Research, evaluation and insight

The report aimed to assess the market and potential for non-grid micro-generation products sized 10 kW and below.

This study maps out and reviews development trends in the power electronics market with the purpose of identifying future opportunities for new technology development, which ITI Energy could seek to invest in.

This document provides market intelligence into the sector defined as homeland security by the Intermediary Technology Institute (ITI) in Techmedia.

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Non-invasive medical devices can be defined as those which do not require insertion into any part of the patient’s body for diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of disease.

Synthetic biology is the application of engineering concepts to the construction of biological systems.

The Construction Skills Action Plan (CSAP) was first approved by the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Board in October 2002, signalling a major investment of £35 million in construction skills across Scotland, through an ambitious plan which aims to enable the industry to respond effectively to current and future construction demand.

The Scottish Enterprise (SE) Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Cluster Team (MOCT) funded two projects at the University of Glasgow related to III-V MOSFET technology: the Circuit Design project and the Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) project.

EDGE 2007 was an eight week transnational entrepreneurship programme developed by Scottish Enterprise (SE) Dunbartonshire to support the development and growth of local businesses; provide young people with access to an intensive personal and professional learning experience; and promote enterprise by providing knowledge and encouragement in take-up of entrepreneurialism.

Business Gateway International Lothian (BGI Lothian) is the arm of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (SEEL) concerned with supporting SMEs to increase their international trade.

The evaluation looked at existing information on labour market programmes operating in Glasgow and the West of Scotland: ‘Glasgow Works’ and ‘Training for Work’.

The Ayrshire Innovation Centre (AIC) was established in 1995 to meet the needs of high growth start-up businesses through the provision of accommodation (subsidised during early months of trading), tailored business development support, and office/administration services.

BioDundee is a partnership between the public, private and academic sectors in the Dundee area to support and promote the life sciences sector.

Building Buchan New Beginnings (BBNB) was a three year action plan established in 2003 to address the economic challenges facing coastal communities in North Aberdeenshire.

Discovery Quay Developments Ltd (DQDL) was established in 1988 as a single purpose joint venture public/private partnership with the aim of redeveloping the Dundee Waterfront site.

The Edinburgh Waterfront Recruitment Centre (EWRC) was established to link employment opportunities generated through the waterfront development to the need for jobs amongst local people in North Edinburgh and Leith.

The Globalscot network aims to harness the knowledge, expertise, skills, goodwill and contacts of Scots (and those with an affinity for Scotland) across the globe in support of Scottish companies and organisations.

The New Jobs for Glasgow 2 (NJFG2) aimed to create new or expanded social enterprise jobs by: using established intermediate labour market models; identifying new job growth areas; and demonstrating how basic models could be developed to contribute to the local economy.

The evaluation aimed to assess the overall success of the Supply Chain and Product Development Process Improvement Projects (SCPI and PDPI projects) in meeting their objectives.

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.

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

Investment Readiness Support (IRS) was set up in 2003 with the aim of improving the ability of client companies to secure investment finance.