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Overview: Scotland has a heritage steeped in
invention and offers many opportunities for the future. The larger Scottish
cities include Edinburgh (the capital), Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and
Stirling, but there are many other towns of interest. Scotland has been named
Northern European Region of the Future 2006/07 by fDi magazine particularly for
its economic performance and human resources.
Penicillin, radar, television and the telephone were all invented and developed
in Scotland and this tradition of innovation continues today in groundbreaking
research with global potential, carried out at a number of universities. New
advances in life sciences, microelectronics, optoelectronics and communications
technologies are providing the platform for a vibrant knowledge-based economy.
“We finally selected
Edinburgh because of the combination of design skills, innovation culture and
universities with relevant research programmes that exist there.”
Gary Duncan, vice-president of engineering, Dialog Semiconductor
Key sectors: life
sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, medical devices; electronics,
microelectronics, optoelectronics, system-on-chip, telecommunications; software
and e-business, digital media and creative industries; R&D, financial and
business services, contact centres; forestry industries, food and drink,
engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, oil and gas, renewable energy.
R&D Strengths:
advanced electronic design, microelectronics, optoelectronics, system-on-chip,
communications technologies, artificial intelligence, neural networks; precision
engineering; software, e-business, multimedia, digital media; biotechnology,
life sciences.
Major investors include:
3Com, AAI (Great Britain), Abbey, Absolute Quality, Agilent, Amazon.com, Anglo
Irish Bank, Atmel Corporation, BAE Systems, BNP Paribas, BSkyB, Bosch,
Resolution Asset Management, Cadence Design Systems, Cellartis AB, Ceridian,
Cisco, Citigroup, Coherent, Cognia Corporation, Cyclacel, Dell, Deutsche Bank,
Dialog Semiconductor, Digital Bridges, Direct Line, E.ON, Epson, Esure,, First
Data International, Gaia-Wind, GlaxoSmithKline, Goodrich Corporation, WL Gore &
Associates, Haemonetics, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Hutchison 3G, IBM, ITI Life
Sciences, In Practice Systems Ltd, Intel, Intercell AG, Inverness Medical
Innovations, Invitrogen Corporation, Iron Mountain, JP Morgan, KCRS, Keihin
Europe, Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Lloyds TSB, Morgan Stanley,
Motorola, NCR, National Australia Group, National Semiconductor, O2, OKI, Ocean
Power Delivery, Organon, PPD, Plexus, Quintiles, Realtime Worlds, Rhodia Pharma
Solutions, Rockstar North, Ryanair, Serologicals Corporation, Shell, State
Street, Sun Microsystems, Terumo, Thales MESL, Voith Siemens Hydro, Webzen,
Wyeth Pharmaceutical, Xilinx.
Grants: Highlands and
Islands qualify for Tier 1 assistance until 31 December 2010; Assisted Areas at
Tier 2 level cover Dundee and much of central and south west Scotland (see map
on Grants Information).
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