Scottish Enterprise

Lena Wilson Scottish Enterprise will be without a chief executive until the summer, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

Kerry Sharp The investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), has announced it invested a record £63.5 million into 146 Scottish companies in the most recent financial year.

Leading economist Tony Mackay has described an Audit Scotand report into Scottish Enterprise (SE) as a “whitewash.” Audit Scotland published a report on “Supporting Scotland’s economic growth” which reviews the work and performances of SE and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Greater help is to be offered to small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland, with plans to expand the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). The move follows the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government commitment to create a Business Development Bank (BDB) to address the gaps in the market for