Research, evaluation and insight

This report presents an assessment of Scotland's international competitiveness in the energy systems sector.

This report assesses energy system technology activity in Scotland and compares the capabilities of Scottish companies with the rest of the UK and other relevant developed and developing countries.

The study was to update previous research conducted in 2009 which estimated that golf tourism was worth around £220 million in visitor expenditure.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish construction sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned this report to better understand the required actions in developing a roadmap towards a carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation strategy for Scotland.

The aim of the research was to develop a better understanding of fast-growth companies in Scotland, in order to contribute to Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) evidence base on their contribution to productivity performance.

Existing evidence suggests that despite the provision of a high volume of free or low-cost support for entrepreneurs, the performance of Scottish high growth firms (HGFs) continues to lag behind that of other areas in the UK in terms of competiveness.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish/UK financial and business services (F&BS) sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The analysis of the three sectors identified four broad benefits from the increased adoption of automation technologies in Scotland

The report presents the findings of the mid-term review of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF).

The report outlines a research project undertaken for Scottish Enterprise (SE) between July and October 2016, which sought to understand the challenges faced by Scottish companies around securing the services of notified bodies.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimate of the current total size of the Scottish mountain bike sector, and how large the sector is likely to be in five years’ time, based on current trends.

The aim of the report was to provide the Broadcast and Television Working Group with an assessment of the broadcast and television production sector in Scotland over 2014/15 and 2015/16, in order to inform the group’s strategy development work.

The aim of the research was to identify and investigate best practice in a range of key areas of visitor attraction development and operation in Scotland, in order to support the growth and development of the visitor attraction sector.

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 chain companies, to consider if there are any gaps in appropriate finance supply.

The 2015 report is the latest in the series to be published by Scottish Enterprise.

The Event Ready Producers (ERP) project was launched to “provide practical guidance to support food and drink companies to successfully enter and benefit from the events market”.

The Experience Scotland (ES) project was launched to support tourism companies to provide and promote the high quality food and drink produce Scotland offers, thereby improving the food experience for visitors to Scotland.

The aim of the review was to understand attitudes to innovation among Scottish companies, including how and why they invest in innovation and how important they feel innovation is to their future growth and performance.

FinTech (Financial Technology) is defined in the report as “the consideration, application or provision of support to new or repurposed technology that creates efficiency, reduces costs, manages risk or generates new insights to organisations working within, or supporting, the Financial Services industry”.

The aim of the study was to understand if and where further significant opportunities exist to attract additional business events revenues into Scotland.

The report presents the findings from a study commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) to help understand the current leadership and management skills gaps within two of their priority sectors – life and chemical sciences.

This is a series of studies looking at opportunities in the Industrial Biotech (IB) sector in support of delivering the IB sector plan.

The research is an analysis of Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highland and Island Enterprise’s (HIE) Account Managed (AM) Companies’ performance in terms of growth in employment, turnover and productivity compared to a sample of non-AM companies of similar size/sector.