Team Scotland's Export Promotion Support: evaluation

Footnotes

1. These include Scottish Enterprise (SE) through its international division Scottish Development International (SDI), South of Scotland Enterprise (SoSE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

2. Synthetic control analysis conducted by the Office of the Chief Economic adviser and found here State of the economy: May 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

3. 58% impact on 60% of supported companies which export, yields 34.8% additionality of support.

4. The ATN classification of firms was introduced mid-way through the evaluation period and as a result, some companies supported during this period pre-date the ATN classification. Also, the survey method focused on projects which were completed during the study period and did not include live projects (which would have demonstrated a higher level of activity around ATN classified firms).

5. Support is focused on three distinct phases of activity - Raising awareness and building ambition(A),Developing capacity and capability (C), and Supporting businesses to expand into new markets and to exploit new opportunities (E)

6. IRP stands for International Recovery Programme (IRP) or international scale-up grant as a response to Covid-19

7. https://www.evaluationsonline.org.uk/evaluations/Search.do?ui=basic&action=showPromoted&id=833

8. Companies may have been supported by multiple delivery partners so this may include some double counting.

9. A project is made up of one or more interventions all contributing to the same planned international sales figure.