The beginning of a new year is always a time for looking ahead, for considering the opportunities that lie ahead of us, and the goals we want to achieve in the future. As a national economic agency operating in a fast-changing global environment, Scottish Enterprise is also looking to the future, and to the new scientific breakthroughs, technologies and challenges that will drive global economies and create new market opportunities that Scotland’s businesses and entrepreneurs can take full advantage of.
“We have maximum impact and success when we align business ambitions with our own economic ambitions for Scotland” says Sandra Jamieson, Head of Customer Experience & Products at Scottish Enterprise, “our goal is to support more businesses to export and innovate, and to position Scottish Enterprise as a vital collaborative partner for Scotland’s most ambitious companies – a partner with the expertise and insight to add real value and help disruptive big thinkers to achieve even bigger success.”
In order to achieve this goal, Scottish Enterprise will continue to focus its resources across its three key missions: developing an energy transition, scaling innovation and entrepreneurship, and increasing productivity through capital investment in facilities and equipment.
- The shift from high-carbon fossil fuels to green energy creates once-in-a generation opportunities for Scottish businesses. The energy transition mission aims to accelerate technology innovation, supply chain capability and investment in manufacturing and key infrastructure, with the potential to double the number of companies operating across energy sectors.
- The scaling innovation mission will support those industries where Scotland has global strengths, and fully utilise our world class innovation capability and infrastructure to convert and scale innovation into growth. Growing these industries will help boost Scotland’s productivity and will create good quality, higher paid jobs across the country.
- The ambitious productivity mission will seek to drive up the levels of capital investment into the economy that will facilitate an increase in business productivity, leading to higher value jobs while improving standards of living and reducing poverty.
Evidence shows there is significant potential to transform Scotland’s economy with these missions, and Scottish Enterprise’s core skills and expertise in innovation, investment and internationalisation can support a significant improvement in economic performance, and unlock the potential of trailblazing companies across Scotland.
If you have the vision, and the ambition for growth, Scottish Enterprise will be right behind you. We back ambition.
