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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research team would like to acknowledge the
assistance of Kaiser Khan at Glasgow City Council, Amjid
Akram, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Lifang Lamb, Fife
Council Development Services for providing contacts with
MEB owners. The research team also
acknowledges the assistance of the Research Advisory Group
(
RAG) members for their advice and
assistance which included representatives from the
following organisations: Commission for Racial Equality,
Grampian Race Equality Council, Scottish Enterprise,
Business Gateway, Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance, Careers
Scotland, Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre, Job Centre
Plus, Mrs Uni Spicy Foods, and the Scottish Executive.
GLOSSARY
The following abbreviations are used in the report.
BBA | British Bankers' Association |
CEEDR | Centre for Enterprise and Economic
Development Research (Middlesex University) |
CRE | Commission for Racial Equality |
GEM | Global Entrepreneurship Monitor |
ETLLD | Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning
Department |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GROS | General Register Office for Scotland |
MEB | Minority Ethnic Business |
NS-
SEC | National Statistics - Standard Economic
Classification |
ONS | Office for National Statistics |
PERC | Paisley Enterprise Research Centre
(University of Paisley) |
RAG | Research Advisory Group (for Minority Ethnic
Enterprise National Scoping Study) |
SBRC | Small Business Research Centre (Kingston
University) |
SCROL | Scottish Census Results On Line |
SBS | Small Business Service |
SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
VAT | Value Added Tax |
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