Solway Firth Socio-Economic Analysis
Over the last year, EKOS has been working on twin reports for the Solway Firth Partnership, which provide a socio-economic assessment of the Solway Firth area on each side of the border. The detailed reports follow the structure of the Marine Scotland publication Scotland’s Marine Atlas First established in 1994, Solway Firth Partnership is a […]
Scotland’s Screen Skills
EKOS supported partners, Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the Centre for Work-based Learning and Screen Scotland to look at the skills needs of Scotland’s growing TV and film industries. See the summary report here
Regional Approaches to Maximising Inclusive Economic Growth
Working on behalf of local government partners the Improvement Service, COSLA, SOLACE and SLAED, EKOS consulted with elected members and senior officers to explore councils’ experiences of regional working in the context of promoting inclusive economic growth. See the report here
Skills Investment Plan for Scotland’s Historic Environment Sector
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
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, […]