FALKIRK COUNCIL

Economic development is a key priority for Falkirk Council. Through its wide range of statutory and discretionary responsibilities and significant resources it has a major role to play in promoting local economic prosperity and reducing poverty, disadvantage and inequality.

Achieving sustainable growth is as difficult as it is important and the Council strongly believes that more can be achieved by well-targeted and co-ordinated action through working with other local and national agencies, businesses, communities and the voluntary sector.

The Falkirk area has much to commend it as a location for business and as a place in which to live, work and visit. Opportunities, however, must continually be pursued to make the area an even better location for business investment, families and visitors. Currently, an ambitious £23 million My Future’s in Falkirk initiative is well underway to help diversify and modernise the local economy, support local business growth and attract new investment and more visitors to the area. This initiative, which will create over 4000 jobs and secure £500 million investment by 2012, is led by Falkirk Council, SE Forth Valley and BP and is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.

Contact

David Moffat
Economic Development Manager
Falkirk Council
Community Services
Falkirk Stadium
Falkirk
FK2  9DX

Tel        : 01324 590963
E-mail : david.moffat@falkirk.gov.uk 

GEN CONSULTING

We are a specialist economic development and regeneration consultancy with four offices throughout the UK.  

Client Centred.

• Our track-record is based on providing effective, client centred solutions across the array of service areas which populate the economic development life cycle. By working in partnership with you, our clients, we aim to find the most appropriate solutions to your organisational challenges.

Length of UK.  Breadth of Experience.

• Each project and every client presents our consultants with uniquely different
   challenges and opportunities to excel. No project is entirely a blank sheet as our
   experience of other sectors and projects always influences and informs our thinking
   in relation to every other: this is the nature of experience. 

See our website www.genconsulting.co.uk for details of recent projects we have successfully completed for our clients.

Thinking People.

Every member of every team in every office has been hand-picked to ensure a best-fit with your needs. Their experience and professionalism will contribute to achieving your objectives. To find out more about our specialist consultants, contact us:

Susan Staiano, Director   Pamela Reid, Associate Director
Tel: 0845 644 3023    Tel: 0845 120 6244
susan.staiano@ekosgen.co.uk  Pamela.reid@ekosgen.co.uk 

THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL

Ensuring that the Highlands continue to be a prosperous and enterprising place is a key element of The Highland Council’s corporate priorities.  The Economy and Europe Section of the Planning and Development Service offers a range of practical and financial assistance to new, existing and incoming businesses as well as leading the development of the Council’s key strategic priorities for the continued economic development of the area.

The Inner Moray Firth Ports and Sites Strategy represents the Council’s vision of how the economically important Inner Moray Firth area should look by 2050.   Following widespread consultation with key partners and the local community, the Strategy identifies the key infrastructural priorities required to ensure the area’s continued prosperity. 

The development of the Inverness City Partnership will ensure the future of the City of Inverness as the region’s main economic, commercial and retail centre.  The City is forecast to double in size by 2030.  To accommodate this expansion, the partnership has developed a vision that will guide infrastructural developments ensuring that Inverness continues to be a dynamic and vibrant place contributing to the economic development of the Highlands and of Scotland as a whole. 

However, the Highlands are not just about major centres of population.  The natural environment, arguably our most valuable asset, continues to attract an ever increasing list of successful companies who see the area as a great location to do business.  It is a priceless asset as far as tourism is concerned with increasing numbers of visitors flocking to visit many of Scotland’s landmark locations including the Cairngorms, Loch Ness, Ben Nevis, the Cuillins as well as the Peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland.

Contact: Kenny Macinnes
01463 702553
kenny.macinnes@highland.gov.uk 

THE INTELLECTUAL ASSETS CENTRE

The Intellectual Assets Centre became active in summer 2004. It was set up specifically to help Scottish organisations to recognise and exploit the full range of their corporate intellectual assets.

Intellectual Assets (IA) are intangible and often highly valuable assets, which can include brands, employee know-how, trade secrets and technical information. IA also covers Intellectual Property (IP); those assets such as patents and trademarks which are formally protected by statute law. 

The Centre’s purpose is three-fold;

• To increase awareness and understanding of IA issues among Scottish businesses and other organisations, enterprise agencies and private sector intermediaries,
  
• To enable Scottish businesses to manage and exploit the untapped potential of their IA for competitive advantage, and
  
•  To encourage the development of a strong, private sector-led supply of IA management services to support Scottish businesses. 

The Centre itself is the first of its kind in Europe and is already attracting interest from all around the world.

It is important to stress that IAM is not just about protecting assets but about recognising latent value and learning how to exploit the full range of corporate assets within a knowledge economy. 

This shift in perception could revolutionise the way companies do business and deliver billions of pounds of value for Scottish companies.

Contact:

Email: info@ia-centre.org.uk
Web: www.ia-centre.org.uk

Tel: 0141 243 4920
Fax: 0141 229 1498 

SCOTTISH CENTRE FOR REGENERATION’S PARTNERS IN REGENERATION Regeneration Network

The Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR) is part of Communities Scotland, the Scottish Executive’s national housing and community regeneration agency.  We support people and organisations to meet the objectives of the Executive’s Closing the Opportunity Gap, Regeneration Policy Statement and the Community Regeneration Fund.

We work with people involved in community regeneration to help them:

• identify what works and what doesn’t work and support them to improve their practice,
• introduce new approaches to help regenerate communities, and
• identify and obtain the skills required for effective regeneration.

Some examples of the type of support we provide include:

• ‘How to…’ guides on partnership working, community engagement and regeneration outcomes
• case studies of regeneration projects and lessons learned from them
• events that help to share expertise and effective practice
• supporting communities to experience and test new ways of working
• helping people to identify and meet their learning needs through our skills pack and learning programmes
• bringing national networks  and umbrella organisations involved  in regeneration together through our Partners in Regeneration learning network. 

For more information, visit www.scr.communitiesscotland.gov.uk and www.partnersinregeneration.com.   

SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Our mission is to improve Scotland’s economic performance, to help the people and businesses of Scotland succeed and in doing so, build a world-class Scottish economy.

Working in partnership with Scottish business in both the private and public sectors, we aim to secure the long-term future of the Scottish economy. We do this by sharing the risk of investment – in skills, in technology research and development, in business capital, in business infrastructure.

Our mission, designed to increase Scotland’s wealth and jobs, is underpinned by a desire to help grow, develop and support Scottish businesses, enhancing their performance and potential, leading to a smarter, more successful Scotland on the global stage.

At grassroots regional level, our 12 Local Enterprise Companies (LECs) deliver the main services areas of the network. The support offered through the LECs is based around three broad modes of support, as prescribed by A Smart, Successful Scotland: Growing Business, Skills and Learning and Global Connections.

Collectively, our activities in these three areas enable us to stimulate business growth through encouraging new start firms, business expansion, providing a highly skilled workforce, helping firms market overseas and by providing facilities to attract global investment.

Call 0845 607 8787 or visit www.scottish-enterprise.com 

SCOTTISH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Our approach

• Our work is positioned to support leadership research and development to deliver effective public service reform.
• The focus is at national, sectoral, local and individual levels.
• Our work will be research based and include leading edge thinking nationally and internationally.
• Our membership is critical and we continue to liase with members to inform  and be informed in all aspects of our work.

Our Role

We design, develop and broker high level leadership research and development solutions. We work with providers, rather than offer provision ourselves.

Research and Development

Ashleigh Dunn and her team are working towards being able to provide advice and guidance following on from work to :

• Research the leadership development frameworks that are being used,lookingat all that should be included in framework and working with you to close any gaps.
• Research approaches to succession planning and developing information and expertise on optimum approaches.
• Establish a good pratice approach to our collation and exchange of information with individuals, organisations and sectors nationally and internationally.
• Continuing a programme of research into specific eg.. gender differences in leadership.

Membership Services

Our relationship with member organisations provides unique opportunities to learn from and to bring learning to a diverse range of partners. 

SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL

With a population of 302,200, South Lanarkshire is the 5th largest authority in Scotland. Enterprise Resources is one of seven departments within South Lanarkshire Council and is responsible for a wide range of important services including Regeneration, Planning & Building Control, Roads & Transportation, Estates & IT/Finance Support

The Economic Development Service is one of 4 multi-disciplinary teams within Regeneration Services.

Comprising a staff of 15, the work of the Economic Development service is spread across 2 smaller teams namely Company Development and Rural Regeneration/Tourism Development.

The Company Development team provides support to develop the area's broad business base working closely with colleagues in Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire Council and Business Gateway Lanarkshire.

The Rural Regeneration/Tourism Team works closely with the South Lanarkshire Rural Partnership, a multi-agency alliance whose key aim is to secure the economic, social & environmental well-being of rural South Lanarkshire.