Research, evaluation and insight

Aberdeenshire Council developed the Aberdeenshire Countryside Access Strategy to promote a network of public access routes through the countryside.

Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) obtained funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for a two year initiative designed to attract talented young people into the Scottish textile industry, branded ‘Behind the Label’.

The Business Mentoring Scotland (BMS) programme aimed to provide mentoring services to over 100 companies of varying age and activity, attracting the goodwill support of some 100 experienced business people.

The Business Start Up Support Service (BSUSS) was Scottish Enterprise Glasgow's (SEG) main volume-based mechanism to encourage new business formation.

The Profit Through Knowledge (PTK) programme aimed to help companies develop a business opportunity or address a need via a targeted placing of graduates and undergraduates within companies.

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

The New Market Development programme (NMD) was set up to help new and existing exporters develop new overseas markets.

The Scottish Export Assistance Scheme (SEAS) aimed to offer assistance to Scottish firms seeking to develop new, non-EU, export markets.

The Scottish Offshore Achievement Awards (SOAA), run by Scottish Enterprise Grampian (SEG), were revised in 1997.

Tourism Training Scotland (TTS) aimed to create a training culture, enhance professional standards, and improve access to quality training.

The local authority-run learning centre in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, which offers practical careers advice, was evaluated.

The Lowland Scotland LEADER II programme aimed to promote local development and prioritise activities that met the LEADER II criteria of innovation, demonstrable and transferable.

The Falkirk Community Urban Regeneration Programme (CURP) aimed to: alleviate poverty by increasing income and access to employment and education; reduce the risk to health and safety of communities and individuals; develop appropriate community infrastructure; and remove barriers to individuals reaching their potential.

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 manufacturing processes for maximum efficiency, thereby increasing profitability.

Graduates for Growth (GfG) was established in January 1998 as a means of bringing together graduates and SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) employers.

The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Network sponsored a series of summer camp training projects in 2000 designed to address the employability of IT graduates and postgraduates and expand the labour pool for the IT sector.

Rosyth Europarc Business Innovation Centre (REBIC) was developed with the aim of regenerating the Rosyth Royal Navy Dockyard and surrounding area.

The Scottish Seabird Centre (SSBC) opened in North Berwick in May 2000.

The Small Company Innovation Support (SCIS) project in Western Scotland (and the related Technology Development Programme (TDP) and Prototype Development Funding (PDF) programme) aimed to create growing businesses by improving the abilities of organisations to generate new ideas and products, and to use best practice in design and development.

Scottish Enterprise Borders (SEB) launched the Training Initiative for Redundant Staff in 1998 in response to large-scale redundancies in the area.

The Scottish Enterprise Network has provided support to many visitor attractions (VAs) within its operating area.