Scottish Enterprise (SE) is involved in activities concerned with economic development in Scotland.

Their main areas of concentration include the encouragement of learning and enterprise; the creation of innovative and far-sighted organisations; the formation of an inclusive society and the development of an internationally renowned competitive work environment.

Through world-wide study and research with their partner bodies, SE have formed a forward thinking and proactive approach to business support and Scottish Development. As a result, SE offers a wide scope of services, including:

	Helping business start-ups and helping existing companies to grow
	Making Scotland a more competitive location through the provision of business sites and premises and improving the environment.
	The promotion and encouragement of exportation
	Attracting inward investment
	Breaking down employment prejudice
	Highlighting the importance of developing skills
	Providing the means to develop industry and personal skills.

There are thirteen Local Enterprise Companies (LEC) throughout the Scottish Enterprise area. They are the localised centres for access to all areas of Scottish Enterprise's activity.

LECs work closely with organisations in their local area on a personal level to devise and implement projects, or to deliver locally national programmes instigated by the SE.

SE supports projects which are of national importance, providing valuable expertise in a variety of fields, including sectional knowledge, in-market export support and attracting inward investment.

Ayrshire	www.scottish-enterprise.com/ayrshire/
Borders	www.scottish-enterprise.com/borders/
Dumfries and Galloway	www.scottish-enterprise.com/dumfriesandgalloway/
Dunbartonshire	www.scottish-enterprise.com/dunbartonshire/
Edinburgh & Lothian	www.scottish-enterprise.com/edinburghandlothian/
Fife	www.scottish-enterprise.com/fife/
Forth Valley	www.scottish-enterprise.com/forthvalley/
Glasgow	www.scottish-enterprise.com/glasgow/
Grampian	www.scottish-enterprise.com/grampian/
Lanarkshire	www.scottish-enterprise.com/lanarkshire/
Moray Badenoch & Strathspey	www.scottish-enterprise.com/mbse/
Renfrewshire	www.scottish-enterprise.com/renfrewshire/
Tayside	www.scottish-enterprise.com/tayside