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Scottish Economic Statistics 2004
Table 2.10: Expenditure on R&D per industry employee 2002
Product or Industry | Expenditure 3 | Expenditure per Employee 2,3 |
Scotland million | UK million | Scotland/UK % | Scotland | UK |
Total 1 | 640 | 13,110 | 4.9% | 390 | 669 |
Total Manufacturing | 552 | 10,140 | 5.4% | 2,093 | 2,885 |
of which: |
Pharmaceuticals | 217 | 3,304 | 6.6% | 41,903 | 45,059 |
Chemicals/ Man Made Fibres | 30 | 583 | 5.2% | 3,076 | 3,638 |
Office Machinery & computers | 5 | 146 | 3.6% | 523 | 3,607 |
Electrical Machinery and Apparatus | 27 | 462 | 5.8% | 2,742 | 3,151 |
Radio, Television and | 109 | 957 | 11.4% | 9,456 | 10,683 |
communication equipment | | | | | |
Precision Instruments | 78 | 442 | 17.7% | 5,968 | 3,455 |
Motor Vehicles & Parts | 2 | 929 | 0.2% | 537 | 4,428 |
Other Transport Equipment and Aerospace | 11 | 1,347 | 0.8% | 920 | 10,537 |
Extractive Industries | 15 | 52 | 29.1% | 659 | 822 |
Total Services 1 | 70 | 2,645 | 2.6% | 129 | 383 |
of which: |
Computers and related activities | 18 | 888 | 2.0% | 678 | 1,815 |
Research and Development | 26 | 558 | 4.7% | 2,912 | 5,166 |
Source: ONS/SE Analysis Table 2 and ABI1. Excluding public administration, education and health (SIC 75, 80, 85)2. UK employment data calculated using ABI employment data for GB + Northern Ireland COE employment3. At current prices.Table 2.11: Higher Education Institutions: Selected Commercialisation Activities 2001/02
Activity | Scotland
(number) | Scotland as
% of UK |
Total UK patents filed, including renewals | 325 | 17% |
New UK patents filed | 167 | 17% |
New UK patents granted | 42 | 21% |
Licences including software licences | 102 | 17% |
Spin-offs with some HE ownership: Number established in 2001/2002 | 23 | 12% |
Other spin-offs/start-ups: number established in 2001/2002 | 34 | 9% |
Spin-offs with some HE ownership: number still alive which have lasted more than 3 years | 58 | 13% |
Other spin-offs/start-ups: number still alive which have lasted more than 3 years | 25 | 5% |
Source: HE-BI Survey 2001/02 (not NS)Table 2.12: Patent Applications and R&D Expenditure by Region 2002
| Patent Applications Filed | Region as % of UK | R&D Expenditure million | Region as % of UK | Patents per million R&Dexp. |
Scotland | 1,165 | 6% | 640 | 5% | 1.8 |
Wales | 793 | 4% | 170 | 1% | 4.7 |
Northern Ireland | 205 | 1% | 149 | 1% | 1.4 |
North East | 450 | 2% | 128 | 1% | 3.5 |
North West | 1,735 | 8% | 1,661 | 13% | 1.0 |
East Midlands | 882 | 4% | 1,063 | 8% | 0.8 |
West Midlands | 1,460 | 7% | 695 | 5% | 2.1 |
South West | 1,666 | 8% | 1,286 | 10% | 1.3 |
London | 3,860 | 19% | 950 | 7% | 4.1 |
South East | 3,767 | 18% | 3,268 | 25% | 1.2 |
East of England | 2,404 | 12% | 2,741 | 21% | 0.9 |
Yorkshire | 1,240 | 6% | 357 | 3% | 3.5 |
UK1 | 20,796 | 100% | 13,110 | 100% | 1.6 |
Sources: The Patent Office Annual Facts and Figureshttp://www.patent.gov.uk/about/reports/anrep2003/facts2003.pdf
Business Enterprise Research and Development 2002:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/BusinessStats
1. Includes patents which could not be allocated to a region.
Table 2.13: Selected results of Scottish E-Business Survey 2001-2003
Business Process | 20011 | 2002 | 2003 |
Have and use e-mail | 52% | 61% | 66% |
Have a website | 35% | 39% | 43% |
Have and use internet access | 50% | 67% | 72% |
Allow customers to order products and services online 2 | 16% | 21% | 14% |
Order products and services online from suppliers 2 | 32% | 33% | 32% |
Consider e-commerce to be important to their current needs | 37% | 51% | 55% |
1. Scottish Enterprise area only
2. Derived from SEBS results and number of registered businesses operating in ScotlandTable 2.14: Selected results 1 of International Benchmarking Survey 2002-2003
Business Process | 2002 | 2003 |
Scotland | UK | Ireland | France 2 | Germany | Scotland | UK | Ireland | France 2 | Germany |
Have and use internet access | 94% | 91% | 88% | 83% | 97% | 84% | 91% | 99% | 85% | 96% |
Have and use a website | 80% | 80% | 68% | 56% | 85% | 76% | 81% | 79% | 57% | 81% |
Have and use internal e-mail | 79% | 76% | 66% | 51% | 80% | 72% | 77% | 81% | 54% | 74% |
Have and use external e-mail | 91% | 88% | 83% | 74% | 93% | 84% | 89% | 97% | 81% | 93% |
Have and use EDI | 28% | 33% | 22% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 32% | 33% | 27% | 23% |
Allow customers to order online | 35% | 32% | 36% | 18% | 47% | 26% | 32% | 41% | 21% | 46% |
Order online from suppliers | 54% | 50% | 38% | 30% | 44% | 49% | 54% | 54% | 36% | 62% |
1. As data is employment weighted, results should read as 'businesses accounting for 94% of employment in that country', for example.2. Figures for France exclude Minitel« Previous | Contents | Next »