Category archives: Business & Innovation

In 2020, EKOS undertook a review of the methods for measuring the impacts of investments in innovation in Scotland. The study was part of a wider programme of work being progressed by the Scottish Government on behalf of the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board. Specifically the research focused on the activities of the Enterprise and […]

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

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

As part of the Investment Readiness Programme that Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has been running with support from the EU, SIS commissioned research to help define Scotland’s third sector organisations by sector and geography. Further, this research contains the results of a survey undertaken with Scottish social enterprise intermediaries about social investment in Scotland, a really […]

The Scottish Government has recently published the 2013 data for spend in R&D by private enterprises in Scotland. Some of the key headlines include: R&D expenditure in Scotland in 2013 was £798 million, 4.3% of the UK total of £18.4 billion; Scottish expenditure increased by 10.5% in real terms compared to 2012 figures. UK expenditure […]

The Town Centre Action Plan – One Year On report is a snapshot of the progress made by the Scottish Government and its partners in the 12 months following publication of the Town Centre Action Plan in November 2013. The Action Plan identified the town centre first principle as a way of encouraging and delivering town centre regeneration. The principle requests that: “Government, local authorities, […]

The latest Scottish Technology Industry Survey has been published and provides an overview of the scale, make-up and health of the digital technologies sector in Scotland. The most recent data identifies that the sector accounts for some 70,000 workers and contributes c. £3bn to the Scottish economy annually – 3% of GVA. You can find […]

EKOS was commissioned by the BIG Lottery Fund Scotland to gather information from the social enterprise sector across Scotland. Our research involved extensive consultation with stakeholder organisations and desk-based research to identify and record third sector trading organisations and social enterprises. The information was used to prepare a detailed overview (or map) of the sector and […]