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Journal articles on the topic "Community Business Scotland"

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Murray, Gillian. "Community Business in Scotland: An Alternative Vision of ‘Enterprise Culture’, 1979–97." Twentieth Century British History 30, no. 4 (June 9, 2018): 585–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwy007.

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Abstract The force and coherency with which Margaret Thatcher and her inner circle outlined their vision for ‘enterprise culture’, like so many aspects of Thatcherism, have masked the complexity of its origins and the histories of alternative responses. This article provides a history of an alternative vision for enterprise culture by examining the community business movement in Scotland, the largest experiment of its kind in the UK in the 1980s and a forerunner of social enterprise. Working across Scotland, but with a hub of activity in the Strathclyde region, practitioners worked with local people to find ways to develop their neighbourhood economy while improving their environment, creating jobs, and developing services needed in their area. This article outlines the origins of the movement, the shared values of its founding members, and how their training in community development informed the community business model. It analyses how practitioners put their ideas into practice and the reasons behind the fragmentation of the movement in the 1990s. It argues that although at face value the concept of community business may appear to chime with the dominant political rhetoric of Thatcher’s ‘enterprise culture’, the history of the movement provides a signpost to an alternative, if unrealised, vision for Scotland’s recovery from social and economic depression. Where previous historical research has focused on the political consequences of Thatcher’s policies in Scotland, this research connects this discussion to the transformation of Scotland’s civic society in the wake of deindustrialization.
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Laing, Audrey. "Indies in Scotland: Exploring the Unique Role of Independent Bookshops in Scotland’s Towns and Villages." Publishing Research Quarterly 36, no. 4 (October 20, 2020): 585–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12109-020-09759-5.

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AbstractThis project explores the business practices and cultural place of independent bookshops in Scotland. The research examines the connections that independent bookshops have with their various stakeholders, and investigates the support and policy change bookshops require in order to survive and prosper. The research finds a wealth of expertise and business acumen across Scottish independent booksellers, uniquely driven by a commitment to literacy, community and a love of books. A strong contribution to communities, welfare and social capital is identified. Policy recommendations are made, which recognise the cultural and community contributions made by bookshops, as well as proposing that bookshops be at the centre of policy planning around the regeneration of high streets.
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Mackenzie, Angus. "‘Public-spirited men’: Economic Unionist Nationalism in Inter-War Scotland." Scottish Historical Review 96, no. 1 (April 2017): 87–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/shr.2017.0315.

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The prolonged economic slump which overshadowed much of the inter-war period encouraged a small number of Clydeside industrialists to intervene with bold plans to restructure and revive the Scottish economy. Key figures like Sir James Lithgow and Lord Weir exploited their business, banking and political connections, in Scotland and in London, to produce a uniquely Scottish response to the inter-war crisis. Championing the existing Union and imperial relationships, they nevertheless articulated a new sense of Scottish exceptionalism. Convinced that any revival in trade was dependent on rationalisation of the heavy industries and an ambitious programme of diversification, Lithgow, Weir and their associates promoted distinctive Scottish solutions. Building on the work of Graeme Morton, the article suggests that what emerged was an economic Unionist Nationalism which built alliances between business and civic Scotland to secure Scottish interests while acknowledging the primacy of Union. The mechanism used to achieve their aims was based upon the associational culture of Scottish business, ‘self-help’ voluntary bodies which carefully steered an independent path, avoiding, where possible, direct state involvement. Yet the depth and persistence of the global depression, and the urgency of the task at hand in Scotland itself, encouraged the business community to moderate its hostility to interventionism and economic planning and engage with new partners. The founding of the Scottish National Development Council in the early 1930s, bringing business and civil society together to help foster economic revival, was a crucial staging post on the journey towards corporatism. Motivated by a mix of public-spiritedness and self-interest, there was, however, a strong defensive element to their actions as the essentially conservative industrialists sought to ward off social, political and economic threats from within Scotland. Their willingness to step forward suggests a traditional sense of patrician responsibility, but there was also an acute awareness of the need to adapt; a progressive quality missing from other actors.
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Acharya, Abhijeet, and Lisa A. Cave. "Feed-in-Tariff Removal in UK’s Community Energy: Analysis and Recommendations for Business Practices." Journal of Sustainable Development 13, no. 4 (July 13, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v13n4p1.

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This paper aims to analyze the implications of Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) support removal in the UK’s community energy sector and make recommendations for future business practices. European countries, including the UK, have recognized the critical role of Community Energy Cooperatives (CECs) in achieving low-carbon-energy transition targets through citizen engagements. However, due to the withdrawal of FIT support and other incentives in the UK, CECs struggle to sustain their profitability and growth. The subsidy-free, market-oriented policies have necessitated that CECs explore new business opportunities in collaboration with other actors of the business ecosystems. In this paper, we reviewed the impact of FIT support removal on community groups in the UK's member states, England, Scotland, and Wales. We analyzed effective business practices that CECs could follow to improve business viability and achieve growth. Based on our review, we make three recommendations for the business practices that can help CECs to remain profitable and grow in the UK’s subsidy-free environment. We recommend that CECs 1) take part in shared ownership projects, 2) collaborate with local actors for bottom-up initiatives, and 3) explore low-interest financing models within the business ecosystem. The implication of findings from this paper includes new knowledge for CEC managers and policymakers in countries where the community energy sector is at a novice stage.
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O’Hagan, Angela, Claire MacRae, Clementine Hill O’Connor, and Paul Teedon. "Participatory budgeting, community engagement and impact on public services in Scotland." Public Money & Management 40, no. 6 (October 28, 2019): 446–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1678250.

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Dutta Roy, Vineeta. "For the sustainability of the forests, the tigers and the tribals: Royal Bank of Scotland in the Kanha-Pench corridor, India." CASE Journal 17, no. 3 (July 3, 2021): 374–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tcj-10-2019-0093.

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Theoretical basis Poverty, business strategy and sustainable development. International development planning and poverty alleviation strategies have moved beyond centralised, top-down approaches and now emphasise decentralised, community-based approaches that incorporate actors from the community, government, non-governmental agencies and business. Collective action by Bottom of the Pyramid residents gives them greater control in self-managing environmental commons and addressing the problems of environmental degradation. Co-creation and engaging in deep dialogue with stakeholders offer significant potential for launching new businesses and generating mutual value. The case study rests on the tenets of corporate social responsibility. It serves as an example of corporate best practices towards ensuring environmental sustainability and community engagement for providing livelihood support and well-being. It illustrates the tool kit for building community-based adaptive capacities against climate change. Research methodology The field-based case study was prepared from inputs received from detailed interviews of company functionaries. Company documents were shared by the company and used with their permission. Secondary data was accessed from newspapers, journal articles available online and information from the company website. Case overview/synopsis The case study is about the coming together of several vital agencies working in forest and wildlife conservation, climate change adaptation planning for ecosystems and communities, social upliftment and corporate social responsibility in the Kanha Pench landscape of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. The case traces several challenges. First, the landscape is degrading rapidly; it requires urgent intervention to revive it. Second, the human inhabitants are strained with debilitating poverty. Third, the long-term sustainability of the species of tigers living in the protected tiger reserves of Kanha and Pench needs attention as human-animal conflicts rise. Complexity academic level The case would help undergraduate and postgraduate students studying sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
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Clark, Julie, and Gareth Rice. "Revitalising rural Scotland: Loch Fyne, branding and belonging." Journal of Place Management and Development 13, no. 1 (September 26, 2019): 18–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-06-2019-0044.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. It seeks to explore the relationship between place branding in rural areas and community building. Furthermore, the paper advances the growing body of work, that examines the role of events in destination revitalisation and competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach The methodological approach stems from the Chicago School of Sociology, and visual methodologies. The ethnographic fieldwork consisted of purposeful conversations with event organisers, social interactions with members of the local community and other event attendees, field notes and photographs. Findings The Loch Fyne Food Fair in Argyll and Bute highlights a manifold disjuncture between place marketing and place branding, which, in turn, reflects the different approaches to how cities and rural areas seek to remain competitive. The authenticity of the brand, as signalled through image and language, is a key feature of the event’s success, as is the creation of a welcoming and inclusive “third place” environment. The interdependence between the aesthetic, escapist, educational and entertainment realms of the Fair experience have helped to secure the loyalty of visitors and locals, alike. Originality/value The paper offers practical insights into the ways in which place branding can be deployed to sustain a successful rural event and extends knowledge of the status of events and festivals as third places. The case study demonstrates how paying careful attention to the elements of the experience economy can enrich the distinctiveness of a rural event.
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Cunningham, James, and Stephanie Barclay. "Craft beer sector collaboration in North East Scotland: The role of individual success." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 21, no. 4 (April 29, 2020): 263–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465750320921296.

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Our understanding of craft brewing is beginning to grow and a key theme to emerge from this artistic and intrinsically creative sector is the dependence on collaboration between entrepreneurial agents. In the North East of Scotland, the growth in craft beer is also recognised to come from a deep rooted collaboration, as a reaction to and in resistance of large mainstream competition. However, one such enterprise, BrewDog, has grown to achieve global reach to rival that of the large-scale brewers the craft scene sought to challenge. We consider what this unprecedented success means for the remaining collaborators in the local craft beer sector. Our findings point to a shared optimism and possibility of achievement among the craft brewers, aided by BrewDog’s success. However, the nature of collaboration is anchored more in community embeddedness and shared responsibility for market development, rather than in business growth and success replication. While the craft scene acknowledges the inspirational success of ‘one of their own’, strategic drive comes from more localised relations and a desire for independence. This has implications not only for craft beer but also on how collaboration among entrepreneurs sustains in respond to success from within the group.
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Morrison, Caroline, Elaine Ramsey, and Derek Bond. "The role of social entrepreneurs in developing community resilience in remote areas." Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy 11, no. 1 (March 13, 2017): 95–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jec-02-2015-0020.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the processes whereby social entrepreneurs can contribute to community resilience and sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative case study approach with 15 island communities located off the north and west coasts of Scotland and who were engaged in the development and implementation of renewable energy initiatives. Findings Peripheral communities provide an environment where entrepreneurial activities can flourish. Through a model of social enterprise, they were able to develop the necessary mechanisms to increase socio-economic resilience. The study indicates the importance of social capital in this process. Research limitations/implications External networks provide part of the framework to overcome market imperfections caused by distance and remoteness so that social entrepreneurs can develop their ability to build resilience and sustainability. More research is needed on how this framework can be utilised. Social implications In spite of the challenges presented in remote areas, these communities have shown the ability to adapt. This is an important component of resilience building. Originality/value This paper makes a unique contribution to the knowledge base through the interconnected concepts of social entrepreneurship and social capital. It provides new empirical insights into social enterprises and describes the mechanisms that help to build resilient rural communities in the context of renewable energy endeavours.
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Jarman, David. "Festival community networks and transformative place-making." Journal of Place Management and Development 11, no. 3 (August 13, 2018): 335–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-06-2017-0062.

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Purpose Festivals are often explicitly connected to the destinations in which they take place, explored here as contributing to broader processes of place-making and engagement with local communities. Place is defined at a local scale, primarily as experienced by volunteer contributors to an arts and cultural festival in urban Scotland. Networked relationships between festival volunteers inform the research methods and analysis, reflecting both observer and insider perspectives. This paper aims to comment on varying attitudes among the contributors, relating these findings to their positions in the festival’s social network. Design/methodology/approach Social network analysis methods were used to capture and examine data from a sample of festival volunteers: a survey instrument was distributed among individuals identified by the creative director, acting as a key informant. These data generated information on connections between the respondents, as well as demographic and opinion-based attribute data. Network centrality measures were used to sample the respondents for four follow-up interviews with festival volunteers. Findings The resulting network revealed a core-periphery structure to the festival’s organising team. The influential core group members were more established volunteers, recognised for their value to the team. The festival was widely endorsed as contributing to local place-making, though not uncritically. Management implications were identified for the dual nature of the festival organisation: a formal hierarchy with clear functional departments, acting as a platform for an intangible yet vital social network. Originality/value Social relationships are shown to have profound implications for the management and identity of this volunteer festival, in relation to its host neighbourhood. Combining social network analysis with semi-structured interviews has demonstrated the value of this mixed methods approach.
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Books on the topic "Community Business Scotland"

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McGregor, Alan. An evaluation of community business in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Office Central Research Unit, 1988.

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Scotland, Community Business. Community Business Scotland: Three years on : 1984 report. Falkirk: Community Business Scotland, 1985.

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Book chapters on the topic "Community Business Scotland"

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Mackay, Jennifer. "Tackling waste in Scotland: incineration, business and politics vs community activism." In Environmental Justice, Popular Struggle and Community Development, 69–82. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447350835.003.0005.

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This chapter discusses the factors leading to a breakdown in community waste activism and the defeat of anti-incineration against the developments of ‘Energy From Waste’ and incineration technologies in Scotland. This is an attempt to understand how community action on waste lost momentum within the bigger picture of tackling waste and its impact on climate change. It also looks at the goal of ‘zero waste’ and how it was hijacked by vested interests. At a time when community recycling was at its highest popularity, waste industry businesses produced the new generation of waste disposal facilities, incinerators, which recover the energy released from burning waste. At the same time, a number of policy initiatives, under the influence of industry lobbying, were directing efforts away from community work and towards industry. These events stimulated intense but short lived community struggles against incineration and the demise of community waste initiatives.
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MacRae, Don. "Technology Convergences to Enhance Education, Health, and Community Self-Sufficiency and Resilience." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 42–63. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6772-2.ch003.

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This chapter considers existing and emerging technology convergences leading to advances in education and health as well as in other areas such as plant-based food production. Some advances will be enhanced by scientific research and technology directed to supporting life in outer space. A proposed revival of crofting and crofting communities throughout the highlands and islands of Scotland serves to illustrate how technological convergences and related growth of business could contribute to improved performance in the target areas as well as achieve high levels of self-sufficiency and post-COVID resilience of communities worldwide.
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Johnson, Alice. "Family businesses, working lives and civic activism." In Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast, 49–91. Liverpool University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789620313.003.0003.

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This chapter looks at the role of the business community and charts both the business and civic activity of members of the Belfast business elite. It gives overview of the economic and business culture in which the middle-classes lived and worked. Rather than an economic history of the city, it offers a people-centric view of the city and its economic environment. The focus is on three lesser-known business families of Belfast – the Workmans, Corrys and McCances. Particular attention is paid to the Workman and Corry businesses which together highlight the close-knit nature of the local economy, the interrelatedness of family businesses and the strong connections between industrialists in Belfast and their counterparts in Scotland. Like many of Belfast’s industrial elite, the Presbyterian Workman and Corry families moved to the up-and-coming town at the very beginning of the century to take advantage of the opportunities it had to offer. The first part of the chapter outlines these family businesses and the ways in which they were representative of the city’s business elite. The second part of the chapter discusses the civic activism in which these and other middle-class families engaged.
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Galloway, Laura, David Deakins, and John Sanders. "Internet Portals in Rural Areas." In E-Entrepreneurship and ICT Ventures, 104–17. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-597-4.ch006.

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This paper investigates the ownership structure, operating characteristics and sustainability of six rural internet portals located in Scotland. It builds upon a previous study conducted by Deakins et al. (2003), which examined the characteristics of internet portals. In-depth interviews were conducted with six owners or the operators responsible for maintaining and developing the internet portal. The study discovered that two distinct forms of ownership structure existed. The first form of ownership structure involved dedicated private individuals who self-funded their internet portal activities, while the second form were managed by not-for-profit organisations, such as charitable trusts, that either hired part-time staff or employed volunteer staff to operate their internet portal. The privately owned portals were most effective because they demonstrated a higher degree of commitment via content richness, fullness of the services offered, and the extent of community and local business usage. In contrast, the not-for profit owned internet portals suffered from limited content, a narrow selection of services, some political infighting, low employee commitment, and modest community and business usage. Despite the differences both forms of ownership structure struggled to achieve commercial viability.
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Gardiner, Elizabeth, and Katarzyna Kosmala. "From Preservation to Reuse. Seeing Possible Futures." In Heritage - New Paradigm [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99610.

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Appreciation of heritage by Scotland’s communities has been inextricably linked with activism since the 1970s . Since then, European artists and local cultural producers have campaigned for future spaces and places that respect local histories, identities and heritage. In parallel, a polarisation within the arts, culture and heritage establishments has downgraded socially engaged practices: collapsing arts development and heritage preservation with cultural planning. In Glasgow, local people have fought a decade-long campaign to save A-listed dry docks, Govan’s Graving Docks. We argue that the politics around saving the docks are superficially incontestable as a local community aspires to preserve an important heritage asset linked to their own cultural memory and pride. Moving beyond heritage preservation is more problematic. Post-industrial heritage is vulnerable to developer-led homogenisation and subsequently, gentrification. Artists, researchers and activists who, in good faith work with communities, fueling their aspirations and alternative visions for heritage futures, are in danger of becoming a part of the problem. We unpack some of the problems posed by the politics of power and ownership, exploring networks and new business models as keys to advancing a new paradigm for the future of heritage.
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"interests are adversely affected by the claim of the CTM to the UK mark’s seniority must be able to contest the UK registration. Where the UK mark is still registered, this is not difficult. But where the UK mark has been relinquished voluntarily, the registry will have to establish whether it could have been revoked or invalidated if it were still on the register. This is the situation to which the regulations to be made under s 52(2)(b) is directed. Third, there have to be provisions concerning the conversion of a CTM or an application for one into a national application. This is because the CTMR provides for the applicant for, or owner of, a CTM to request that the application or registration be converted if it is refused or withdrawn, or ceases to have effect (wholly or partially). This situation is likely to arise where a CTM application conflicts with an earlier trademark registered in one or more Member States. The CTMR provides then that the applicant can request that the application be converted into national applications in Member States where there is no conflict. The request has to be filed with the CTMO, which passes it on to the national intellectual property offices of the Member States concerned. A national application arising in this way is treated no differently from an application filed in the normal way at the national registry at the date of filing of the original CTM application. Fourth, the regulation requires that the Member States designate courts to be Community trademark courts. Proceedings for infringement will be able to be brought in one such court: its decision will have Community-wide effect. The regulation sets out the rules for determining which Member State’s courts have jurisdiction: this depends on the domicile or place of business of the defendant or plaintiff, or on where the infringement has taken place. If the latter route is chosen, however, the judgment will have effect only in that Member State. The government proposes to designate those courts which presently have jurisdiction to hear trademark infringement cases: the High Court in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland. Fifth, certain provisions of the Act will be applied to Community trademarks too, and these require statutory instruments. They are: -Groundless threats; -Seizure by Customs and Excise of infringing matter; -Fraudulent use of a trademark. All instruments which may be made under these powers will be subject to the negative resolution procedure." In Sourcebook on Intellectual Property Law, 666. Routledge-Cavendish, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781843142928-125.

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Conference papers on the topic "Community Business Scotland"

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Smith, George H., Deborah Greaves, Nick Harrington, Colin Cornish, and Jean Taylor. "The Development of an International WEC Test Centre in the South West of England." In ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2009-79920.

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The international wave energy community is in the process of setting up commercial scale wave energy conversion deployment sites of various sizes. At present there are at least five large scale wave energy test sites being planned, or under development in Europe, from Portugal in the South to Scotland in the North with further facilities internationally, for example, those proposed for Oregon and Hawaii. There are also a growing number of developers now reviewing their options for prototype and commercial development of their technologies around the world. The Wave Hub Project will develop a 20 MW, grid connected, infrastructure off the northern coast of Cornwall, UK for installation of pre-commercial devices in summer 2010. This paper briefly describes various aspects of the development of the Wave Hub infra-structure, but focuses on a unique aspect of this development — the establishment of an associated research institute, PRIMaRE (The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy), to work in parallel with Wave Hub. The aims of the Institute are to (i) undertake relevant research in marine renewable systems; (ii) provide support to the Wave Hub project and the associated developers; (iii) support businesses in the region, to help develop their activity relating to the marine energy supply chain. The progress of the Wave Hub project is described and the research areas within PRIMaRE are also discussed with an emphasis on resource assessment and physical and environmental modeling and the development of major facilities. Finally, the integrated nature of the project and how it will act as a catalyst for local economic development is described — illustrating how infrastructure development, research collaboration and knowledge transfer may work together to create better opportunities for the development of new and existing businesses.
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