A joint venture between Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Executive, SDI helps businesses to think globally.

Our aim is to broaden Scotland’s international appeal as a first choice source of knowledge and to assist the growth of the Scottish economy, by encouraging inward investment and helping Scottish-based companies develop international trade.

To do this, we provide a full range of services for companies seeking to exploit Scotland’s key strengths in knowledge, high level skills, technology and innovation. We give advice on the best locations, assist with recruitment and training, and offer a business mentoring service. And we supply market information to help you make the right connections.

By encouraging international companies to share expertise and promoting the expansion of Scotland’s portfolio of first-class exports, we strive to create partnerships with overseas investors, opening up new channels to markets, technologies and products. We even help strike licensing deals with some of the UK’s top universities.

To succeed globally, businesses need expertise; the best people, the best technologies. SDI is here to show you that Scotland can deliver exactly what you’re looking for. But we offer much more than just advice. Creative thinking is just one of the reasons why SDI was recently declared "...the world’s most consistently high performing agency..." (out of 178 investment agencies) by GDP Global Development Consultancy.

Different businesses require different thinking, so we create tailored solutions to deliver exactly what your business needs. By promoting Scotland as a dynamic economy on the international stage, we can help you succeed in the global marketplace. So contact us for a tailored response to your own business needs.