with particular focus on renewables) |
- Support to growth businesses and internationalisation of supply chain
- Attraction of inward investment
- Capture ‘Energy Technology Institute’ benefits
- Investment in test facilities e.g. European Marine Centre
- Hydrogen Centre, Fuel Cells, Power Networks
- Offshore wind fabrication
- Intermediary Technology Institute
- Leverage energy park investments
- e.g. Fife Energy Park, Energetica
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| Financial and Business Services |
- Support to growth businesses including international promotion and profile
- Attraction of high value financial services jobs
- Supply chain development e.g. software support
- Increase collaboration with universities e.g. informatics
- Maximise current assets e.g. international financial services district in Glasgow
- Encourage critical investment by others e.g. Edinburgh - Glasgow rail
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| Food and Drink (including agriculture and fisheries) |
- Retain and develop growth businesses
- Support food and drink industry networks
- Food and Health Innovation Centre
- Food Tourism
- Access to finance for innovation
- Collaborative supply chain centre of excellence
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| Life Sciences (including bio-technology and translational medicine) |
- Support growth businesses including spin outs
- Intermediary Technology Institute
- Translational Medical Research Centre
- Stem Cells
- Predictive Medicine
- Access to equity funds
- Specialist Venture Capital attractions
- Leverage existing physical investment e.g. Edinburgh BioQuarter, Beatson in Glasgow, Southern General; Western Dundee
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| Tourism |
- Tourism business support
- Innovation toolkit and fund
- Development of products e.g. golf, food, whisky, forest tourism
- Destination plans e.g. national park, Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Resort inward investment
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| Creative Industries (including digital content and technologies) |
- Support to growth businesses in digital media and technologies
- Leverage investment in existing physical infrastructure e.g. develop the international attractiveness of Pacific Quay to digital media companies and related technologies
- Work with Creative Scotland to grow the industry
- Exploit specific areas of opportunity where organisations in Scotland have particular competencies in markets with growth potential e.g. television production
- Through international benchmarking understand the characteristics of creative industries that attract investment
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