Research, evaluation and insight

The aim of Project ACE was to assist Rolls-Royce (RR) in 2002 to move their operations from Hillington to a new factory in Inchinnan.

The Rowallan Business Park project aimed to provide a high quality business park, attractive to inward investment and indigenous businesses, to act as a strategic business location in and gateway to Ayrshire.

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 the crisis.

The Getahead project was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) as a series of roadshows designed to give careers advice to the wider working population.

Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) R&D (research and development) Plus Scheme was set up in 2003 to encourage industrial research and pre-competitive development among large companies by providing grants.

The Scottish Enterprise Technology Park (SETP) was set up in East Kilbride over fifty years ago as the National Engineering Laboratory, and taken over by the Scottish Enterprise Network in 1994, with responsibility for its management lying with Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire.

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 initiative known as scottishfoodanddrink.

The Institute for System Level Integration (ISLI) aimed to become a centre of excellence in System in Chip research, education and training, with a focus on new systems, products and applications.

Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (SER) commissioned EKOS to undertake an evaluation of the Internationalisation Programme aimed at examining its performance against targets, achievement of objectives and outputs, and to assess the economic impact at the local and national level.

The SEDG Telecommunications Strategy (Broadband Programme) aimed to: ensure that the Dumfries and Galloway region’s businesses and communities had access to appropriate levels of affordable broadband services to meet their needs; keep the region abreast of developments elsewhere and on a level playing field economically and socially with other regions; and increase broadband uptake and use.

Small Company Innovation Support (SCIS) provides vital financial support for projects that lead to the development and introduction of new products and processes.

The Spends and Trends 2004 project disseminated key market information to Scottish service companies in the oil and gas industry through a CD-Rom, with the aims of assisting them to plan for future activity and position themselves to capitalise on new opportunities.

Stirling University Innovation Park (SUIP) aimed to provide accommodation for high tech businesses or research & development (R & D) activities, offer tenant companies a wide range of business support services, and foster a close working relationship between these companies and the University’s research staff.

Strathclyde Business Park (Developments) Ltd (SBP(D)Ltd) was part of a broad programme of improvement which aimed to address the lack of high quality industrial and business accommodation in Lanarkshire and improve the area's image as a business location.

The Investors in People (IiP) initiative was launched in 1992 to create a national standard for employers’ human resource development.

The support provided to Account Management and Client Management companies by SE Lanarkshire aimed to ‘segment’ the market and identify the companies most able to derive advantage from SE Lanarkshire support, delivering the best return to the limited resources available.

TalentScotland was created as a pilot project in 2001 to address skills gap issues critical to the growth of design electronics activity in Scotland.

Targeting Technology Ltd (TTL) aimed to: accelerate the growth of high technology-based companies; provide a focus for new technology-based inward investment and business start-up; and enhance technology transfer between the HEI sector and SMEs, and between businesses.

The evaluation examined two innovation support pilot projects ‘3C’ and ‘Innovate for Profit’ (IFP), funded by Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL).

The Aberdeen City Centre Partnership (ACCP) was set up in 1991 to revitalise the city centre, following a retail downturn.

The Aberfoyle Broadband Community’s (ABC) Wireless Satellite Broadband project aimed to provide broadband connectivity to businesses in the Aberfoyle area at an affordable cost.

The Acorn Project aimed to increase the uptake of learning in ‘harder-to-reach’ sectors and augment managerial knowledge and leadership skills in the Scottish workplace.

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 to Aberdeen.

The Business Information Service aims to provide high quality business information to start up and existing companies with the objective of enabling them to identify new opportunities and new markets, improve competitiveness in existing markets and enhance potential for growth.