- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place between (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise and (c) Scottish Development International and counterparts in Ireland on how best to promote Scotland’s craft industry.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor the Enterprise Networks and Scottish Development International and I have askedtheir chief executives to respond to you directly.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Scottish Development International to consider ways in which support can be provided to those seeking to attract more ship-to-ship oil transfer business to Scapa Flow.
Answer
No. This would be an operationalmatter for the enterprise networks. To date neither of these organisations has beenapproached with regard to the promotion of this type of business activity at Scapa Flow.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to attract overseas buyers to Scottish craft trade shows in each of the last four years.
Answer
Responsibility for internationaleconomic activity such as promoting Scotland as a place to do business in and with rests with ScottishDevelopment International (SDI). The craft industry is not currently an SDI priorityindustry and over the last four years SDIhas not been involved in attracting overseas buyers to Scottish craft trade shows.We are not aware of any evidence of failure within the industry to attract overseasbuyers, though SDI would be happy to discuss with industry representatives how wecan best support the craft industry in the future.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider providing additional training and other support to Scottish companies looking to attract increased business from Russia.
Answer
Scottish Development International(SDI), the international arm of the Scottish Government’s economic development agency,has doubled its resources in the Russianmarket in the last 18 months. SDI continuesto look for ways in which to maintain and improve the already exceptional qualityof the service it provides.I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-211 on 4 June 2007, that gives a list of existing services on offer to Scottishcompanies from SDI in the Russian market. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.In addition to these, the Enterprise Networks provide a wide range of products andservices to companies seeking to internationalise. This complements the SDI-ledmarket awareness raising work and guidance on offer through UK Trade and Investmentnetwork/website for companies considering doing business with Russia.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is currently being provided by (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise and (c) Scottish Development International to Scotland’s craft industry.
Answer
This is an operational matterfor the Enterprise Networks and Scottish Development International and I have askedtheir chief executives to respond to you directly.
