Team Scotland's Export Promotion Support: evaluation
Summary findings of an evaluation of delivery partner support and services offered to businesses with export sales projects in Scotland between April 2018 and April 2021.
6. Impacts: Export, employment and innovation
6.1 Export impacts:
21% started/re-started exporting in the evaluation period: 47% attributed their entry/re-entry to the support
41% started to export more continuously
29% started to export new product categories
27% started to export to new countries
6.2 Employment impacts: 53% reported that they created or safeguarded jobs as a result of the support, while 40% reported that they did neither.
6.3 Innovation impacts and anticipated exports (all firms):
51% of firms reported that the support positively impacted their product development
41% of firms reported that the support positively impacted their process development
Nearly 8 in 10 firms said that these developments contributed to making products sold to Scotland and the rest of UK
46% anticipate increasing export salesover the next three years (by on average 43%)
Contact
Email: jonathan.edosomwan@gov.scot
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