Scottish Development International (SDI) is the international arm of the Scottish Government and Scotland's enterprise agencies,

Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which encourages economic development, enterprise, innovation and investment in business. The body covers the eastern and central parts of Scotland whilst similar ...

Highlands and Islands Enterprise Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE; gd, Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean) is the development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. Its role is to "hel ...

and

South of Scotland Enterprise South of Scotland Enterprise ( gd, Iomairt Ceann a Deas na h-Alba) is the development agency for southern Scotland, covering the council areas of Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the ...

. The agency supports international investors in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

to help set up and grow in Scotland as a gateway to wider European and global markets.

History

Scottish Development International was established in 2001 by merging the export promotion agency, Scottish Trade International (STI; 1991–2001) and the

foreign direct investment A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country. It is thus distinguished from a foreign portfolio investment by a notion of direct co ...

and

inward investment Inward investment is the injection of money from an external source into a region, in order to purchase capital goods for a branch of a corporation to locate or develop its presence in the region. Foreign sources, such as transnational corporatio ...

agency, Locate in Scotland (LiS; 1981–2001). The agency currently has over 40 offices in around 20 countries across the globe.

References

External links

Scottish Development International website
2001 establishments in Scotland Bodies of the Scottish Government Foreign relations of Scotland Government agencies established in 2001 Development agencies of Scotland Export promotion agencies Trade in Scotland {{trade-stub