EKOS supported Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to prepare action plan to ensure Scotland has the skills it needs to manage, protect and conserve its historic environment is being launched. See the Action Plan here
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Highlands and Islands Airports – Scoping Study
EKOS were commissioned by Highlands & Islands Airport Limited (HIAL) and Scottish Ministers to undertake an external review to identify the preferred option in principle for locating the proposed Centralised Surveillance and Remote Tower Centre See the scoping study here
Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal
Working on behalf of five local authority partners, EKOS prepared the initial Framework and Vision document for the Borderlands Growth Deal, which helped partners secure funding from the UK and Scottish Government. See the Framework here
Place-Based Working
The Place-based Working Project brought together a cross-sector group including organisations from: the third sector, central and local government. The group developed a shared view of what place-based working means and understand how it has been applied in Scotland. The Corra Foundation commissioned EKOS to write a think-piece on measurement of place-based working. See our …
Scotland Food & Drink’s Industry Leadership Activities
Scotland Food & Drink (SF&D) was established in 2007 as the Industry Leadership Group (ILG) for the food and drink sector in Scotland. EKOS undertook an interim impact evaluation of the leadership groups’ activities. See our evaluation report here
Independent Review of Innovation Centres Programme
The Scottish Funding Council commissioned an independent review of Scotland’s Innovation Centres Programme. An EKOS report on the Business Engagement and Economic Impact of the Programme was part of the evidence base for the review. See our report here
Your Town Audits
EKOS has been working with local authorities and Scotland’s Towns Partnership to prepare the Your Town Audits (YTA). The YTA’s provide a framework to measure and monitor the performance of Scotland’s towns and town centres using a series of Key Performance Indicators. It provides a comprehensive audit across seven themes – Locality, Accessibility, Local Services, …
Improving Access to the Accountability of Public Services
Baseline evidence review and analysis of the current landscape of the accountability of public services in Scotland on behalf of Scottish Government. See report here
Debt Advice
EKOS completed a review of existing research and evidence on debt advice provision to identify key issues, including the conditions which turn debt into problem debt and to identify emerging issues which are likely to impact demand for debt advice in Scotland. The research findings have been used to support and inform the work of …
Research into People on Low Income and their Experience of Bankruptcy
Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) on behalf of Scottish Ministers, commissioned EKOS to undertake a qualitative and quantitative research study to engage with people on a low income who do not own property and have very little in savings or other assets to understand their experience with bankruptcy support. See the report here
Made In Scotland Agency